Hey guys,

So I'm working on my final for my audio visual class and I need some extras on Sunday evening. Would anyone be interested? Really it's all about dressing up in vamp/goth gear and walking menacingly out of some woods. That's it. The woods don't have to be particular, possibly Forest Park would work since I know they're open after dark.

I have to be at work in Ballwin at 9, so it'd be hopefully around 7.

I'm going to x-post around and see who's available - perhaps we can get dinner or something afterwords :)

Thank you!
-Jen Patton

So Josh introduced me to this ->http://braid-game.com/

You can buy it and download it off of Steam if you've got the dreaded Orange Box.

It's... just.. I... umm... O_O

My brain will explode now. Now back to more slacking off...

*scroungescrounge*

*digdig*

Hmmmmph...

*rustlerustle*

Nope. No food in the house. Crap.

*look around*

Also... no people. I am in the only one in the Schubox at the moment. 'Cept the kitties, of course.

Blarg?


... yeah, okay, guess I should start on my homework now... :P

For anyone interested, we're planning on going horseback riding on Saturday at Ace stables by my house. Meet @ Schubox at 2, cost is $25 for 45 min.

Just got this off one of the groups I'm in:

http://www.armynavydeals.com/asp/default.asp?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=all99c

Super crazy deals for army surplus stuff - good for steampunk~ :3

Oh, and ummm... ARRRR! XD

So...

we have two inspections coming through on Friday...

Would anyone like to borrow our cats for a few hours? One or two would be fine in the house, but... well... we don't just have that many...

Also... anyone want to help us clean? It won't be nearly as bad as the last time (actually most of the rooms just need stuff put away and a cleaning once over :3)

I'll be over here running around in a panic and starting back to school this week... and getting ready for visits at work.. heh... ... kthanx...

I got rained out!

Which normally wouldn't stop me, but Josh has a tired and we have plans later in the day. Tag that with Mandatory Family Fun tomorrow and bathroom painting on Monday... I don't get to go this year. Boo. ;_;

We're going to the Japanese festival tomorrow in the am, so if anyone wants to say hi give me a ring.... I'll also be in front of the climatron around 11am :3

Edit: Scratch that, nevermind. Stupid rains... >_

我終於瘦了 ! 我真的瘦了 ! 這東西真神奇 !

translates to:

I was finally thin! I was really thin! This thing is really mysterious!


I got spam in Dutch a couple of weeks ago...

Wi nøt trei a høliday in Schubox this yer?

See the løveli basement lakes

The wonderful telephøne system (it has a intercøm!)

And mani interesting furry animals

Including the majestic Møøch

A Møøch once bit my sister ...

Mynd you, Møøch bites Kan be pretty nasti...



(Ganked from MPatHG and harvested to mah nefarious wayz :3)

Happy B-day professor! May you have squee-tasticness ^_^

I went in to nysse's room and started looking around at stuff...

"Wash udder and teat parts thoroughly with clean water and soap before each milking to avoid contamination of milk."

...I just thought "Udderly sMOOth" was just a funny pun name for lotion. I was terribly wrong o_O

So it's apparently not been a good day for people, which sucks 'cause that's what I generally want for people on my birthday :(

I'm not a cheerleader, or I'd totally be pulling out the Optimist Power for everyone...

Just remember, people on my flist are awesome. People hurting people on my flist are NOT awesome. Apparently that's my zen for the day o_O

Went over to the Edwardsville Borders today and helped with completely reconfiguring their entire paperchase area. Flatlanders, go view it to see mah merchandising skills of an artist. Yep.

Trashed nao. Was wanting to hang out since I was already on the IL side, but I've gotta get pictures ready for Pagan Picnic. Feel free to come out this weekend to see mah other skills of an artist. And facepaint. And I'm already tired.

Off to the non intarnetted computer... curse you, network card. Curse you.

So one of my classes got switched to Monday. I found out 10 minutes after the class started. My counselor apologized, "I don't care if they don't tell me, but they at least need to tell you!"

Some of you may know what this entails... I D&D on Mondays. Goth nite's on mondays (not that I can go since i wake up at 6am). Sooo.... I'm out of Josh's game :( But Tom's game's switching to every other Sunday. So that means I'll have Th & Fri nights, Sat mornings and every other Sunday available o_O Even with Thursday nights where I'll be by myself 'cause Josh has class! o_O whatever shall I dooo with myself?!

We got a new phone for the house, so if you call and get a slighty younger male answering machine, that's why ;D

Josh will also hopefully have sound by the end of the night, and we're switching our computers. *crosses fingers*

Why am I tired at 9:30? Waaaaah.....

