Beware: The Chibis Have Taken Control!

Dude, I almost missed wishing you all a...

Happy Pi Day!!

...but at least I remembered to bring in marshmallow pies for everyone in my calculus class. ^_^ They were appreciative. Very appreciative. Especially my professor, who didn't know that Americans had marshmallow pies. Apparently where she's from (Korea), they're called "choco pies" and are one of her favorites. Epic win for me! ;D (Not that I need to butter up this prof. She treats me more like a co-worker she really likes than a student. ^_^ #yesI'makissup #what'syourpoint?)

In other news... apparently everyone in the world is on Weight Watchers these days and getting less and less shy about saying so. *chuckles* (You're welcome, my other prof, for telling you how many new points the marshmallow pie was worth, then commiserating about the fuckery that is the new points system. XD)

Now, I'm exhausted. Going to bed.

'Night all!

*cracks knuckles* So, I'm going to my sister's for New Year's tomorrow. It will be me, one of her co-workers, one of her former co-workers, her husband and two of his friends (who also happen to be identical twins -- and dude, after three years of these get togethers, I still have no freakin' clue which is which. O_O Does that make me a bad person?). Nice intimate little gathering. I like that better than the wild parties. Of course, I'll still have to deal with my sister's passive-aggressive pissiness with her husband... but I'll live. I always do.

Why is any of this significant? Well... I'll tell you. ^_^ All that talk in chapter whatever-the-hell-it-was of the Zorya about Death by Chocolate? It made me crave. It made me crave hard. So, as a surprise, for dessert, from the best of my memory... I'm going to make it. *eg* My sister will either hug the stuffing out of me for it... or smack me. One of the other. Anyone want to take bets on which?

And dude... I don't even care, because... Death By Chocolate. *_* *_* My mouth is already watering. ;D

Happy New Year, everyone!

"You were given a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'" ~William A. Ward

I just wanted to take a moment to say a big "Thank you!" to all my family (none of whom read my LJ, thank G-d) and friends for being there, for loving me and for supporting me in whatever I do. I wish you a safe, happy and healthy Thanksgiving! ^_^

The table is set, the appetizers are appetizing, the turkey is stuffed and I have pointed and planned today like a mad woman. And in writing down everything that I plan to eat today, I have one thing to say to myself... Dude. Where do you put it? O_O Honestly, I feel a little sick just looking at the list. I guess that's the point. ^_^ Mayhap I shall cut some things from the list as I go.

And in other random news:

OK, seriously... Gavin named his turkey. *snerts* I die laughing: Gavin and Carla -- and does anyone else note the really impressive muscle in his right arm? *_* He's holding what looks like at least a 25 lb. turkey essentially in one hand. *boggles* Dude... just, wow.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

1:55 PM -- Damn it, why do I always get inspired right before I know I need to go somewhere? O_O 1,115 new words and the fic finally seems to be back on track. Will hopefully not be in so much of a food coma that I can't write tonight... because I intend to write like a mad fiend! I mean... it's the Claude meets the parents scene! Who wouldn't want to write that? ^_^

7:16 PM -- Desperately... fighting... food coma... wanttowrite... damn it. -.-;;; Sofull. *thud*

NaNo Day #25: 37292 / 50000 words. 75% done!

*deep breath* I've been thinking lately... this is not where I thought I'd be this time last year. My life has had some pretty dramatic upheavals in the last 12 months and it has led me down roads that I never thought I'd travel. And it has been one hell of an interesting journey. So, I thought I'd take a brief exploration of the trip, a little comparison of where I've been at Rosh Hashanah's past and present.

( Cut for excessive rambling. Hey, it's my LJ, I'll ramble if I want. ^_^ )

*deep breath* In short... I've come a hell of a long way in a year. My life now bears almost no resemblance to my life of last year. And do you know something incredible? I don't miss that old life. That old me was depressed, tremendously overweight, had very few friends and had long since misplaced many of the things she used to love most about herself. This new me feels good, is energetic, has made some awesome new friends because she was brave enough to reach out to them and hold on once she had them, and has discovered and rediscovered a hoard of new hobbies and interests that she'd long since forgotten. She's happy. She has a purpose in life. She feels like she's moving forward into a bright new future when before there was only darkness. I can't even begin to express what an unbelievable feeling that that is. So, though I never thought I'd even think this, much less say it... I'm grateful for my back injury. I'm grateful for this year. Most of all, I'm grateful for my family and my friends, without whom I would never have made it this far.

