I went home for Thanksgiving, and I brought Amy with me. It was quite lovely. I've never been so happy to be home. My littlest sister was singing at every free moment - it was hilarious. I played tons of games and did a puzzle and a bit of shopping and ate good homecooked food and slept in my own room, and it was all so fantastic. I even got to go see The Incredibles, which is yet another great Pixar movie. ^_^ Having Amy visit was quite nice too. It kept me from contacting any of my friends, but heck, no one tried to contact me. No one ever does. It always seems to be left up to me. Where's the love, people? Oh well, I guess that's what happens when I'm the one who goes to school in Boston and most everyone else is far closer to home.
While I was home, I received a very belated birthday present from my aunt - a Naruto wall calendar from Japan! It's so very gorgeous, and I am totally ready to put it up on my wall (after finals, since it'll be January before I come back!). I wrote her a thank-you card and drew a picture that ended up looking really nice, but I didn't have time to scan it in, so she's the only one who gets to enjoy it, hahaha.... Oh, guilty secret, completely unrelated to getting the calendar - I started watching Naruto again and it actually became interesting once more (just had to get out of that horribly horrible running-through-the-forest-for-10-episodes section), after the whole stupid Orochimaru and Hokage battle ended (took forever, as does anything in Naruto, sigh). Just being able to see Naruto doing some daily training and living a normal life was enough to make me smile. It only lasted for five minutes, of course, but heck, I'll take what I can get.
Oh, oh, oh. I came up with another original character. It's really exciting because he's meant to be Jesper's half brother. Yes, Jesper might actually develop a storyline for himself. Who'd have thought? Hahaha, I'm sure you don't care at all. Anyway, the brother's name is tentatively assigned as Seska Asch, and although I have plenty of pictures, I haven't had the opportunity to scan them in yet. The basic idea behind him is that he's half demon, and he can tap the demonic side to become very powerful. This makes him transform into having wings and claws and stuffs, but if he draws out too much power, he overbalances and turns into a small and ineffective imp. He usually wields a spear. I want to see Jesper try to explain why his little brother's always trying to terrorize the general public. Yes, I know it's horribly hokey and sad, but it's an excuse for me to draw yet another grumpy looking guy with a bad attitude and spikey hair. The pseudo-Chinese outfit is also a plus. ^_^
We DDRed far too much last night, since it was Sunday and everyone was kind of on a post-Thanksgiving high. I failed nearly every Heavy level song I tried, but that's fine since we were using my computer. I also ended up with a bad headache near the end, which made jumping totally impossible. It ran on a bit too long, but I think it was fun. Brett says that I am as good as he is, but I don't think I believe that. Half the problem is that his pad was dying, and the other half is that I'm used to my simulator and he is not. I guess we're approximately equal though - it's a joy to play with someone who is equally skilled, since I'm used to catering to players with a lower skill level.
As an addendum to my previous post, World of Warcraft ended up being pretty cool. I decided that I really liked it and wouldn't mind playing it again someday, but for now, finals are coming up and I can't afford to devote time to something like that. I downloaded both the WoW soundtrack and the EverQuest II soundtrack, and well, WoW wins hands down. The EQ2 soundtrack confused me. It was too orchestral for me, wasn't intimate enough, plus Blackburrow went tribal. What's up with that? At least they didn't include dorky battle music... Perhaps they've gotten over that silliness? Oh yeah, I just realized that the EverQuest main theme is far too majestic for me. Usually I'm a big fan of the dominating trumpet lines and backing strings a la the Star Wars theme, but this just seemed overblown. I much preferred World of Warcraft's dark and brooding theme. It better suits my personality... or something. <_<;
Today at work was cool. I didn't get much work done (ha ha) but Granddaddy DJ was spinning a 4-hour trance mix on DI.fm because it was his birthday, and he was giving away mp3 CDs of the mix to the first 20 people to guess his age. And I was one of them! So I get a free CD. Winning things is cool - doesn't happen too often. Plus, the set was quite awesome. ^_^ And if you were wondering, today was his 50th birthday.
Mah, well, I've written up another enormous post because of my infrequest post frequency. Still, even if I posted every day, I'd probably still write tons. Kind of sad... Kk, it's high time for me to sleep. I never get to bed before 3, so this is quite a treat for me. Pathetic. XD
- Flykyr Skysong
Current song: EverQuest II OST - Temple
Current mood: I've swung between laughing and being upset all evening, so I don't know... Worn out, I guess.
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