Apollymi

I'm up. I'm out of bed. I'm even semi-functional. I don't think anyone will be getting much better out of me right now.

The headache didn't really dim until I laid down after work. (What did I say? Dark room with fuzzy kitties. Works quite well.) We ordered Indian in, since I didn't feel up to cooking, and we finally got around to watching Alice, the SyFy Channel miniseries version. I'm not sure what I think about SyFy getting a second miniseries right. I mean, their movies usually blow and suck all at once, but the Tin Man miniseries rocked my socks. The pacing on Alice was a bit odd, to say the least, and I wanted to (try to) smack the shit out of the main character for stupidity, but the minor characters -- and Hatter -- went a long way to saving the show. Gods, I love me some Hatter.

That said, though, I did see a lot of plot similarities between Alice and Tin Man. The (illegitimate) government is not to be trusted; the (female) ruler is heartless. The journey to save the realm. The fairytale land is revisited and has changed for the worst since the original book in question. And so on.

Even with all of that, though, I enjoyed Alice nearly as much as I enjoyed Tin Man. We'll see how it stands up to rewatching though.

As for today, though, I'm out of my bed. Shortly I will be getting up off the couch, getting dressed, having breakfast, and going to work. I'll see how I make it through the day.

Still waiting on my tax return. It should be here sometime between now and February 1st. The IRS site says it should arrive by January 31st. My tax return plans include:
*Going to the eye doctor for new contacts (at last)
*Taking Aya to the vet for the lump in her mouth
*Renewing the tags on my car
*Maybe getting a new purse and wallet from Vera Bradley (I've found a new color I'm mad for) but this depends on the previous 3 things

And now to get up and get ready for work. Later, folks.

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This is just a quick post to say that I am stupidly tired, and I would really like to be at home in my bed.

Even if I was, though, I couldn't sleep. My head is killing me. I took 2 Excedrin migraine pills, but they haven't kicked in yet. My left eye is twitching unmercifully.

To make it worse, the florescent lights in the office are hella bright.

I want a dark room, completely free of smells, with a warm, cuddly kitty, STAT. Please.

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We just got back from dinner, so I'm in a pretty "fat and happy" mood. Funny how I do hate feeling fat any other time, but right after a good meal, it's a wonderful thing. Oh my yes.

Today was definitely a "going out" day. Hikari got her tax return in today (and I'm still trying to figure that out since she filed a few hours after me but whatever), so we finally went out and got her her new computer. The desktop she has been using was purchased in 2002 or so, so it was time for her to have a new compie. And it was apparently also time for her to catch up to the current trends, because she got a laptop.

It's a Sony Vaio Series E... and that's all I can tell from right here. We looked at a few different ones, and this is the one that she decided on. Last I heard, its name was going to be Prisma, but she might also be going to do a poll to determine its new name.

I did manage to copy over what I had handwritten on Belladonna to a notebook I could take home with me. I'm going to type up the entire chapter that I have had in reserve since sometime in 2009. But it's a fic I enjoy, so I'm going to try to finish it, along with Betrüger.

But yeah, that's about what's going on with me. How are things with everyone else?

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So, folks may have noticed I've completely downgraded my LJ account. It's all the way down from Paid to Basic now. Oddly, I feel fine about this. I spent a lot of time backing up my Scrapbook pictures, but that was not a biggie.

With all the DDoS attacks on LJ (reportedly mostly originating in Russia for political reasons, but I'm not 100% so *shrugs*) and LJ's demonstrated lack of concern for its current users, I'm honestly not sad to see it go the way of the dinosaurs. In fact, I would have completely deleted my account if it weren't for the friends I have there who refuse to move.

I wasn't going to enumerate my reasons behind my departure, but LJ rather ticked me off, so screw it: I am.
* LJ staff declares that they only care about attracting new customers, not retaining old ones
* The new design has been inducing migraines and seizures in people, which has been reported but ignored
* LJ turned on automatic payments for some users, then called them liars when it was brought to light
* Letting staff do whatever they want with no repercussions
* Staff member stalking customers with impunity
* This has been all going on for some time

So, in short, I'm down to a Basic account. Please, no one waste your money giving to LJ to renew my account. Yes, I've had a paid account for over 10 years between apollymi and esm, but I've just sort of been tipped over the edge. Maybe they'll find a way to regain my trust, but it is still a ways off.

