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So someone wrote me an email asking me to write more. They said they were a big fan, and that they liked reading my stuff. Don't know this person from Adam's housecat, just wrote me out of the blue and said they wanted to see more writing. I'm a little shocked, but if it's real, and not spam, I'd like to get more emails!
Let's see... what's been going on? Christ... OK, let's start at the start. Famous came through her surgeries fine, but I swear to God, she was out of the hospital driving around less than a week afterwards. I don't know if she's just stircrazy, crazy, or faking it, but there is a great what the fuck in the Force. I'm pretty happy to know she's ok, though....
What I got for Christmas...
So, Famous Girl starts telling me that there's someone named Russ who works for her. I remark that I had an ex named Rusty. She later says that he knows me. I express disbelief. She later says that he knows me from other games, but he can't come up with any real information about me except what's on my journal. I get suspicious. She later says that he's going on vacation for a little while to visit his girlfriend. In California. Who's named Sara. what the fuck? I give her some questions to ask him, and he responds (according to her) by throwing the phone across the room.
At this point I don't believe a damn thing she says. I think she's making it all up. Mom says "Well, where IS Rusty? Is he on a messenger or anything?" I have his old contact info, and dredge it up. She puts it in, IMs him, and lo and behold he replies. They talk for a bit, and confirm what I believe: that I'm getting jerked around. Rusty comes on messengers later to talk to me directly, and to say he's sorry. I say there's nothing to be sorry about.
I confront Famous. She's indignant, she's pissed, she's upset. I cut her off for a while.
Fast forward a few days. Rusty and I have a long talk about everything that's happened - she says she's thinking about becoming transgender and isn't interested in a relationship right now because the rest of her life is so screwy, I say I've got a wonderful relationship now, and we both apologise for all the pain we caused one another, hug, and make up. A great weight feels as if it's lifted off my chest, and I spend the next week being happier than I have been in a long time. I think a lot of my pain wasn't just from breaking up with Rusty, but all the arguing and the way we treated one another. Before we were ever involved, we were best friends, and I missed that.
Day or so later, mom pipes up that she's been talking to Famous for a couple days, and that I should talk to her. From what Famous says, Russ was using her name and her accounts all over the place to pretend to be her, and to get into her bank accounts. Now. There are two divergent paths here. One is that she's telling the truth, and everything happened just as she said. Two, she's making this up as she goes along, and I am talking to a very disturbed woman. At this point, however, I decide that it really doesn't hurt me to be polite and civil to her, so after another couple days by myself I decide to talk to her, and tell her that no, I'm not interested in you, honey... no, because I'm just not. It's just.. I don't know, I don't. I don't mind being your friend... no, I'm not really mad.. yes, we can talk more. So, we're friends again, and she's well aware of the fact that that's all I want.
So, for Christmas, I got to tell someone I didn't love them, and to tell someone else I was sorry. *grins* I got good karma dividends for Christmas, and short of new computer parts, that's the best gifts I could've gotten.
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As for actual loot?
From grandma and her boyfriend - $100, a tshirt, a pair of sweatpants, and a bag of chocolate wafers.
From uncle - a battery operated halogen lamp. (.... what?)
From the Pyoko Dirty Santa Club -
From PDS #1 - Books 1 - 14 of Samurai Deeper Kyo in manga version, Constantine - Damnation's Flame, the Phantom Brave Character Companion in Japanese, Siren for PS2, the Star Wars Vehicles and Vessels Guide, a pocket sized English to Japanese dictionary, the anime Kanon on DVD, a large book - Dragon Lover's Tales of the Fantastic, the Disgaea manga, the Magic: The Gathering Brothers War, Artifacts Cycle Book 1 novel, a Digivice, a Jigglypuff stress ball, a pair of yellow 3D glasses, and a wide photo of a cute Asian girl in a Pikachu costume in a hobby store of some sort.
