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07:17 pm: Why the hell not; let's do some bullet points.

• I disappeared again for a while. I actually had a good reason for it, though! The power cord/AC adapter for my laptop just randomly up and died about a month ago, and I was extremely strapped for cash, so I couldn't replace it right away. My laptop had to sit there and be a paperweight in the meantime. Aaand, I kept meaning to make a post in here mentioning that, but never got around to it. Oops. I think partly because I mentioned it on Twitter when it happened, so it felt like I'd already told everyone about it. Never mind that the majority of my flist are not on Twitter, that I know of. Double oops. Anyway, I've replaced the cord, so I'm back now!
  
  
• ...Speaking of Twitter, if you have one and I'm not following you, feel free to add me. (If you don't mind the occasional extreme late-night manga-reading reaction tweet spam, that is. I think I'm not too obnoxious about it? I hope?) I have to say that another reason I haven't been updating my LJ nearly as much these days is because I will tweet small tidbits and feel sated, whereas before I would save a few of them up for an LJ entry.
  
  
• Quite a few people on my flist were doing cliche_bingo; it looked like fun, so I decided to give it a shot too.
  
  ( my bingo card )
  
  
• Finally, I am in a letter-writing mood lately, so it's that time again: LETTERS! Anyone want a letter from me? You wouldn't even have to write back (though I'll be honest, I would love you forever if you did). If you'd like to get a letter from me, comment in this post saying so, and drop your address in my contact post, if you haven't already. People outside the States are totally fine as well; I have a ton of international stamps that will take forever to use otherwise.

That's it for now.

Tags: addresses, attempting to be productive, computer woes, letters, real life, twitter, writing

11:44 am: Firstly: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, hallowd! ♥

I hope it was fabulous! Give me a character/pairing and prompt and I'll do you a drabble or doodle, mmkay? *loves*


Secondly: have a meme I stole from the_firefly!

How well do you know me?
Reply in a comment with your answers! (comments screened to prevent cheating)

(2 Points) My name:
(1 Point) My last name:
(5 Points) Take a stab at my middle name:
(3 Points) Who do I love:
(2 Points) Where did we meet:
(2 Points) What kind of car do I drive:
(2 Points) where do I work:
(3 Points) what am I afraid of:
(2 Points) Do I smoke:
(3 Points) Do I drink:
(2 Points) Do I have any siblings:
(2 Points) How many:
(1 Point) Do I like 'em:
(4 Points) What's one of my favorite things to do:
(2 Points) How many piercings do I have:
(3 Points) What's my favorite type of music:
(4 Points) Am I shy or outgoing:
(3 Points) Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules:
(2 Points) what’s my favorite color:
(3 Points) name something I hate:
(4 Points) name a talent I have:
(4 Points) what kind of sneakers do I wear:
(4 Points) do I have any pets:
(2 Points) Who am I dating right now:
(5 Points) how long have I been dating them:
(5 Points) what is the color of my room:
(5 Points) what is my worst habit:
(5 Points on creativeness) If I were stranded on a desert island, what would I bring:

80-85 Points; Stalker Extraordinaire!
70-79 Points; Hard-Working Stalker
40-69 Points; Decent Stalker
20-39 Points; Stalker-In-Training


My computer may be fixed soon! YAY. I'll try to catch up with my friendslist then. I haven't had much time to really read entries in a while, so I'm sure I missed a lot. Of course, if there's something you want me to see, please link me!

In the meantime, I finally got my hands on a copy of Persona 3 and I've been playing that the past two days. It managed to lure me away from my replay of Ookami, so...that's saying something.

Tags: birthday, computer woes, friends, meme, video games

09:53 am: The high yesterday was -8° F. Right now it's -24° F. This is without the windchill. Sometimes I just love living in Minnesota.*

My computer looks to have something seriously wrong with it, and so I'll probably be sending it in for maintenance. Hopefully that won't take too long, but I expect to be pretty scarce until it's fixed. I can get online from home, but it's only a pretty awful dial-up connection on a shared phone line, so not that convenient and not something I can use a lot. Oh well. I'LL SURVIVE.

I've actually been relatively productive in the past few days, despite somehow managing to get sick again. I made a bunch of icons (this one included; I like it a lot!), finished knitting some hats and scarves for various people, and am almost done with some (already woefully late) things for yuri_challenge.

...And then there's the Bleach fic I wrote for Howie's birthday. Bless me Father, for I have sinned. Uhm. I wrote Ichigo/Kon-in-Rukia's-gigai. ...snuzzie GIVES IT HER SEAL OF APPROVAL.** :D

Looks like most people don't mind if I do the book blog thing in this journal, so I'll probably start that up...as soon as I work up the motivation to type out the first one. Yay, books!

I swear I actually had a LOT more I meant to write about, but now that I'm actually sitting down to do it, nothing else springs to mind. Isn't that always the way.

Instead, have a meme! Give me a fandom and the title of a story I haven't actually written, and I'll tell you a little more about the story in question!

Going to sleep now, but I'll reply when I wake up. ♥

*For those keeping score at home, that was SARCASM.
**Or...something.

Tags: attempting to be productive, bleach, books, computer woes, frigid sub-arctic temperatures, icons, meme, reading journal, writing

01:26 am: I got back on Wednesday night from spending a week at fieryfaerie's house. It was awesome and superfun and over far too quickly. The day before I left, I woke up with the beginnings of a nasty cold. I have impeccable timing, clearly. It lasted most of the time I was there, which kind of sucked, because even though I didn't feel too horrible, I was constantly coughing and could hardly talk for a while. I'M SORRY, FAE. I tried not to infect anyone, but...ugh.

Anyway, I got there on the 3rd and left on the 9th, and I've gotta say, it went by way too fast. D: It was kind of funny, because at first we were like "WE HAVE SO MUCH TIME TO DO STUFF, A WHOLE WEEK, YAY!!!" and towards the end there it was like "OH MAN, WHERE DID ALL THE TIME GO, A WEEK IS NOT NEARLY LONG ENOUGH, WAHHH!" ( Some stuff we did, in bullet points. )

That's not everything, and it probably doesn't even sound that interesting, but just getting to hang out with Fae (and Steph and D'Arcy) was amazing, and we definitely have to do it again sometime. ♥ I have some pictures I should upload (most of them are actually of ducks. I'm not even lying.), but that'll happen when it happens.

One kind of sucky thing, not directly related to the actual trip, is my computer started acting up after I got there. It's still acting up, and I can't figure out what the heck is wrong with it, nor can I seem to fix it. Yesterday I figured I might as well just back everything up and try reformatting it, and...whatever is wrong with it, I can't even reformat. It gives me an error message and aborts the procedure. So...I dunno. It's under warranty, so it looks like I may have to send it in for servicing. Which sucks, but at the same time, at least I should be able to get it fixed. Hopefully if I have to send it in, it won't take too long, but I really have no idea. Anyway, if I disappear abruptly (moreso than usual, that is) assume that's what happened.

ETA: Ugh. Case in point. Just as I was about to post this, I lost my connection and had to restart three times in order to get (tenuously) back online. Luckily, a copy of my draft was actually saved, or I'd be very irked right now.

Tags: bullet point time, computer woes, friends, real life, trip