I'm keeping my LJ, but I might switch things so people have use Dreamwidth to reply to entries; OpenID works quite fine with it, I'm told.

And that's my rant. If you would prefer something more interesting, here is a link to a photo meme I'm doing.

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Ask me to take a picture of any aspect of my life that you're interested in/curious about. It can be anything from the house I live in to my favorite shoes. Leave your choice here as a comment, and I will reciprocate by taking the pictures and posting them as an LJ a journal entry.

Because I'm doing this on Dreamwidth, not LJ, I've made a few changes to the meme itself.

(Also, I'm trying to pretend I don't have a headache going. I have my favorite ambient noise software running hooked through my computer's speakers and I'm hoping the headache track will help.)

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I wish I had something to report, something to say. Mostly, though, I don't. It's been a quiet weekend.

Unfortunately, I have accomplished nothing that I set out to do this weekend. I haven't cleaned, neither the kitchen nor the desk. In fact, I've been watching wayyyyy too much Criminal Minds again this weekend. I remember now how I ended up marathoning it last time we watched it.

I've also started watching Star Wars Uncut. Basically a lot of fans got together and remade Star Wars: A New Hope in 15 second spurts. It's really kind of amusing the different styles they all used. Of course, I've only gotten as far as the droids arriving on Tatooine, so there's still a whole lot left to watch.

I also finally got in my DVD version of Split Second. Surprisingly, as much as I love that movie and Rutger Hauer, I have not been parked in front of the TV watching it over and over. Nope, it's pretty much been Criminal Minds and kitty-sitting. We've been visiting our kitty nieces, and they were both very good while their mum and dad were out of town. So yeah, roguegambit, the kids were good.

Other than that, it's been The Avengers and Sherlock fic all weekend. I'm also almost done with the updates needed on DarkMagick.net. I have only a few more recs pages to go and one more to finish, and then I'm up to date there. After than, it's on to Apollymi's Grimoire for those necessary updates.

I also have handwritten stuff that needs typing up, for Betrüger and Belladonna.

So much to do. So little time.

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I could have sworn I made a post here yesterday. I guess I dreamed it. Bizarre.

I think I'm picking up the bug that has had two of my coworkers out of the office most of the week. It's either that or the flu, and I don't want either one of them. I'm taking my zinc and my vitamin c, though, so maybe I'll be able to avoid it this go-round. Sometimes I really hate my crappy immune system. I swear I get every single bug that I'm ever exposed to. Of course, it could be that I'm getting what everyone in my family had last weekend; that would also be par for the course.

No more writing, but on the same token, I actually can't say what I've been doing with my afternoons. It feels like I get home from work, check my email, eat, and then it's bedtime. I figure I'm reading, but I'll be damned if I can remember anything I've read. That's no surprise. I've been checking the post-Reichenbach Sherlock fics. I'm still reading The Avengers fics also.

Anyway, I'm gonna finish my cuppa and make it through the workday. This weekend, I'm hoping to get some cleaning done. The kitchen needs it horribly, and the less said about the condition of my desk the better. I guess I also need to try to tackle the living room. I think that's more than enough for a weekend when I feel sick and am kitty-sitting.

And now back to work. Ciao.

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I meant to post yesterday, but I got a bit... yeah, well, distracted.

The weekend went well, if completely and utterly insane. I went to karate with Hayden, which was nice, and his sensei kept asking me to sign up, I think because I know a little Japanese. *shrugs* If I could find a good dojo here in town for the same or less than Mom is paying for Hayden's, then maybe.

If anything, I've been interested in Krav Maga, but I'm not sure if I should maybe get the basics in martial arts first before I jump into something like that.