From PDS #2 - a LCD monitor. It's got a scratch in the middle, and is a little blurry, but works fine. A CD from a band called Vampire Weekend, Tyrian 2000 for the PC, Dungeon Siege for the PC, the original Japanese OST for Katamari Damacy, Steamboy on DVD, a large DVD of comics, Gothic 3 for the PC, a green d6, a green d20, a blue bouncy ball with the Bawls Guarana insignia on it, and three stuffed animals - an UglyDoll (from www.uglydolls.com ), a large white whale, and what is rapidly climbing the ranks to be my second favorite stuffed animal of all time, just behind my arctic fox that went through the washer, a little white stuffed bunny. With his dead conjoined twin attached to his right side. <3
The money from Christmas went out back on Thursday, actually, to purchase the final component for my new computer system, a System 939 plug dualcore 4200 Manchester processor. With some small stroke of luck it'll be arriving today, and by tomorrow I'll have an updated computer system.
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And what have I been doing on my computer system?
http://www.virtueverse.com/index.php/Category:Sushi_Schoolgirl_Squad
I made a Sushi Girl.
Let me explain.
Back about.. oh, two months ago, I was bored. No, really bored. Seriously fucking bored. City of Heroes was cool, but it wasn't doing as much for me as I would've liked. Running with the Jerks was driving me crazy, because while the Jerks are the best SG on Virtue, well... I was pretty insular. I needed a new experience. So, I joined the Virtue Ventrilo server on a whim. The people there started talking to me, and they're pretty cool. And then they mention this thing called the Sushis. I ask 'what the hell's a Sushi' and they link me that page.
And I get this idea.
I get this horrible idea.
I get this wonderful idea.
I get this crazy, horrible, wonderful idea. I'll make a Sushi Girl! I'm bored out of my shit, I need something new to do, I wanna RP in a good enviroment that's conducive to it, I want to hang out with new people for once.. I'll make a Sushi Girl!
http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/dogstar/lana+mizuki.jpg
I'm rapidly accepted by the Sushis.
http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/dogstar/screenshot_2007-12-01-21-35-12.jpg
I have so much fun I even make an anti-Sushi for villain side!
http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/dogstar/koumi+nekomiya.jpg
But all the while, I'm keeping quiet from the Jerks, because they don't like the Sushis that much. I tell one Jerk, PsEG, and he's ok with it - thinks it's weird, but says it's cool. I keep my /globalhide on whenever I'm on Lana, and refuse all global friend requests, and keep my schoolgirl hidden in the closet.
Fast forward to about 4 or 5 days ago. Another Jerk, BongoBill, casually mentions in the Jerk IRC channel that he knows I have a Sushi. Full stop, all halt. By this point I'm tired of hiding it, because Lana's up to nearly level 40 by this point. "Yep, I have a Sushi." It's surprisingly well recieved, except for one person who spouts the usual complaint - that it's racist. No, it's not racist, it's a parody for Christ's sake. Learn to take a joke. There's an entire thread in the Virtue Forums about it. (Or was. It was apparently deleted.) There's an argument, but several other Jerks step up to help defuse the situation, which is a great sign. Most of them agree that the Sushis are insipid and annoying, and I agree too, because as they also agree, most animes are insipid and annoying. I refrain from mentioning any of the intercharacter roleplay and conversations, because really, it's not worth arguing the point. I'm completely happy to have them back me up against one of our own, I'm not going to push the fact by demanding that they agree that it's an intelligent supergroup concept. I don't really care at this point, either, I'm having too much fun using broken Engrish and fighting for Great Justice with a giant pack of Japanese schoolgirls. We're getting new Sushis all the time, and it's turning out to be a lot of fun. Lana's at 44.5 now, and I'm actually very dedicated to getting her to 50. Should have her there at least by the end of the week.
