FIRST
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*retrack* <3

Tracking.

NEVER GONNA DANCE AGAIN.
GUILTY FEET HAVE GOT NO RHYTHM.

George Michael-flavoured track. :3

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*pokes head back in. To give Quad a hug*

*chews on* B|

*curls up*

I've been playing this game on my iPod Touch called Dark Summoner lately, and ran across this guy...



Remind you of anyone? XD

It's a shame he's a weak monster though. Ah well, I'm keeping him in my collection.


Also later on I found...



Odd coincidence that it looked similar to one of my Supreme Talux design concepts.

To my friends on Chicken Smoothie, take whatever you want.

It's first come first serve, so if your trade gets cancelled, send another one.

After a few days whatever is left over I will open a 'quitting' thread, so if you want something, take it now.

I feel like I've missed something.
You're still okay in my book, Quad~
Good luck with the job hunting!

Arrrggghhhh I can't deciiiiiiiddeee!!

I'm going to go ahead and order a new incense burner, but I can't decide which one I want!!

There's this one that is metal, and http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/$%28KGrHqVHJB8E-N1cQ,wsBPoZ1ErpE!~~60_3.JPG (<-- url is wonky so that's why I posted it like that) that is ceramic! They're both the same price, I'd get them at the same time, and asfasdfadsf I just don't know which one I like better!

Which one do you guys like? XD!!


Edit - NVM I went with the metal one for a few reasons...I think it would last longer, it's been used before where the porcelain one was never used (so I won't feel bad burning incense in it), and my family umm...doesn't like orange so much XD

One of the things I liked about the metal one is that it has a few holes on the bottom, which helps the incense breathe and burn better. I know this first-hand because I've used a small one with only a few holes, and I had to constantly relight the incense, where the second one I have been using with the screened opening works very well and does not have to be relit.

Ah well...maybe another time I'll get a colorful one. I've been looking at this style as well but they look a little...cheaply made... I may get one like that one day just so I'll know of the quality.

XD I'll have to take better photos of my burners sometime, I took those with my iPod Touch (which is basically an iPhone without the phone aspect to it), so it's grainy.

My brothers are doing just fine - my oldest brother is about to get an assistant manager job as a butcher, and my middle brother is almost about to move out of the house. We're still waiting to hear from his wife, it's a bit complicated but she's finishing up a few things in in Indiana before she comes down here.

Anyone know who "Flowertop" is on CS? They asked for a whooooole bunch of rats and I just wanted to make sure they were a TEF member before I accepted. I am not familiar with the username.

Nope

Erm, nvm LOL!

I had an alright day today, I got a call last night from one of the Chemistry tutors, so we scheduled to meet this morning at the library. It was the first time I had ever been in the new public library (it's been there a long time, and I usually went to the library on my college's campus, that's why). It was funny because my tutor literally walked right by me, stopped, looked around a bit. I saw he was holding a Chemistry textbook, and asked if he was Bob. XD We had no idea what each other looked like.

He was a pretty cool guy, a bit of an accent in his voice so I had to pay close attention to what he was saying. Having a hearing loss can be a nuisance sometimes, fortunately I did wear my hearing aid which really helped. He knew the material very well and explaining the formulas was incredibly helpful. He showed me Kp equations as well as acid-base equilibria, we got through half of the material covered in the course in 2 hours. So we'll go over the rest of it another time before I take the exam.

I will admit, I was a little annoyed that Mom insisted I had a tutor before the exam, but after meeting with Bob I'm kind of glad she was so insistent on tutoring. He really made these complicated formulas simple.

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The only other thing I really have to say is that it's all Mick's fault that I'm playing Mass Effect 1 again XD!! I beat it as 'myself', who was a strictly good, moral character. I'm now playing as Iugulare, who is a mostly bad character. Sometimes I have her pick more neutral responses, sometimes she is a total jerk. Just how Iug is


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Well there was one other thing. My brother's wife got into an accident today. Some jerk ran a red light as she was pulling out into the intersection and hit her Jeep Wrangler head-first. We don't know yet if the Jeep is totaled or not, but the guy was trying to blame her for the accident.

Here's a picture from her Facebook. From what I understand, she got a little whiplash but otherwise is okay, she's more upset about the Jeep since it was my brother's for so long before he passed it on to her. We're hoping it can get fixed, it's been a part of our family for years.

No matter what your always awsome and i think you rock.

Hello guys.

Well a bit of bad news for me. Remember me mentioning my eye being messed up a few weeks ago? It's flared up again. I had to go to the ER today for it, and they pretty much said it's gotten infected. I'm on more eyedrops that make it sting, and it's more painful today than it has ever been. I literally had to dim my computer monitor to type this, and even so I'm wearing sunglasses and the light is still bugging me. I've been fighting to keep my eyes open, so if there's any typos in this I apologize. I had to type with my eyes closed a few times there.