Mom bought me a pair of Skechers. Not the Pro Resistance SRR ones I wanted, which were available nowhere in Albany, but the LiV Shape-ups for walking, jogging, and running. So I have spiffy new walking/running shoes, and I'm thinking about starting back in the evening after work, either the block route or around Lake Ella. Today or tomorrow? Hmm...

I managed to stay vegetarian over the weekend, but I couldn't pull vegan, not completely. Grandmother did express a lot of interest in what it was I was doing. There was a lot of teasing about me not being able to eat "any of the good stuff", but there was also a lot of working with me try to make things I could eat.

More than that, there were a lot of comments that I seemed a lot more like I used to: more energetic and lively, less spacy, and a lot less irritable. In fact, the words Grandfather used was that I seemed like I was actually there. In part at least, I am attributing that to diet: I'm eating foods that are better for me and less of that preprocessed crap.

And it's definitely true. I have felt a lot better in the last few weeks than I have in a while. The only major change has been my diet, so yeah, I would say that has something to do with it. It feels like it's done a lot for me so far.

I've been looking up what the general attribution rules for the web about posting recipe adaptations, especially from books. I've been living out of my 5 new vegan cookbooks the last few weeks. I've found some really great recipes and I want to share them on lastcraving (both for others and so that I can find them again later), but as an author, I don't want to lean into copyright infringement. It's just not kosher. The recipes I want to share, though, are soooo good.

I sent off my tax return today. The earliest I could have my refund is next Wednesday, but it looks like it might be the following Wednesday (Feb 1). I'll be able to get my contact lens exam and take Aya to the vet. I might even get the trackpad mouse for Duo I've been wanting. The rest of it, though, is going to get tucked away into my savings account.

And I scribbled a wee tiny bit on Belladonna today during a meeting/training. It wasn't much -- just a few sentences -- but it's writing. That counts for something.

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So I made it to Georgia for the weekend a-okay. In fact, the boss even let me leave a bit early, which was very nice. We had some last minute scrambling of plans. So instead of going to Grandmother's as I had originally planned, I ended going to Mom's, which was... interesting. We did dinner at Shoguns, one of the two local Japanese restaurants, with Gramma Harriet, my step-grandother. I adore her, really I do, but it's been years since I've been able to see her.

I'm typing this up on my iPad (Serenity), while Hayden tries out the various noisemaking apps his Kindle Fire can pull up. He's currently testing me on types of guns. He's got all these free apps that keep flashing that he might have won an iPad 2... and he keeps signing up. *shrugs* I think he knows it's a scam, but he keeps hoping.

Anyway, we're off to karate after this (since we watched Karate Kid last night -- and yes, I do mean the original one), then on to Grandmother's. After that, I don't know. Too much thinking for too early in the morning on a Saturday.

Laters, ghouls and boils!

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The 21 Day Vegan Kickstart diet is going well. I'm still holding fairly strong where I can. Being confronted with a big container of cheese does tend to lead me astray. I admit it: my will is weak where cheese is concerned.

I'm going up to Georgia for the weekend, which should be interesting. I'm taking Serenity, but I don't think there will be wifi to be had, so that might be a moot point. Originally, I was going up to help move my sister into her new apartment, but it's been delayed a bit, so I'll just be going up to visit. Same diff, right?

I have the dizzies. I tried a glass of wine at katsuko's shindig, and it hit me a lot harder than I was expecting. I feel... loopy.

But Roo is running around the house like a crazy thing and yowling every step of the way, so I guess my loopiness is sort of secondary to that.

I need to get off my ass and make us some chana masala and quinoa for dinner, so that maybe I can get to feeling less loopy. You know, once I have some food in me. Or pasta e fagioli. I haven't decided yet. Either way, I need to get off my ass and cook.

So I guess I'll go do that now.

Later, my freaky darlings!

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So, the Kickstart Diet thing is coming along well still. We have been through peanut butter like mad women in the course of this so far, though. Why? We've fallen in love with the peanut sauces my cookbooks offer. In the past week, we've had Monk's Bowl with Peanut Sauce, Tofu Satay, African Sweet Potato Soup with Peanut Butter... I'm sure there have been others, but those have been the main ones.

