All art is at once surface and symbol

I must've wasted 80% of my day riding the wrong bus today. XDDD;;; BUT I FINALLY FOUND A MICHAEL'S. AND I BOUGHT RED AND WHITE SATIN RIBBONS FUCK YEAH! All that's left is the Franklin Badge. Then my costume's ready! :o

Boost your vocabulary! For every word you get right, you're feeding somebody 10 grains of rice.

I sent 2000 grains worth today~ <3333 Will play more tomorrow.

I'm so proud of Earthbound fandom.

Okay, so maybe I've been hanging in the dark world of Sonic Fandom for too long. But Earthbound... I'm seriously wowed. It's been what, several days since I've beat the game? And I already I feel fuzzy when it comes to finding fans online. The sheer dedication they have for the Mother series is AMAZING.

Take this artbook gonna be given to Miyamoto, Iwata, and Itoi.

Two of my friends have illustrations of their's in this book. Maybe others, since I know there's more Earthbound fanartists on my flist. It's projects like these that brought Mother 3 to light. It's... I can't think of anything more profound to say. I'm just... awed. Truth is, I wish I contributed to the book too. But coming to the fandom so late, I feel this empty little hole in me... even now, I can't really muster anything I'd call fantastic at the moment, be it art or not.

I just... love these guys. And it makes me feel guilty I don't have anything to give back but undying support. Devotion. This is what it means to love a video game... heck, ANYTHING, in general.

Ahh, I feel pathetic. XDD;;; Nevermind me. No crying until the ending.

I made a stamp for DA! :DDD

Appreciation Day too... can't think of a more approprate time. ^-^

And I drew a sketch. :o Run away everybody. I'm going on a DA uploading spree. XDDD;;;

Edit: ...Or not. Damn, I hate the uploading process there. XD "OH NOES IT DOESN'T WORK"

IGN gives the SatAM boxset 6 outta 10

To quoth NetRaptor: "So yes. The entire Sonic community being what it is, I shall probably be hated forever for this point of view. But IMO, SatAM wasn't that great of a show, and doesn't deserve the worship. And it's nice to get the perspective of someone outside the fandom who can look at the show objectively and say, "This SUCKS!""

Also? From the article? "...and it's equally interesting to hear how (Ben) Hurst has no freaking clue what Sonic is even about."

Oh. God. I am dying in laughter.

UP YOURS BYRON NIGHTSHADE AND EVERY ELITIST SATAM WORSHIPPER IN EXISTANCE~!

Cheers for kicking rabid assholes up the chin~ ♥♥♥

Well, took me a while to beat December Blues, but that bit of offline time was what I needed. ^^ And whee! I finished my Secret*Santa stuff.

Thanks for being there for me everyone. Especially you Jai, for being super understanding. *cliiiiiing*

P.S. Carrie, DaVinci's Notebook = TEH WIN!11!

Dear World: I am alive. Exhausted, but alive. And home. *cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing*

LJ's odd in a way. I think in my head a kajillion things to say, but then I access the computer, and boooooooooooooooooom. I'm too tired and burnt-out to type anything. XDDD!

First off, THANK YOU to everyone who commented on my journal when I spoke of suicide. For looking out for me. For trying to contact me. For calling my sister. I managed to speak with Greg (Sully), Hedgiepan and Philleh--everyone else who tried to get a hold of me, like Jennifer and Sipp, I'll see if I can get your calls as soon as possible. I'm home now--there's no barriers to go through this time. I also want to thank the people who visited my journal--even if we hadn't met or known each other well, your concern meant a LOT to me and made me touched. Just... thank you everyone. A Japanese proverb says a kind word warms three winter months, but with everyone's comments, the rest of my entire life is lit with summer.

( Life in a Mental Hospital )

Now I'm... home. AND NO LONGER BORED. *_______________________________* Now there just seems like there's so much for me out there, like life has a billion things to offer me. I'm glad to have everything back: my computer, my friends, my parents, my dogs (Amanda and The World's Stupidest But Sweet Doggie: Freddy), my music, my Internet, my Photoshop, my LJ comms, my video games... and of course. After reading what everyone said on LJ, Puri was so tuckered out and happy and fuzzy being home in a warm poofy bed with her plushies instead of a plain ol' bed with a stone for a pillow, she waddled about outside and then settled down with a good round of SA2B.

And I still sigh happily when Shadow wakes up at the beginning of the Dark Story. By the time he finishes telling Eggman he'll meet him aboard Space Colony ARK, she melted in a puddle of fangirl goo.

I'll say it again:

THANK YOU EVERYBODY~~! ♥♥♥♥♥

Hi everyone~~~ ♥ Back from my 18th birthday~ *giggle* And here's the loot~!

1. Grandpa & Grandma Kusch - $25 dollar check
2. Dr. Ingraham (my orthodontist) - A card signed by all the orthodontists with different color signatures. (Daaaaaw...! I hadn't expected that. :3)
3. Beau (my brother) - The "Matilda" DVD (Directed by Danny DeVito~! Whee, I like that movie~~~ ♥♥♥)
4. Chloe (my sister) - Original Broadway Cast: Into the Woods with Bernadette Peters on DVD~~! ♥♥♥
5. Mom & Dad (and late Grandma Janice) - Original Broadway Cast: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street with Angela Lansbury on DVD~~! ♥♥♥
6. Mom & Dad - iPod Nano (4GB = 1000 songs) and my first cell phone.

Pimmy drew this comic for meeee~ ♥♥♥

Stephen Sondheim... the composer behind two of my childhood favorite plays which I now can watch with the family at any time~ ♥♥♥

Now later I can get a new account on eBay/Paypal and fruitlessly spend all my money on VNV Nation, Apoptygma Berserk, and aaaaaaaaaaaall the bizarre music you either never heard of or don't care... and a Shadow keychain. Maybe even a Shadow pillow, if I've got extra cash left to top the Shadow Shrine Collection. Hee~ ♥

Except I should probably save up for Nintendo Wii after I use a good amount of my birthday money~ ♥♥♥

Dad: You're 18! You can join the army~! :DDD
Me: No.
Dad: Well... Me neither.
Me: I can vote against Bush, though. :D
Dad: Yay~!
Me: *laughing* :D

Dad & I are gonna read each other books now~ ♥ (Dad translating the French version of A Little Prince, Puri reading aloud Matilda)