All set for some celebration

Or, at least, I've just sent the invitations. :'D. I can only hope people will actually want to come x'D.

That's probably not really an issue. 8D. Either way, I was almost afraid I would have to call it off.

Seriously, since there'll probably be quite a number of people coming, I figured it would be best if my parents weren't at home when I celebrated my birthday. That's no problem, my parents have lately made it a habit to take weekends off every now and then. I also figured that my sister might not want to stick around because she might not get along very well with the rowdy bunch of idiots I call my friends. I told her as much, and mentioned a couple of things they might say in jest that she wouldn't like to hear, but she said she wouldn't mind staying upstairs all night if she had to, so no prob. :'D.

Then, I think about three days ago, I was going to send everyone an email to invite them to my party, and my mom was suddenly all "yeah, I'd wait with that if I were you, your dad wants to talk about that". OH GOD. Turns out, the things I'd mentioned to my sister alarmed my parents because they figured that if I couldn't keep them in line and they were that bad, my parents weren't really comfortable with all these people being in the house while they were away for four days. x'DD. Let's just say I'd exaggerated a little when warning my sister. Needless to say, I placated my mom and reassured her that all would be well, and the problem was solved. So now I've got a party planned at the end of March. :'DD.

Aside from that, we had a Dutch literature test (my first language, basically the test was about the history of Dutch literature and different genres and stuff) that I completely fucked up Dx. I hated that test, it was AWFUL. Everyone agreed with me, incidentally 8D.

Also, today I finished reading Amanda Hocking's novel Switched, the first in the Trylle trilogy. Which I started reading yesterday. It is a little out of hand with my reading obsession. Anyway, I loved it. It was really awesome, about a changeling (a child of the fair folk - in this case a Troll in a rather unconventional portrayal - that is switched for a human baby) called Wendy, who is found by the Tracker Finn and taken back to her real family. Finn is really really awesome, and there are (obviously, it IS a YA novel) romantic complications between him and Wendy, and I really just loved the whole story. Needless to say, when I finished reading, I was itching to get my hands on Torn and Ascend (part 2 and 3). BUT THEN. I read the first chapter of Torn that's included in the novel, and the teaser for Ascend, and I found out that.... *drum rolls* There is going to be a love triangle. Because of course, what is a story without a decent love triangle/square/pentagon/hexagon/(I could go on)?
As you might have noticed from all the sarcasm, I don't really LIKE love triangles. In fact, I generally hate them, because they bring a lot of unnecessary drama and somehow the guy I root for is always on the losing side. :/. Another reason can be that it's just unbearably sadsadsad and heartbreaking because both guys are really awesome and great and just all-around decent (WillTessaJem in The Infernal Devices. I FUCKING CRIED). So basically, now I'm not sure I want to read the rest, but I probably will end up reading them anyway.

Either way, I have enough books now to keep me happy. Yay, birthday!

Now we've just gotta see how long they last...


AND LOOKIT THIS --> http://serebii.net/black2white2/
excitedexcitedexcited.



~Levyathan

Back from London

And normal life's a bitch. Got back yesterday evening and already I'm expected to do stuff around the house. Woe is me!

On the other hand, I had a great time in London. We went to a lot of museums (the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum, the British Museum and the National Gallery, although we didn't spend a lot of time in the last two). It's really awesome that they are all free, especially considering the amount of money I spent on other things *shamefaced*. In fact, we bought so much that the single bag we'd brought as cabin luggage couldn't hold all of the stuff we had to take back home. That caused the only real fight we've had, which is a miracle in itself; my sister and I don't always get along very well. We did have a few disagreements throughout our stay, but on the whole it was a very enjoyable trip!

Look what I gots in the Natural History Museum:

It's a stuffed, 1,000,000x enlarged neuron. I call him Gregor. He's just so cute!

We also went on an evening walk through Westminster (Well, I think. We started out in Westminster, anyhow), along Westminster Bridge and then we traversed the Millennium Bridge, which was really awesome but had my sister complaining that her feet hurt. Most of the time, I was the one complaining; I didn't feel very well and I kept having headaches and being extremely hot or cold, it was annoying. For both of us. But we made it through (mostly) unscathed.

Here's a gratuitous picture of Ben at night (I'm a really bad photographer):

Also, on a completely different note, I accessed my mail yesterday night for the first time in four days and had 45 emails. I was like "What?!", but then I saw that somehow, 20 people had felt the need to post congratulations on my Facebook wall. >,<. I felt very appreciated, though, also by the various people who braved the 13-cents overseas cost of a text to wish me a happy birthday. Thanks to all you guys. And Paul, I laughed really fucking hard from your awesome text. So tell me, what dictionary did you swallow? x'DD.

So yeah. Why is it that, as you get older, birthdays just lose all the magic? It's just so sad. :/. Or am I the only one that doesn't feel special on their birthday anymore? I must be getting old...