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In any case, it's been a really good month or so. I feel good, I'm happy, things are going well. As for the New Year.. well, it's a New Year. Take this as an excuse to have a good night. Hopefully Pat and Almeda are going to set up their webcam and put it at the table with them tonight, which I'm looking forward to. I still need a job, I still have bills to pay, but for right now... things are going very well. I'm happy. *grins*
Let's see... what's been going on? Christ... OK, let's start at the start. Famous came through her surgeries fine, but I swear to God, she was out of the hospital driving around less than a week afterwards. I don't know if she's just stircrazy, crazy, or faking it, but there is a great what the fuck in the Force. I'm pretty happy to know she's ok, though....
What I got for Christmas...
So, Famous Girl starts telling me that there's someone named Russ who works for her. I remark that I had an ex named Rusty. She later says that he knows me. I express disbelief. She later says that he knows me from other games, but he can't come up with any real information about me except what's on my journal. I get suspicious. She later says that he's going on vacation for a little while to visit his girlfriend. In California. Who's named Sara. what the fuck? I give her some questions to ask him, and he responds (according to her) by throwing the phone across the room.
At this point I don't believe a damn thing she says. I think she's making it all up. Mom says "Well, where IS Rusty? Is he on a messenger or anything?" I have his old contact info, and dredge it up. She puts it in, IMs him, and lo and behold he replies. They talk for a bit, and confirm what I believe: that I'm getting jerked around. Rusty comes on messengers later to talk to me directly, and to say he's sorry. I say there's nothing to be sorry about.
I confront Famous. She's indignant, she's pissed, she's upset. I cut her off for a while.
Fast forward a few days. Rusty and I have a long talk about everything that's happened - she says she's thinking about becoming transgender and isn't interested in a relationship right now because the rest of her life is so screwy, I say I've got a wonderful relationship now, and we both apologise for all the pain we caused one another, hug, and make up. A great weight feels as if it's lifted off my chest, and I spend the next week being happier than I have been in a long time. I think a lot of my pain wasn't just from breaking up with Rusty, but all the arguing and the way we treated one another. Before we were ever involved, we were best friends, and I missed that.
Day or so later, mom pipes up that she's been talking to Famous for a couple days, and that I should talk to her. From what Famous says, Russ was using her name and her accounts all over the place to pretend to be her, and to get into her bank accounts. Now. There are two divergent paths here. One is that she's telling the truth, and everything happened just as she said. Two, she's making this up as she goes along, and I am talking to a very disturbed woman. At this point, however, I decide that it really doesn't hurt me to be polite and civil to her, so after another couple days by myself I decide to talk to her, and tell her that no, I'm not interested in you, honey... no, because I'm just not. It's just.. I don't know, I don't. I don't mind being your friend... no, I'm not really mad.. yes, we can talk more. So, we're friends again, and she's well aware of the fact that that's all I want.
So, for Christmas, I got to tell someone I didn't love them, and to tell someone else I was sorry. *grins* I got good karma dividends for Christmas, and short of new computer parts, that's the best gifts I could've gotten.
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As for actual loot?
From grandma and her boyfriend - $100, a tshirt, a pair of sweatpants, and a bag of chocolate wafers.
From uncle - a battery operated halogen lamp. (.... what?)
From the Pyoko Dirty Santa Club -
From PDS #1 - Books 1 - 14 of Samurai Deeper Kyo in manga version, Constantine - Damnation's Flame, the Phantom Brave Character Companion in Japanese, Siren for PS2, the Star Wars Vehicles and Vessels Guide, a pocket sized English to Japanese dictionary, the anime Kanon on DVD, a large book - Dragon Lover's Tales of the Fantastic, the Disgaea manga, the Magic: The Gathering Brothers War, Artifacts Cycle Book 1 novel, a Digivice, a Jigglypuff stress ball, a pair of yellow 3D glasses, and a wide photo of a cute Asian girl in a Pikachu costume in a hobby store of some sort.
