XD That was a video I really liked from Sesame Street. Lieka made the gif for me, and if you click it, it'll take you to the video.

-FACEHUG-

I got up after laying down for a bit and put Quad in the Forest. I was glad I did because Laruna was there, and I got some funny screenshots of the two of us goofing off. Best two are here:



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XD

12/10/09 - Relaxing with my brother and sis-in-law in Georgia.

Been around the 50's here, lows in the mid 20's.

Lookie! Pictures!

Oh hey, I went to a used book/CD store, and found a cheap album from a band called Bricolage that sounds great - they've got an indie/ska sound, but you'll know why I bought the album:



Hooray for albums with deer on the cover! Surprisingly this album came out this year! I also picked up an old Amorphis album, they're a neat finnish power metal band

12/14/09 - Ever have one of those days where you just want to backslap a couple of your coworkers?

Alright check this out - on our fruit trays, we only put cantaloupe, honeydew, grapes, strawberries, and pineapple. Well our new coworker took a fruit tray order and the people wanted kiwi, mango, bananas, apples, lime, strawberries, and grapes on it. THEN the guy that made the fruit tray completely ignored everything that was written down and put the usual stuff - cantaloupe, honeydew, grapes, strawberries, and pineapple.

So about an hour and a half ago, i was working on closing up the produce dept when the customer and two other people walked in and wanted the fruit tray. I gave it to them and then as I was going to finish up my stuff, she stopped me and said that she wanted the mango, bananas, ect but at the same price as a regular tray. I told her our policy and explained that I haven't been there for 6 days so I didn't know of any agreements she had made. Well she went off on me about it and demanded to talk to a manager.

I was lucky that one of my favorite managers was there, so I got him and he decided to make a new tray for the people - with everything they wanted on it. He helped me put it together, we gave it to them, and rolled our eyes afterward.

So I had to leave a note for not only the new guy that took the order, but the person that made the tray, pretty much telling them NO NO NO.

The reason why we don't put some of those things on there are the following:

Bananas and Apples rot as soon as you peel or cut them.
Limes make all the other fruit taste like limes.
Kiwi are a pain to peel and add to a tray. It takes a lot of them just to fill a little section.
Mango is expensive.
In addition, some customers want blueberries, which are both expensive and take a lot to fill up the tray.

Sigh...I swear I'm the scapegoat of the produce dept.

I thought I'd be Blixt for now since it would be his favorite time of the year.

Sigh...I kinda wish it was already the 25th. Today I've done everything I needed to, and I just really would like the day to be over already so we can get closer and closer to Christmas and my Birthday.

Tomorrow I have a crummy 5-10 shift at work. Normally I work 4-8, so I'll be getting home two hours later than I normally would. Hopefully I won't have to do too much fruit cutting, though we had a lot of orders so I wouldn't know for sure.

Then I have Christmas Eve off, which we normally do a little family party before turning in for the big day afterward. I think this year we're going to meet my brother during his lunch break and go out to eat. Christmas Eve is also Brandy's birthday, so I have a present for her.

It's the time of the year where each day feels like its own week. I love this time of year, but at the same time I would like the grand finale to come and go so we can get back to regular life.

dsfsf I really love reading these, Quad ;A; They'resocute. <3

12/25/09 - Sitting here, surfing the 'net while listening to Within Temptation's album The Silent Force. It's one of seven CDs I got for Christmas, and am totally digging them! Check out what I got for Christmas here, and I'd love to read what everyone else got if they want to make a post like that!

I didn't get any Nightwish albums, but then again I wouldn't be surprised if I get one for my birthday on the 30th. It's Lex's fault that I'm listening to both them and Within Temptation - she introduced me to a new 'genre': female-lead-vocalist metal bands!

That reminds me, I need to take a picture of the stuff she sent me! She and I sent each other a package for Christmas, and I got some cool things from her, including a little deer necklace that I'm wearing now. I sent her a few things, one thing in particular was a CD for a band called Halestorm, who I got to see in concert at Bayfest in downtown Mobile back in October. I knew Lex would like them because they're a female-lead-singer punk band.

1/9/09 - Hey I got my last Enigma album today! I have every single album they've released!!