I've felt... healthier. I'm still tired and still down, but with enough sleep, I feel more like myself again. I still haven't stepped on a scale yet. I need to. I need to record the weight I'm starting the new year at, so I can document any changes between here and summer. Maybe I'll do that tonight.

The minute I get the shoes, I'm going to start back walking -- and work up to jogging or running. Hell, I might start back anyway. I'll just slap some bandaids on the back of my heels and the other places I tend to get blisters and go at it. There will be some, of that I have no doubt. There are always some. So I will need to bandaid my heels and wrap my toes and also find a way to more thoroughly cover the balls of my feet... and possibly invest in new arch supports. But other than all that, I might be okay to start in the meantime until I get my shoes.

No good news yet on a few fronts, including money and writing. I thought I was going to get a faint nibble Sunday night, but alas, there was no plot fish and I only snagged the bottom of Idea Creek. Typical. (Oooh, fishing metaphor. Go me.)

I have recipes I need to post to lastcraving, not in the least of which being The Chubby Vegan's Vegan Brunswick Stew, which was to die for. katsuko and I ate on it all last week for lunches and finished it yesterday at lunch, so we got 5 days' worth of lunch for 2 people out of the recipe. It might use an ungodly amount of Liquid Smoke, but it's damn good. I might also share the revisions to the recipes I've been doing from my cookbooks; I'm not sure on that yet.

And that's about it. With love and peace... until later, my freaky darlings! ♥

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Yeah, I have no idea on the subject line. It was just in my head and that's all there was to it.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that my Livejournal account is running out in 5 days. I find myself, oddly, not really caring. Between all the DDoS attacks and the resulting downtime from them and LJ's habits of making huge site changes without any user feedback (such as getting rid of subject bars on comments for basic accounts), I just don't have as much of an investment in LiveJournal as I did when I first signed up for an account when I got my first account... back in 2001.

So, despite the fact I'm trying to stick very closely to my 21 Kickstart Vegan Diet, I did get a XMas present that keeps veering me off the straight and narrow: Mom gave me a gigantic tub of Cheese Balls to enjoy. She even made sure to specify "these are the really good ones, so I hope you like them". Those of you who know me in person, you know that I have a startling weakness where cheese balls are concerned. I could eat them until I blew up, if given the chance. So I've been making brief foraging runs into said gigantic tub from time to time -- and probably undoing any and all health benefits from the Kickstart Diet. (But they're so good!!!)

I do still have my eyes on those Sketchers sneakers, the Pro Resistance SRR ones, and I'm hoping to get them when I have more money again. I mean, they're $90 on the Sketchers site, so that might take a bit of putting back for them, but I do mean to get them eventually. The Nike site continues to be uncooperative (like I can't even get into it now, when before it just wouldn't finish loading), and none of the Reeboks really look like they would hold up any longer than the Champions. Those are the 4 brands of athletic shoes I'm knowledgable of, so for now, they're all I'm really considering. Does anyone else have a brand (other than Sketchers, Champions, Nike, and Reebok) that they like?

I'm also hoping to try to get to the eye doctor in the next two months. Hopefully, my tax returns will be of enough to allow me to get done what all I need to: eye doctor, new trainers, money back for moving expenses. And of course, my birthday falls in there as well. Maybe I'll get a bit of money for that, which will help.

Nothing new to report on the writing front. I haven't even had a twinge of an idea. It breaks my heart. It really does.

Randomly, I seem to be madly in love with this new layout from branchandroot on dreamscapes: Librarian's Dream. Currently, I'm using a theme called Milkshakes & Rock 'n' Roll... and it's wonderful.

...I typed all of this on Serenity, my iPad. Because I could.

Avec amour et la paix... À la prochaine, mes chéris insolites...

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So, following up to one of my posts from yesterday, I spent about 20 minutes calling around to various eye care places in Tallahassee to see what the financial damage would be for a contact lens examination.

