Sunday, August 28, 2005

A word we cannot say

There's a word in our house that we cannot say. The word is "keyboard". We can't say it because I'm having some financial problems and I've wanted this keyboard for over a year now. Unfortunately, it took an unexpected bill to get me making the kind of money I'd need to in order to afford this particular keyboard. But instead of putting all that hard-earned money to this awesome instrument, I have to pay this thing off. Running your own business really can work for you or against you, depending on your attitude. At least I'm shaping up and getting onto myself to work at least 6 days a week.

I really hope I have that keyboard before December.

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Exhausted

The trip was very exhausting and I actually mean that literally. I had a very bad case of heat exhaustion on the way down to Dallas after spending 5 hours in a car with no AC. I hadn't realized that heat exhaustion was that bad. Anyway, I haven't had the time to browse through friends blogs to leave comments or even gather my thoughts to write a review of the weekend. So many things happened and I want to sit down sometime and make sure I get it all out when I'm able to focus better. But for now, here is a picture of us at the Xpo. From left to right it's Mustin, William, Me and Greg.

Unfortunately the day that was taken I was wearing a mini skirt, but since I was sitting down, provacative clothes can't be perceived.

Picture here

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Greg's Band

Greg's Band, The OneUps, a House Jazz band that plays videogame music, has a gig at the VgXpo convention in Dallas. All information about their gig there and future gigs is located at OneUpstudios (OneUpStudios.com). For the Dallas show, Mustin (Producer) has made two custom made shirts for me in order to be the booth babe. I'll be there, dressed in provocative clothing, selling T-shirts and CDs for the company. In addition to the local (Fayetteville) gigs, The OneUps will also be showing up in PA in November.

Anyone in the Dallas area should try to make it, if you're interested.

As for me, I'm looking forward to the trip in the same way that one might look forward to getting into a train wreck. What I mean to say is that I expect to be worn out and over-socialized by next Monday.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Last Day

Greg will be back from Kansas tomorrow afternoon. I was only just now getting comfortable with being by myself, but I'm definitely looking forward to getting back to normal again. There are so many things I need to do... I hope that I'll be feeling less stressed with the demands of living by next month.

Monday, August 08, 2005

My brother, Will and his Girlfriend

So, my brother is 19 and in college, and very bright. I'm talking scholarships, premed, and all those other words that you say to impress people, only he really is impressive. I hung out with he and his girlfriend for a while last night, and I'm having one of those days where I keep thinking I should say something to him about his girlfriend, but I have no clue haw I could phrase it so that he'd be open to hearing it.

She is in highschool, and (I say this with no intention to insult her) she looks like she's 12, but she's 16. The legal consenting age aside, my dad made it clear to Will that he didn't approve and didn't want her spending the night while he was out of town. Of course, last night, they announced that was their plans an they were leaving. But it's not just that. She's getting problems on her end, too. She had to leave for 30 minutes so she could go to her friend's house to call her dad from that number so he'd think she was spending the night with her and not Will. In addition to that, she borrowed Will's car to do this, and called him with the hysterical idea to tell him that she drove it into a ditch. I get it - it's a joke - and maybe I'm reading into it, but the whole situation had me on guard.

I really think he's being very wreckless in this situation. For example, letting a girl he's not supposed to be seeing drive his car. Also, I really think that he's misjuding her parent's intelligence. I know that this stuff can come to light with minimal investigation on her parent's part, and I'm worried that he could get himself into really big trouble over something that seems to me as being more of a status, " heh, i'm dating a highschool chick" thing rather than anything that is worth it.

I know that last statement sort of came out judgemental, but I know my brother and how he acts in situations that he's taking seriously, and he just seems to be humored by her rather than actually interested in her. I do know people can make connections over age gaps, but I really feel like the situation is taking some moralistic risks that I'd wish he'd rethink.

Saturday, August 06, 2005

Five-legged Sheep

Taha Khayal from Girisu de Cris village in Bihor county said he was very surprised to find the strange animal while he was shearing his new herd of sheep. The farmer bought the sheep from people in the area with the intention to sell them abroad. He told Adevarul newspaper he believes the five-legged sheep is a "divine miracle" and he wants to save the animal from export and feed him in special conditions. He intends to contact Guinness officials to get his sheep included in the Book of Records.

The story's location, with picture, but no extra info.

Greg out of Town

Greg just left to start the drive to Kansas to visit his parents until Thursday. Sometimes I go with him when he visits, but this time I stayed here. I couldn't afford to take the time off from working and I think that he and his parents need some time together. As he was packing up, our cat jumped in his bag. I totally identified with her.

I don't consider myself unhealthily attatched or anything, but Greg and I have developed a routine together and when he goes, I can sometimes feel very uncomfortable without him around. It's interesting that Greg is my first roommate. When I moved out for college, I lived in an apartment by myself for at least 4 years, perfectly happy to be alone. It's interesting that now that I know Greg, it's really hard to imagine what I did before.

I have a friend who has three other room mates. Once all of them happened to go out of town at the same time and he was extremely happy about it.

Ah well, for today, I'm working until 8 and then catchi a movie with some friends later tonight.

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Banner

Thanks to Greg for making me a cute banner so that friends can link to me. : )

Karaoke Revolution

The BBQ went well, the band was awesome, and there were about 70 people who ended up coming. More than half of the attendees were in town from Cali to the East Coast, and places in between. I did get a chance to chat with a lot of the fans who came in, but I found myself socialzing more with the locals. I've found that being in a "convention" setting has started to lose its appeal (just for the record the BBQ was hardly a convention - a lot of gamers, just no cosplay and I was one of like 5 girls there).

During the night, someone brought out the game Karaoke Revolution and I was surprised at how fun it looked. It comes with a microphone that you plug into the usb port on the PS2 (I think it's also out for Xbox). The microphone picks up the pitch of whoever is singing, creating a point system on how well you sing Karaoke. The game looked so much fun that Greg and I ended up buying a used copy of one of the mixes the next day. Greg really cracked me up when he performed - nearly flawlessly "I will survive" - setting the new high score. Greg really never was interested in Karaoke, but being such an avid gamer, you put a point system to anything, and he'll be interested.

At the BBQ itself, I had an embarrassing experience as I just ran off "stage" when my turn came up. I was overwhelmed with anxiety of "performing" in front of a crowd, even though I knew that I wouldn't do bad - something about the drunk people wailing out the lines I was supposed to be singing coupled with people yelling at me to stand up just set me off. It's odd - I wonder how many people thought much of that and how many people don't even remember.

For the Record...

I don't mind if anyone wants to link to this journal. I tend to update blogs sporatically, so I don't know how often this will get updated. Greg is going to make me a banner so linking will look like everyone else's.

As for linkfilter itself, I don't really understand very well what's going on to cause such an uproar, but I do get that the Admin(s)? seem to be very stubborn in their ways, and for whatever reasons, refuse to make the changes needed in order to support part of the community's members. In addition, I find going through the new comments tedious and can't seem to do it without getting upset. Still, I haven't gotten to level 25 yet and I'm still maintaining the drive to get there. I'm not taking a vacation, but I'm experimenting with a wider array of links, and trying to stay as much in the background as possible besides link posting until this rut is overcome.

Also, as beaglebot predicted, I'm starting to get put out with some of the members there.