It could be the benadryl, or that I'm waking up at 6 tomorrow..

Guh. Muh. Duh.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

NATURE IS POKING OUT MY DAMN EYE! X_O

AUGH!
*eyepatch*
ARRRR!

Ah, allergy season. I keep think that I've escaped you only to realize that mine doesn't actually start 'til May.

*allergy medTHUNKZZZZZZ*

Josh pointed this out to me this morning:


Happy Mother's Day, ya'll! ^_^
Josh: "That doesn't have anything to do with mother's day!!!"
Me: "I know ^_^"

For those going to BBQ tomorrow (of which are not many):

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=38.74822,-90.43911&daddr=38.880640,+-90.933892&geocode=&hl=en&mra=me&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=13&sll=38.751138,-90.451813&sspn=0.098129,0.154495&ie=UTF8&ll=38.837568,-90.691452&spn=0.392041,0.617981&t=h&z=11

They are coordinates, so it's a little weird, but accurate to a T from 70 and 270 to the park :3

Questions = call me :3

I've been passing these out all day...

So mom has reserved the pavilion we were *supposed* to get married at for next Sunday for an anniversary BBQ thingy... it's also mother's day as well, so you can invite your mom if you wanna, or sneak away after Mandatory Family Fun... would anyone be interested in coming? Pot luck 'n stuff? I'm thinking afternoonish (3 or 4? 5?)

Ok, so I was attempting horribly to keep this under wraps in case it didn't go through, but I interviewed for a new job. Well, old and new job. You see, as some of you may know I take care of the Paperchase department at the Borders I work at, on top of a bunch of other things as well, ie whenever anyone needs something somewhere else that's what I do.

So they're eliminating my PC position. I interviewed for the new position replacing it, and she said she would call me back the following week. But she didn't, and I was severely disappointed, especially since she didn't call me back period. So disappointed but I figured oh well. Just kinda sucks 'cause it was my favorite thing to do at the store 'sides cafe.

( Yeah, it sucked.... )

In other news, didn't go camping this weekend. It mudded. And potted. And we said no. Gotta unpack stuff later tonight, but I was very proud of us 'cause we got the foam we were planning on using for bedding dried out before it got icky. It doesn't sound like much, but it was.
Since we didn't go camping, dad came into town for Jeff's bday so we hung out w/dad & Janet all day, and had dinner w/all 4 parents, which is extremely unusual but good :3 Wanted to go to the BBQ for the runaway pirates, but that's okay....


On an alternate note, I have the budding idea to look into doing BJD mods. I have most of the components necessary to do so, and I was wondering if it would be possible to mod for people for parts. I don't have the money yet for a BJD, but things may be changing soon, and it's something I could see myself getting into, but responsibly. I heard people saying that there's a store in the area that works with them (does the doll store by our house do it?). Perhaps even working into making steampunk stuff and clothes for them... I actually have a stuffed bear that I *really* wanna steam up, but I gotta figure out how to get a tiny monacle, top hat or bowler, and cane for him...


I'm, umm, gonna go run around screaming nao, or something, or stuff. Or... ummm... yeah...

I did it for the lols - History Macros Community :3

Why must I keep finding these things?

Part 3 of the eternal saga of... Charlie. Chaaaaarliiiiiiie!

AAAH!
No, I'm not rickrolling this time.

o_O

AAAH!

Anyway, we're going to City Museum on Sunday if anyone wants to go :3

Just talked to my mom. Her mom on her side just died late last night. She was in her late 90's and my grandpa passed away years ago, and she's been in a nursing home for a very long time with dimensia, so I'd already lost my grandma a long time ago... but still, it's sad because she was the one I was closest to. As far as I know all my other grandparents are alright, so I shouldn't lose anymore this year. Down to 4 on my side from 8, but I have 5 on Josh's side, so my collection of grandparents is still strong (no, they're not trading cards, I swear. Random thought)

If you haven't heart of Susan Boyle yet, go here. She is full of win, and makes me happy :3

( Yup. I'm awake earlier than usual. Here be gay pirates and kitties. )

Also, if you haven't seen WootShirts they are pretty keen. You vote on shirts, and if they don't get enough sells then they get axed. Interesting. I dig the game console general And I wish I had this one for tomorrow