Of all the places I called, the best three are as follows:
1. Walmart - Apalachee Parkway
$95 contact lens examination

2. Walmart - West Tennessee Street
$105-$125 contact lens examination

3. Capital Health Eye Care Center (aka my actual insurance)
$100 or more + $40 copay

If I were willing to stick to glasses, they would all be a lot less, but my gods I actually miss contact lenses. I never thought I would, but I definitely do.

I've also been pricing walking/running shoes. I think these, Sketchers Pro Resistance SRR, in black, are the ones I'm most interested in. I usually get Champions brand from Payless, but they've been giving out on me very quickly. I need something that will actually last through some use. So, I'm leaning Sketchers, mainly because the Reeboks looked sketchy and the Nike site is very uncooperative. Plus Sketchers at least offers vegan options. That is a good, in my book.

And that's my progress. Maybe there will be more over the weekend. Either way, it's going to be a bit before I can get either of these dealt with. My funds, they do not stretch too far, especially with us buying healthier foods and all right now.

Why do those always have to be more expensive than junk food? *shrugs* Oh well, I'm sticking it out while funds permit.

Avec amour et la paix... À la prochaine, mes chéris insolites.

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The Excedrin Migraine put a dent in the headache, but it wasn't completely gone as we were driving home. So while I was checking katsuko and myself into places on FourSquare, I was mentally working on what to make for dinner. The best I was coming up with was reheating the baked tofu from a few nights ago (the ones that Jimi kept trying to steal from) and some mashed potatoes with Nava Atlas' Easy Vegan Gravy from the book Vegan Express (which I got thanks to desolate03 and the gift certificate she gave me for XMas).

When I got to the house, though, I decided to make a random small, easy feast. I did reheat the baked tofu and make the mashed potatoes with gravy, but I also stirfried some zucchini with sesame oil and seeds to go on the side. It's not often that we have a multiple item meal, since I usually prefer to make one-pot dishes, so it was a nice change.

So, Day 5 of the Kick-Start 21 Day Vegan Challenge has gone well. I've been allowing myself small cheats, which is why I never formally signed up for it or anything. It's really not a difficult challenge, and the only real places I've strayed have been where cheese is concerned, as there is still some in my fridge and I can't really resist it while it's there. Once the temptation is removed, though, I should be good to go.

And I'm sitting on the cold front porch typing this, because I promised Aya a "space walk": letting her go outside for a bit on her halter (aka the spacesuit). So, since my babble is done, I'll sign off now.

Au revoir, mes chéris bizarre.

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I have had this same goddamn headache since yesterday. Unfortunately, yesterday, I didn't have my Excedrin Migraine with me; I could have taken it once I got home, but the amount of caffeine in it means I wouldn't have slept last night, and I needed sleep, so badly. Today, I did have the pills with me. They're making a dent in it, and I'm hoping in the next little bit, I might be able to think or move my head without pain.

Regarding that last statement, last night, I nodded at something katsuko was saying, and it felt like everything inside my skull was moving along with my head. To say it sucked would be the understatement of the year.

I really need to get in with my doctor and get a prescription for Relpax. It seems to help me with my migraines a lot more than Zomig ever did -- and it doesn't put me to sleep for the next 6 hours after I take it, which is a major bonus.

Unfortunately, until my insurance catches up with all the changes the State of Florida has done, I'm going to have to wait it out.

Here's one thing I don't get: "Sign up on our website to start receiving your insurance benefits. Great, you're signed up! Now please wait while we snail-mail you your pin for the site." I don't get it. I just don't get it.

I also need to see about getting in to see an eye doctor at some point. I miss my contacts. I actually really hate wearing my glasses, especially to work. Plus I get really night-blind when driving at night with the glasses. So I'm going to try to see an eye doctor at some point soon, get a contact prescription, and get to wearing them again. This will be of the good, especially if katsuko and I are able to go to Dragon*Con this year.

Speaking of that, we're hoping to, but it all depends on finances. If we are able to go, I think we both have a couple of costumes in mind -- and those costumes (and looking good in them) are our motivation for trimming the hell up between now and summer. I'm not sure if I want to mention which ones they are, in case we aren't able to trim up first. I will say that, if we are able to and if we have the costumes done, one of mine will be all various reds and another will be almost all black. The one that is almost all black will have red on the chest and sleeves, and I would be wearing my glasses with it. The one that all shades of red I would be curling my hair a bit first. I won't say anything on katsuko's ideas, other than that she might have to buy a blue wig.