From PDS #2 - a LCD monitor. It's got a scratch in the middle, and is a little blurry, but works fine. A CD from a band called Vampire Weekend, Tyrian 2000 for the PC, Dungeon Siege for the PC, the original Japanese OST for Katamari Damacy, Steamboy on DVD, a large DVD of comics, Gothic 3 for the PC, a green d6, a green d20, a blue bouncy ball with the Bawls Guarana insignia on it, and three stuffed animals - an UglyDoll (from www.uglydolls.com ), a large white whale, and what is rapidly climbing the ranks to be my second favorite stuffed animal of all time, just behind my arctic fox that went through the washer, a little white stuffed bunny. With his dead conjoined twin attached to his right side. <3
The money from Christmas went out back on Thursday, actually, to purchase the final component for my new computer system, a System 939 plug dualcore 4200 Manchester processor. With some small stroke of luck it'll be arriving today, and by tomorrow I'll have an updated computer system.
**********************************
And what have I been doing on my computer system?
http://www.virtueverse.com/index.php/Category:Sushi_Schoolgirl_Squad
I made a Sushi Girl.
Let me explain.
Back about.. oh, two months ago, I was bored. No, really bored. Seriously fucking bored. City of Heroes was cool, but it wasn't doing as much for me as I would've liked. Running with the Jerks was driving me crazy, because while the Jerks are the best SG on Virtue, well... I was pretty insular. I needed a new experience. So, I joined the Virtue Ventrilo server on a whim. The people there started talking to me, and they're pretty cool. And then they mention this thing called the Sushis. I ask 'what the hell's a Sushi' and they link me that page.
And I get this idea.
I get this horrible idea.
I get this wonderful idea.
I get this crazy, horrible, wonderful idea. I'll make a Sushi Girl! I'm bored out of my shit, I need something new to do, I wanna RP in a good enviroment that's conducive to it, I want to hang out with new people for once.. I'll make a Sushi Girl!
http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/dogstar/lana+mizuki.jpg
I'm rapidly accepted by the Sushis.
http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/dogstar/screenshot_2007-12-01-21-35-12.jpg
I have so much fun I even make an anti-Sushi for villain side!
http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/dogstar/koumi+nekomiya.jpg
But all the while, I'm keeping quiet from the Jerks, because they don't like the Sushis that much. I tell one Jerk, PsEG, and he's ok with it - thinks it's weird, but says it's cool. I keep my /globalhide on whenever I'm on Lana, and refuse all global friend requests, and keep my schoolgirl hidden in the closet.
Fast forward to about 4 or 5 days ago. Another Jerk, BongoBill, casually mentions in the Jerk IRC channel that he knows I have a Sushi. Full stop, all halt. By this point I'm tired of hiding it, because Lana's up to nearly level 40 by this point. "Yep, I have a Sushi." It's surprisingly well recieved, except for one person who spouts the usual complaint - that it's racist. No, it's not racist, it's a parody for Christ's sake. Learn to take a joke. There's an entire thread in the Virtue Forums about it. (Or was. It was apparently deleted.) There's an argument, but several other Jerks step up to help defuse the situation, which is a great sign. Most of them agree that the Sushis are insipid and annoying, and I agree too, because as they also agree, most animes are insipid and annoying. I refrain from mentioning any of the intercharacter roleplay and conversations, because really, it's not worth arguing the point. I'm completely happy to have them back me up against one of our own, I'm not going to push the fact by demanding that they agree that it's an intelligent supergroup concept. I don't really care at this point, either, I'm having too much fun using broken Engrish and fighting for Great Justice with a giant pack of Japanese schoolgirls. We're getting new Sushis all the time, and it's turning out to be a lot of fun. Lana's at 44.5 now, and I'm actually very dedicated to getting her to 50. Should have her there at least by the end of the week.
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In any case, it's been a really good month or so. I feel good, I'm happy, things are going well. As for the New Year.. well, it's a New Year. Take this as an excuse to have a good night. Hopefully Pat and Almeda are going to set up their webcam and put it at the table with them tonight, which I'm looking forward to. I still need a job, I still have bills to pay, but for right now... things are going very well. I'm happy. *grins*