Tonight while driving I saw a whole herd of deer all along the street. They were on both sides of the street grazing. It was kind of a surreal experience. I was afraid one might jump out in front of the car, but they didn’t pay any attention to the drivers on the road. Sometimes I feel like I live in a forest!
Recently, pseudo-Christmas trees have been popping up around Windurst. At least that’s what I think they are, judging from their gaudy appearance. I put Chiriri into the thieving profession to gain a few levels. The bad part about being a thief is that the gear they wear is so ugly. I’m hoping to up Chiriri’s dagger skills as well. The job abilities that the thief gets are quite good. Chiriri finally got around to joining the Star Onion Brigade (S.O.B.), and is now fighting for “Truth, Justice, and The Onion Way!” among other things.
Bunky and I took a trip to the MacArthur Center in Norfolk today. It’s a very nice mall, and so much better than the Patrick Henry Mall in Newport News. Although there were no snags in the trip, the way was fraught with danger. There were strange splits of roads, and then in Norfolk there was this two lane road where the entire right lane was filled with cars that were parallel parked. WTF! The side of the road had no shoulder, so it looked like a bunch of cars were just stopped on the road. Then the light right before the parking garage didn’t work, and remained red for at least 7 minutes. People just started pulling around us and making a left on red. The worst of all, however, was the horrendously designed parking garage itself. Was it supposed to look like a maze? The designer of the garage is probably unemployed now, or should be. Just horrible. We got sorta lost on the way home as well, but it was so late that there was no traffic. We took a really out-of-the-way route, but at least we got home safely. The mall was fun. Once we got in, the stores were great and I picked up an alligator-shaped wooden massage tool. It was a bit of a rip-off, but I don’t really care. One of the coolest things about the mall was that they had leaping fountains like the kind in Roller Coaster Tycoon!
We also saw Return of the King in the snazzy theater there. Unlike the one we usually go to (which is tiny and old), this movie theater was very new and had stadium seating. I liked the way they handled the growing popularity of movie commercials. Instead of sprinkling the commercials in between the movie previews, they simply showed commercials during the 20 minutes before the movie started. Having commercials between previews enrages me, but I didn’t mind commercials before the previews. Usually the screen is just black during this waiting period, and you don’t have to pay attention to the commercials if you don’t want to. I hope all theaters that insist on showing commercials will switch to this method.
I finished watching Scrapped Princess on Saturday morning. I think the plot really picked up after the lull in the middle. I wasn’t a huge fan of the whole sealed Earth plot, but the characters were all really interesting. Especially Fulle (*weep weep*). I’m glad Pacifica never gave in to Leo. He was totally lame, and not much of a knight. The whole Soupy-kun obsession was frightening as well. Ending was a bit blah. Pacifica’s brother sucked.
This morning we had some snow (the real kind). It was perfect snow, the kind that just lightly dusts everything, but leaves the roads safe, and the driveway clean. The only bad thing was that, because of the snow, we couldn’t grill outside. So no turkey =(. On the other hand, my first staff party was very fun. At first it was a bit awkward, since I didn’t know everybody, but people still came up to talk to me and introduce themselves. The food was pretty good (I had sugar overload by the end), and the gift exchange was very fun. Unlike just regular gift lotto’s, you can “steal” someone else’s gift (an item can be stolen up to three times) instead of picking from the mystery pile. The most hotly contested items this year were an adorable stuffed moose plushie, a t-shirt that said “Drink Outside the Box”, every bottle of wine, a double flask disguised as a pair of binoculars, and a coffee maker. I came away with a set of three small cat pewter picture frames. Not too bad, especially since my work area is a bit sparse. I gave one away to a coworker who really likes cats. Bunky thinks that “Colonial Shopping consists of three things: pewter, pineapples, and pottery.” Haha, the three P’s; I like all three though =).
I moved Bonnie over to the new fish tank today. This gives me a few days to observe her in the new tank. I have read up on both bettas and angelfish on this helpful community website. So far I think she’s really happy, and she has started eating eagerly. The angelfish are really very friendly (when you have food), and it’s a shame they don’t get along. I can’t wait to get new fish to put in Clyde’s tank. Bonnie hasn’t eaten any of the bettas, and in fact seems to be afraid of them (even though she is like 10 times their size). I don’t think there will be too much trouble since all of the fish are rather slow swimmers and the bettas can easily hide in the many nooks and crannies. The only thing I am worried about is the bettas nipping Bonnie’s long fins. This has not happened so far.
I think I’ll be seeing Return of the King tomorrow. I did a little more lineart yesterday. BTW, if someone hacks your online gaming account in China, you can sue! I’ll let Bunky know about that so she can sue anyone who hacks my accounts, lol. Thank goodness she’s finally done with 1L first semester so she can stop being so crabby all the time!
OMG, this is like supah origami. Buddha-tastic!
Also, since it’s the holiday season, and I was talking about fish (whose filters often also use carbon) the other day, here is a link for the perfect gift for stinky friends. They won’t be insulted by this gift at all ^__~!!! Bonus points for the great name. Reminds me, somewhat, of the Solariix and Super-Visor I worked on for a business project in class =). They even have two versions! Gas-B-Gone and GasMedic, LOL. If Ender thought our websites were bad, wait till he sees this one. Something about wanting to “curl up and die” comes to mind ^__^. The site proudly states that, “Each GasBGon flatulence filter-seat cushion comes with a tally toot scorecard, you get a constant real time indication of how much useable life remains in your filter element.” OMFG, ready the testimonials!!! It is interesting to note that the carbon filter lasts 6 months for women, but only 3 months for men…
I heard that at tomorrow’s Christmas Staff Party there will be deep-fried turkey. This is something I very much want to try.
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