Et je suis fini. Avoir une très bonne semaine, mes chéris bizarre.

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It's taken me a few days, but I think I'm ready to post my 2012 resolutions. The list of things I want to get done this year might look a bit odd compared to previous years, but it's what I'm wanting to do.

Actually it might not all be so different; some of them might even be repeats. But, again, this is me giving a much more serious try on resolutions than in previous years.

1. Focus on a healthier lifestyle and diet, including more exercise. Reduce bad fats and animal proteins, if not outright remove them.
2. Reduce weight to 150lbs, minimum. A goal weight of 140 is the eventual target, but not necessary for 2012.
3. Post daily to every other day on Dreamwidth, Livejournal, or lastcraving.
4. Call Mom and/or Grandmother at least every fortnight.
5. Complete another novel and either post it on Lulu.com or submit it to 3 agencies/presses.
6. Save another $500 towards moving expenses and housing down payments. Eating at home more -- and out less -- will help with this.
7. Try to reduce the number of pills I am having to take, should my health permit for it. I would like to start with the antidepressants.
8. Finish the edits on Ash and get it posted to Lulu.com.
9. Complete Betrueger and post to AO3.
10. Update DarkMagick.net and Apollymi's Grimoire more frequently. This includes completing the last update begun several months ago on both sites, as well as uploading stories written in the meantime.

And that's 10, so I had best stop there. Don't want to overload myself. Even if I only accomplish half of them, it's doing pretty damn good.

Towards these goals, I guess the first thing I need to do is stick to the 21-Day Vegan Kick-Start diet I'm on. I also need to get some new trainers; my old pair are okay enough for work, but if I'm doing anything more walking-wise than that, the backs are going to rub my ankles raw. I got on the phone to Mom tonight. I might try to call Grandmother tomorrow night or the night after. I've also completed edits of the first five chapters of Ash, so I'm coming along well on that front.

And I have literally been working on the entry all damn day, so I'm gonna quit here and go to bed. G'night, my freaky darlings!

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2010 FIC ROUND-UP

FANDOMS WRITTEN IN 2011
DN Angel/Sailormoon x-over, Yu-Gi-Oh AU, Tin Man

FICS WRITTEN IN 2011

April
Snow Cherries (DN Angel/Sailormoon x-over)

May
Endless Loop 6: Cyber Fake - Chapter Three (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
Endless Loop 6: Cyber Fake - Chapter Four (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
Endless Loop 6: Cyber Fake - Chapter Five (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
Endless Loop 6: Cyber Fake - Chapter Six (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)

June
Endless Loop 6: Cyber Fake - Chapter Seven (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
Endless Loop 6: Cyber Fake - Chapter Eight (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
Endless Loop 6: Cyber Fake - Chapter Nine (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
Endless Loop 6: Cyber Fake - Epilogue (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
When (Tin Man)

August
Endless Loop 7: Last Waltz - Chapter One (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
Endless Loop 7: Last Waltz - Chapter Two (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
Endless Loop 7: Last Waltz - Chapter Three (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
Endless Loop 7: Last Waltz - Chapter Four (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
Endless Loop 7: Last Waltz - Chapter Five (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
Endless Loop 7: Last Waltz - Chapter Six (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
Endless Loop 7: Last Waltz - Chapter Seven (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)
Endless Loop 7: Last Waltz - Chapter Eight (Yu-Gi-Oh AU)

( Statistics, questions, etc. )

Viva 2012!

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In about 9 more hours, it will be 2012 here on the East Coast of the US. I'm hoping for a happier and more productive 2012 than 2011 was.

New Years Resolutions? I haven't any yet. I'll try to come up with some and get them posted tomorrow. Losing weight will of course be on that last. Writing more also.

My left eye keeps twitching. It's making me batty.