L'shana Tovah tikateivu v'teichateimu! -- May you be written and sealed for a good year and thank you all so very much!

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*coughs* OK, I'm not done. I need to brag about one last thing. ^_^

And I never thought that the single most exciting thing that would happen to me on Rosh Hashanah 5771 would be that I would buy tickets to go see Hair for a sixth time... in New Haven... on October 23rd, 2010. That's right, folks -- I have my tickets!!! :D zoicite was kind enough to let me bully her into coming with me. I have had butterflies in my stomach and a racing heart ever since I gave the lady on the phone my credit card number. To quote myself... "It's been too long. My heart is too full for words." And to paraphrase from my people...

"Next year in Jerusalem, sure... But next month in New Haven, first!" ;D ;D

More words. ^_^ Yay for the boys talking to me again! :D

Today's word count: 1,225
Total word count: 19,630

*wipes sweat off brow* *goes to get ready for the BBQ*

Happy 4th, all! ^_^

Jesus H. Christ.

It's the scene that ate my fic. O_o;;; I was aiming for a fic that would be a total of twenty pages or so. Nice and compact that I could split into 3 parts of 6 or 7 pages each. That was before Claude decided to take 7 damned pages of his own just to get through a classroom scene. O_O And that was after already taking 3 1/2 pages for an earlier scene in the classroom. @_@;;; Boy, oh boy, Claude... you weren't kidding when you said you wanted some on-screen classroom time. Are we done now?

Claude: What about the Parent Teacher conferences?

Cloud: *rae* I thought those happen at the beginning of the year.

R-chan: O_O Oh, damn and blast, they do. What else would parents come to?

Cloud: *shrugs* Concerts? Plays? Spirit Week? Art shows?

R-chan: OK... yeah, any of those would work.

Claude: *sweatdrop* I'm staying out of this.

Walter: *nods sagely* Wise choice.

Oh, BTW... msorange21... when I finally get to posting it... you may wanna skip those 7 pages. *weary chuckle* You see... when I fight off the angst bunnies too long... they build up, see? Then, they apparently explode. O_O But I promise more fluff, too! Eventually. In the same fic. Really, truly. *impish grin*

*coughs* As for the holiday... Happy Belated Pi Day, everyone! *beams* I celebrated by having some of the pizza variety, but no... I was not enough of a geek as to calculate its circumference while eating it. ^_~

PRiS -- A Rose By Any Other Name

OK... so it wasn't all as bad as I thought it was. Not even close, actually. I think I've finally tuned back in to this thing, so... away we go! ^_^

Today's word count: 2,793
Total word count: 47,613

*ponder* Maybe it's all the anime I've been watching lately. Marathoned all of Trigun and Yami no Matsuei in one week. Yes, yes, I know that's a weird combination. Sue me. ^_~

Good Yontif, everyone!

Today's (OK, and yesterday's) word count: 3854
Total word count: 37954

And to put that in perspective...
This week's word count: 10927

Another day like today (and yesterday), and ARBAON will officially have passed Taking Root for length. And I think I've only just gotten over the middle hump! O_O *boggles* I haven't been on this kind of a roll in... in... a really long time. *bows head* I'm sorry, Nuriko! ;_; I'll get to Chapter 3 eventually. I'm just really, really enjoying this! O_o Especially as I now have not only Andros x Zhane slash... *eg* ...but Jason x Billy slash, too! *cuddles the PR chibis*

But holy hell is keeping track of 19 rangers plus ancillary characters difficult. O_o;;; I'm starting to feel like a camp counselor. :-P

Happy 4th, everyone! *glomp*

I know it's been forever... And I know that this is late... But better late than never, ne? ^_^

L'shana tovah tikateivu v'teichateimu, everyone!!

*passes out the apples and honey*

*squishes a Seimei*