Anyway we're going to an eye doctor tomorrow. Not looking forward to it, I''m very squeamish with people touching me eyes. It sucks when you want to cooperate but your insticts are fighting to protect you.

So anyway, I wanted to post this to say you might not see me on very much while this is going on. I'm on loratab for the pain so i'll be sleeping most of the day, provided i can find somewhere dark for it (or figure out how to dim my windows).

We now think it could have been when my brother was cooking on the grill at the cabin, I was sitting there for a few hours hanging out with my brothers, so the smoke could have gotten into my eyes. We honestly have no idea where all this came from.

Okay, back from the eye doctor. She confirmed it was an abrasion, and now I have a contact lens in. Fortunately it keeps it from being so painful, so I can finally open my eyes again. Of course they dilated my eyes so everything's blurry.

It's been a while since I've really meditated. I sat outside and repeated my mantra 108 times. When I stepped inside, I felt very different than I have been. Maybe it was the extra oxygen in my body from taking in deep breaths, maybe it was clearing my head...

I've slowly been detaching myself from the internet and trying to do more things offline. Of course with my eye being an issue I've been mostly having to rest and heal, but I've been trying not to sit here behind this computer all day like I have been.

I'm trying to think of a new hobby or something to pick up that doesn't involve the internet. During my down time, I've been doing the following:

- Playing Xbox 360 (working on trying to finish some games, I have a bad habit of picking a game up and then never finishing it)
- Meditating
- Burning Incense
- Bird watching
- Weapons training (staff, katana, shuriken, nun-chucks)
- Reading Buddhist books and graphic novels
- Looking up new recipes (I really enjoy cooking and trying new things)

But I'd love something new and interesting to try. Do you guys have any ideas? I really enjoy pretty much anything involving spirituality, I have a tarot deck but I don't use them very often. I started Tae-Bo for a little, wouldn't mind getting a new DVD of Billy Blanks' workouts or even try something different like Yoga. I've been really wanting to learn a martial art but of course can't afford lessons at the moment. Maybe even learning a new weapon to add to my training...it looks like a pair of Sai could be gotten fairly easily over ebay.

Unfortunately there's pretty much nothing to do in Mobile. For a while I did take Brandy and Boo to the new dog park, but last time we had a bad experience so I've been reluctant to take them again. I did think about trying to walk around the block every so often to get more exercise.


Anyway...what do you guys enjoy doing during your free time? What kind of hobbies do you like? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, thanks!

When you mention your eye issue, I can give you some advises.

I personally think, that for resting the eye it would be best to avoid PC and TV screens as much as possible. I've also heard, that it is much more regenerating for the eye, when it is looking at green or blue. As those are natural colors, it is less tiring for the eye to receive them. So going out to nature, for example to watch birds seems like a good activity (as long as you are not so much light sensitive, that you cannot go out at all)
From similar situations (when my eyes got so much tired and painful, that I better let them closed all the time), I have discovered, that there is only one non-passive activity I can do when blinded. Play some musical instrument.

I have been thinking about something to do tomorrow...almost decided on something that would be a little mundane, but then I had an idea.

Four years ago I traveled to Mobile Zoo, where I met an incredibly friendly mule deer who followed me around. But there were others there who I enjoyed seeing, including some highland coo, warthogs, and whitetail deer.

Back then, I still hated tigers for the wrong reasons, and of course they have tigers there.

It's been four years, and twice I have been visited by tigers.

I've decided to go to the Zoo again tomorrow, so I can look into the eyes of the tigers, so I can face my fear...maybe so I can get some answers from one of my shadow totems.

This trip is both to face my fear as well as to visit my guide. I know it will probably not be the same deer I visited those years ago, but I know the deer there will appreciate the visit. In a way, this trip will be much like a personal pilgrimage for me, since I know quite a bit about totems and spirit guides.

And don't worry, I'll take pictures

Do you still want the art of, aringie?

I've been working on a new story involving Quad in his Supreme Talux form.

The story will be about Iugulare's feelings on seeing Quad transformed, and as she tries to speak to him he lashes out at her, attacking and burning her with his light.

So Iug goes and speaks with Anirapio and Nekumbra, who believe that Quad transformed would be a good thing, since he no longer knows where he is or any notions about the infection and his mission to fight it, but Iugulare of course is pretty distraught over seeing her love interest transformed in such a way.

It leads to her leaving the planet. Ani pleads for her to stay, because she is still trapped on Earth and Iugulare was her only source of hope for returning to her home world; and Nek is confused because she thinks this is the perfect opportunity for Iug to take over if she desired.

With their fearless leader gone, Ani and Nek decide to try to deal with Quad on their own. And all the while Noctuis has been watching, and schemes his own plans.

So that's the basis for the new story, however I cannot come up with a good name for the story. Does anyone have an idea?

You know how to make a group of characters like that? Just wondering.