So, I is r going back to teh skewl.
(Why?)
'Cause, well, I don't have a bachelor's, and I want one, and it will make me moar qualified for munnies. Yes.
(But you already have a degree. Two, almost.)
Yeah, that lady never called me back. Anyway, I don't have a BA, and Game Design is awesome!
(But what are you going to get with a Game Art Design BA? You already have an arty throwaway degree. And you're going to have to get another AAS in order to get into the BA program.)
Yes, well, but, ummm... BA?
(...)
Wait! No! I have an argument for this! You see, I've been slowly getting more and more antsy over the past few months, in the "wtf have I been doing with my life?" sorta way. And I thought to myself, okay, what job would I want to have? I don't want to be a graphic designer, and much as I wouldn't mind any old art job, what is it that I WANT to do? And the answer that comes up is this - character designer. That's all I do anyway. I like creating new characters and backgrounds and style ideas and new and interesting things. That's just what I do. All the time. So, that's what I want to do. But there's only two industries that I can think of that do such a thing - movies or game design. And since I don't think there's a BA in character design, it seems like I could get a job much easier in the game industry and thereby the movie industry. Right? Does this make sense to anyone else?
(It doesn't make sense in half my head to begin with.)
The problem of course is that the college I'd like to go to is in Seattle... of course. But, if I can get the degree I can go for the job? Or just make my own job? Right?

::Edit - there were confusions. Josh and I are both going to ITT in June. Tomorrow we go into the FA dept. and to talk to the deans to figure out where we stand in what::

No, that's not a kooky little catch phrase - all the Schubox forks have gone missing! We have, like, 3 left that aren't threeks! o_O We've been noticing a lack for a few months, but, really, what the flying hell? How do forks go missing? They aren't in any bedrooms, not in the dishes or the cabinets?

Where all my forks at?? Pirates have stolen my forks!

Trying to drawr moar. Decided to specifically do b&w only, either that or storyboards. And quick stuff. I'll try to everyday, but no promises as usual :3

So I got bored and took a random "career personality quiz."

My top job choices are:
Funeral Director
Mechanical Engineer
Surgeon
Veterinarian Assistant
Personal Care and Services
Hotel Clerk
Electronic Equipment Repair

o_O

I took it here, but I don't really recommend it 'cause it's got 180000 ads to get to the results and over 400 questions. Ick.

Why do resumes always take so loooong? I swear that was like 3 hours. Mmmm... I cans want Nintendo jeorb.

Oh ya. I'm back in town. Hi. Seattle is green and shiny. Do want.

This is me, being all out of town 'til the 19th.

I've been running around in circles for the past couple of hours trying to finish packing and remembering what I'm forgetting. I think I have everything now though. Will probably need batteries for the camera, but I can get those there. And I think I have enough munnies, we should only be spending it on the weekned (and what we don't spend, bills! Yay!). Mainly worried about busing and getting a map, since I haven't been there and don't use the bus system... wooo...

We'll both have our phones on us in case something explodes.

Now, to get up at 7 am! WEEEEEEEEEE! *runs in moar circles*

Tomorrow, noon, we'll call it at Ichiban, sushi for all! ...who show up, anyway.

So, we all know that Johnny Depp is obviously in Alice and Wonderland that's coming out next year, right? Duh.

But have you seen the rest of the lineup?
Yea kids, Christopher Lee, Mr. Bean, Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman playing the GD Caterpillar and like 15 other awesome people in this. I will squee for actors alone, and I'm not that kinda girl!

*yawn* sleep nao

So, contrary to my popular belief, I got the Seattle Trip dates mixed up all wrong.

We're going to be out of town the 12th - 19th, ie next week o_O Good thing my work schedule's flexible!

It's a very fun time of year. Yeah, it's still winter, and we're all still holed up in our dens, but this is the time of year when our dreams start getting restless and we start shifting within our sleep, because we know Spring is coming. Well, if we were bears. But this is the time of year when we, who are awake, can feel it in our bones and metabolisms, we all start planning and thinking and yearning for Spring, or Summer. When we can go play hide and seek in the forests and walk without heavy coats. And I can see it in everyone and it makes me happy :3

Awww, why doesn't St. Louis do anything cool publicly?
I'm honestly curious to see how this will pan out, one way or another.

Ah! Lethargy attack! Run! o_O

So those were the words about halfway through the conversation that I just had with my dad. The problem is that my dad does not have an uncheerful voice, so it threw me off as he was explaining about my grandpa's surgery months ago and then getting pneumonia and then finally coming home just recently only for my uncle to find him in his bed this morning not breathing.

Yes, Oh, indeed.

Afterwords dad babbled for another 15 minutes about other things but moreso than usual so I think he was distracting himself from the idea. Obviously I can't afford another trip down to Florida, much less the flowers I will now go order for my grandmother...

I'm, um... gonna go mull for a bit, I think. Or distract myself. I haven't decided yet...