So, 2011 in (very) brief (writing) review:

FANDOMS WRITTEN IN 2011
DN Angel/Sailormoon x-over, Yu-Gi-Oh AU, Tin Man

A more detailed version will come tomorrow, once I hook Ripley into the DSL, seeing as our WiFi is down... again...

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So, I finally went to the doctor yesterday with my sinus infection. I have these massive antibiotic pills to take (I dunno what they're called elsewhere, but here in the South, we call them "horse pills"), and they suck because they have flavor, they have to be taken with food exactly 12 hours apart, and I get a bit icky feeling off of them.

I'm one step closer to feeling more like a human being again, though. This is good since the holidays are just around the corner. It gives me plenty of time to... well, get sick all over again. It's what usually happens. I get every bug that goes around everywhere.

In some happy news, The Hobbit trailer is out at ComingSoon.net. It looks pretty damn good. I'm anxiously awaiting it.

I got daimeryan_rei's holiday present in the mail (even though I nearly fainted over the shipping). I have all my other presents bought. I just still have yet to wrap any of them. Hells, I haven't even taken the price tags off of any of them. I had concerns about Hayden's arriving in time, but it got here Monday, I think.

I need more ginger tea. I have 4 packets left, and that will be just enough to make it through today and tomorrow. It's one of the few things that settle my stomach, so I seem to go through a lot of it. I can get it for the best price at World Market for shopping here in town... and I'm not going out to do more shopping/picking up stuff this close to the holidays. I've worked retail, in a mall, even; I know how crazy things are this close to the 24th.

I also have to say that I do not like the newest changes on LJ. They work on my work computer's browser, but my at-home connection is not as reliable. There's no guarantee it's going to work on it... and that sucks. I guess I'm going to have to give up and get a better wireless router for at home... and hope that the DSL itself will decide it's ready to start working. That way I can use the laptop (Ripley) and have a more up-to-date browser... as I have not yet managed to afford a new iMac to upgrade Duo.

So, still left to do before we leave tomorrow night:
*Wrap presents
*Make chutney
*Make bacon pinwheels
*Vacuum the living room
*Pack clothes for the weekend
*Pack (wrapped) presents
*Make a list of which food items to bring along
*Go buy strawberries (need at least 18)
*Come up with some more last minute food ideas to grab along the way -- and that I can eat
*Shower
*Refill car tank with petrol
*Pack medicines (antibiotic, Zoloft, Zantac, ibuprofen, vitamins, etc)

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So, yeah, I'm still sick. I can't quite seem to kick the damned sinus infection, and it feels like the cold is trying to make a return visit down in my lungs.

I made two new recipe posts over at lastcraving: a very cheesy risotto and gnocchi soup. I also have up recipes for a vegetarian French onion soup, miso soup, and barley and vegetable soup. I'm slowly adding things to it. Hopefully I'll be able to add some more soon, but honestly I've been subsisting on vegetarian noodle soup.

I just renewed the webhosting, so that's good for another year. That's always a good thing.

I'm going to try to spend my vacation between XMas and New Year's finishing up the updates on DarkMagick.net. I'm also going to try to do a redesign for katsuko's site The Asylum. But on DMnet, I need to finish revamping the recs pages. I also want to revamp the fiction page. It's had the same basic layout for nearly four years. Various other pages (About Apollymi, etc) also need to be updated. Some pages (Donations, etc) need to be removed or at least dated. I also need to update the links to my own journals to include important things like lastcraving, and I can probably delete the link to my IJ.

I don't know. It's like I don't give a damn about anything anymore. I almost didn't bother renewing the webspace. It's not like anyone reads my fics. It's not like anyone I host updates their sites. It's taken 3 weeks for me to get 10 hits on DMnet. It all feels very useless, you know. It just makes me want to curl up and make myself hidden on the internet.

Continuing this theme, I'm a half-step from deleting my Foursquare account. I keep Facebook for games and to talk to the people who are only there (family, a couple of friends). I do most of my socializing (such as it is) on Google+ or here on Dreamwidth. LiveJournal hasn't felt welcoming in months.

I don't know. I just don't give a damn anymore.

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