* 1990: MCMXC a.D.
* 1993: The Cross of Changes
* 1996: Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!
* 2000: The Screen Behind the Mirror (the one I got today)
* 2003: Voyageur
* 2006: A Posteriori
* 2008: Seven Lives, Many Faces

In case you were wondering, Enigma is an awesome new age electronic band, and I love listening to their albums while playing TEF, IT, WoW and so on. If you were interested in listening to them, I highly recommend you start with either The Cross of Changes, Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!, and/or A Posteriori. I haven't listened to The Screen Behind the Mirror yet because I just got it in the mail!

If you've ever heard the songs Return to Innocence or Gravity of Love, that's Enigma!

Quad was in the Forest tonight. He found his adoptive father, Walter, and got to sit with him for a while. He also ran into Kaoori and Shyla, as well as a couple of fawns. He had a lot of fun dancing with one of them.

Quad was very happy to see his father again.

I'm officially wired! :3

Well actually my laptop is! I bought a cheap cable that wires my laptop to my router (since my desktop has gone kaput), and now the internet is smooth while I'm at home. I was noticing a lot of lag while surfing the 'net, playing TEF and WoW, and even downloading programs. I just tried WoW and it's running great, later on I'll check TEF and see how well it plays.

*is happy*

On other IRL news...I got summoned for jury duty :\ It'll be two weeks before my spring break on the beginning of March, which is about the same time as my midterms. I've gotta fax them a picture of my student ID as proof that I'm a full-time student, and hopefully we can get it postponed until August or so. I don't mind serving, it's just the worst time to schedule it for me.

I feel really selfish. I said I didn't want any more artwork, but here I am requesting again. I don't know why I am.

I'm debating taking my name off of the couple of 'lists' I had asked for - that would include Kita's Art Challenge and Moogie's Animated Deer. I feel like I'd just be wasting their time because i'm so selfish.

In IRL news, i've got some good and bad things going on:

The good news is that I was able to order some geology supplies using what was left of my student loan. I'm getting a Brunton Pocket Transit (used to measure angles of rock beds, it looks like a compass [and functions as one too]) and a handheld Garmin GPS. They should arrive either Tomorrow or Saturday.

The bad news is that my Dad went to the doctor and they said he has some kind of spots on his liver. He just got part of his intestines removed that had cancer, and now they think he has liver cancer. Sigh...it's frustrating that he might have to do more chemotherapy after all he's gone through - he's done chemo, radiation, and surgery to get this far.

Trunks has an official biography now. Soon I plan to give Quad a break and play as him more. Let's hope people don't spellspam him again, though (last time it was pretty annoying).

Sounds like a good plan. =D

I'm a little irritated - we were just closing up shop when a lady came and wanted a whole bunch of stuff. She got about $45 worth of our stuff and then would only pay $35 for it.

Sadly, most of what she took of my stuff were the Project Greenleaf necklaces, and since she took more stuff of my brothers' than mine, I had to volunteer my stock as the 'loss'. (As in, instead of me making $15 and my brother making $30, he got his amount and I only made $5)

I feel really bad about it, because I didn't make nearly as much as I wanted on them so I could donate it back to ToT. That and I feel like they're not meaningful to the lady (two of my necklaces were bought for a little girl - that's meaningful), and I guess I just feel like all that time making them and putting a lot of symbolism and such has been wasted.

Sigh...i guess that's life for ya.

Quad's countdown to Spring Break!

5 Days (including today)!

I decided to use my vacation time at work for Spring Break, but of course they've got me working a lot this week. On top of that, I have a bunch of exams -_-

Not sure what all I'll get to do - my aunt is coming over that week so I'll get to have a little fun with her (she wants to go out for sushi). We also talked about going to a casino. I forgot I have a couple of things I have to get done that week too (doctor's visit and I gotta get First Aid Training).

I hear that. Yay for spring break! *pumps fist*
Though I'll be power-working on my storyboard. |D

I keep putting off the meetings.

Spring Break Day 1 -

Got up early and did some work with Mom in the living room. After that, I ran a couple of errands in a neighboring small town. Decided to trade in a bunch of games at Gamestop, and since they have a deal where you get an extra 50% trade-in, I ended up with $85 store credit.

Yesterday, I had been trying to decide between Bioshock 2 and Final Fantasy XIII. One was the sequel to a game I really really liked, but the other has been raved about since it came out.

...I got both...

I started up Bioshock just a little while ago, and it's pretty fun so far. I'll pop in Final Fantasy later on. Eating pizza right now and later I might have to do some more house work for Mom.

Also my aunt has been suffering from lack of sleep, so I recommended music for her. I picked her Enigma's Greatest Hits for a remedy - I think it'll work.