*cry*

Why do I always find the things that I want when I have no money?????????
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20819429
The shape of bag I've been wanting for years! And they have one with a robot on it! And I can't get it 'cause I'm poor!

I shall go pout in the corner nao.

Happy B-day to rinae and to garylisk In case I'm crazy busy tomorrow.

I'm supposed to be at workshop. Going nao!

Well. I'm taking my insurance off. There's no point in having it.

::What, why Jen? Insurance is good for you!::

Well, it would be, if I had an emergency and had to go to the hospital. But that hasn't happened. I pay approximately $40/mo for insurance that I don't use, and the one time that I did, well... I just got charged $98 for an OBGYN yearly checkup visit. At a clinic. Now, if I hadn't used my insurance, I would have had to pay at most $75, and with the copay I now have to pay $110. So screw it. I'm healthy, and it'll give me an excuse to look for a job with decent insurance.

In other news, I got bubble tea! And a Josh. I is a happy, acutally. ^_^

I am a researcher by nature. I believe that each side should be heard in every situation, because truly everyone does have a personal opinion. And you know what? Because of this, I don't get into fights or arguments. Because contrary to what a lot of people think, when you do talk to the other person about what's going on, 99% of the time it's not because they're stupid or lazy or crazy, but because of something you didn't realize was going on as well.

Over the past couple of days I've had 4 separate incidences of people who didn't bother to think about the other side of the situation and lash out against other people. And you know, if they bothered to think about the other people involved, they would see what was going on and they wouldn't have had to hurt someone because of it.

This is the one thing that I keep trying to tell people - talk to other people! Other people are not mean or spiteful or stupider than you - they aren't you, there's other things going on, and if you'd actually listen and understand their situation you wouldn't have to be angry and you wouldn't have to hurt them.

And yes, words do hurt. No matter how much armor you've had to build up over the years, and no matter how often people tell you you're a wuss if you let words hurt you, they do. You can build up armor against it, you can ignore it, you can demean the other person so it's invalidated.. but someone telling you or someone else that they're stupid or mean or crazy is still going to hurt them. And each time it's said it'll get a little worse, and a little worse, 'til that armor wears away and you can't ignore it anymore. Why? Why do people feel the overwhelming desire to hurt other people? They don't is the answer. People don't truly want to hurt other people. They don't want to hurt, either. They want to make themselves feel better. And somehow in our society we've learned that if we belittle other people, that if we assert ourselves to be better than them, then whatever they've done to hurt us that they don't even know about will be invalidated. And that somehow makes us better, to hurt other people? We stop thinking about how other people feel to make ourselves better?

Why are we so selfish? Being selfish only ultimately makes things worse. The more we think only of ourselves the worse everyone else feels, the worse society gets and we wonder where everything went wrong.

This is High School Behavior! At least, that's what I kept thinking it was. Unfortunately I've realized that someone people didn't let it go. Do you remember Junior High and High School and the stupid hate filled drama? Where everyone was going off on everyone else and so-and-so's not talking to so-and-so because of blah blah and then they're hanging out again two days later? Come on, guys. It's bullying. Do you remember the bullies back then? Do you remember how much you hated them because they picked on everyone? Do you realize that kid was probably being abused at home, or didn't feel like they were as smart as you, or their parents were going through a divorce and it was tearing them up inside? Why am I coming to the defense of bullies? They were kids, just like us, that didn't understand how to relate to other people, and they weren't paying attention to who they hurt or how. It's back to demeaning to make them feel better.

::Crap, Jen, WTF got you so wound up??::
http://www.silencingchristians.com/ was the last straw. I want everyone to go and watch that movie. And not only do I want you to see your side of the situation, I want you to see the other side as well. Am I saying they're right? No. Am I saying we should lead a crusade against them? No. Because they have a point, and the LGBT movement is doing the same thing. Using outlandish ideas about the other side mixed in with truth is only confusing the people that are on the fence. We can't hate the other side. We need people to realize that there's millions of different sides to this point, and fighting about it will not solve the issue, it'll just keep everything in stalemate. Fighting is not the answer. Calm, thought out communication, with each side listening to the other is. Because no side is going to win all, but if everyone would at least be willing to compromise on the issue it would work. And focusing on the negative isn't going to solve anything, that's the whole Christian problem, is they're going at it in the complete opposite way of their religion. To get religious about it for a second, Jesus' whole point was acceptance and love. And that love is what Christians are supposed to convert people over to. Hating others is the complete opposite of what the entire religion is based on.

I'm terrible with ending things, so I'm just gonna stop here. Comments welcome.