_AND DUDE!_ FFXIII-2 ads in the Underground stations!

On the very first day. I was all over the place from Awesome.

~

ZELDA UPDATE (x'DD): I continued to the Castle (turns out it's really called Ganon's Castle, so I wasn't far off :'D), and was amazed at how ridiculously easy the final dungeon was. However, I got to the face-off with the Great King of Evil Ganondorf (what a title :'D) and ran out of magic power (and therefore Light Arrows) before I'd finished him off. Turns out sending his energy blasts back at him stuns him, but doesn't actually do any damage. I was stuck in a perpetual cycle. That is, until my sister (the very same) started rage-vacuuming because we hadn't done it yet (nobody had asked) AND SWEPT THE NINTENDO64 OFF OF THE TABLE. It crashed into the floor and my gameplay suffered a horrible, sudden death. Actually, I haven't tried it again after, so I can only hope she hasn't somehow fatally wounded the poor thing...  To Be Continued. Dun Dun Dunnnn.

(Also, Ganondorf was dramatically playing an organ when Link entered the room. AWESOME.)



~Levyathan

Happy Birthday to Me!!~

Howdy, folks! 

I turned 18 today! I'm officially an adult! (OhgodohgodhowamIgoingtocopewiththeRESPONSIBILITY)

What? No, I did not just have a mental lapse, what are you talking about? 

I'm really kind of excited and kind of worried at the same time. I am not mature at all, how do they expect me to face society? x'D.

Anyway, now there's the problem of how to celebrate it. I'm thinking just throw a lot of pillows on the ground and have everybody sit in front of the TV and play on somebody's Wii or watch a movie or some such, but it won't be anything much more interesting than that. 

I'll think about it. 

~Levyathan

Going to London, baby

TOMORROW BITCHES. In fact, our flight is at 8:30 AM tomorrow, and we need to check in at least 70 minutes before. That, coupled with the time it takes to reach the airport and the morning-rush traffic jams, means we have to leave home at 5:45 AM. That means I have to get up before 5 in the morning. THE HORROR!

I'm actually getting kind of nervous about this trip, because it's just me and my sister going and I can only hope we'll be able to survive. No, I'm not really worried about that at all, but it's just really weird to think I'll be in London tomorrow. I haven't even packed yet! Can't really decide what to take with me, I have too many clothes and too few at the same time... Oh well, guess I'll just cross that bridge when I reach it.

I'm definitely taking my Game Boy Color and the book I'm currently reading: The Name of the Star (Shades of London #1) by Maureen Johnson. I started reading it yesterday, am about halfway through and I think it is really awesome. It's just kind of... scary? It's about the 1888 Jack the Ripper murders being reenacted in modern-day London (with fresh victims) BY A GHOST. It's kind of strange, but I love it. It also made me afraid to close my eyes and go to sleep, but that's not important. Anyway, I'll be bringing that on the off-chance I'll find time to get some reading done.

On the other hand, I'm not sure I'll be able to post anything in the coming four days. Not, y'know, that I've been posting at all regularly lately, but just a heads-up. I might do a scheduled "Happy Birthday to Me" post but I'm not sure yet, because I'd have to write that now. You'll just have to wait and see.

But I don't honestly have much else to s-

OH MY GOD. I almost forgot. A good friend of mine was over for the day and she brought her Wii. Now, I don't own a Wii and have never much regretted that because I think the Wii sucks as a serious gaming console and mostly just has merit for playing things like Mario Kart at parties and with lots of friends. BUT. There is one reason I have always secretly wanted a Wii: The Legend of Zelda. Now, I doubt any of you are surprised by this, but still. Anyway, she brought her Wii- and Twilight Princess. I've been dying to play that game since the moment it was announced. I got to play it today for a full three hours (and then some) and I loved it. And now I'm once again brokenhearted because I don't own a Wii, even though I stand by my opinion about it as a gaming engine and I just so wish there was just a fucking BUTTON for swinging your sword. And then. SKYWARD SWORD.

TL;DR: I might just end up buying a Wii at some point in the future.

(Also I beat the Spirit Temple on OoT and Sheik revealed his (her) real identity and Princess Zelda was kidnapped by Ganondorf. So now it's off to Ganon's Castle to rescue the Princess and save Hyrule!!)

Now, I wish you all a very good night, I'll be off packing my bags.

Adieu,

~Levyathan

I'm pretty satisfied

I've finally gotten both of my written tasks done, although the second one hasn't been checked by my teacher yet. I'm feeling pretty confident about it, however. My spirits have been lifted. It might also have to do with the fact that I just stopped playing Ocarina of Time and am now watching my sister play Wave Race on the Nintendo 64, with my mom making sarcastic remarks (about the AWESOME graphics ('It's like you're on a REAL jetski!'), amongst other things) in a deadpan tone, al the while my sister is apparently still in the habit of leaning to whichever side she's trying to have her character turn. x'DDD. HILARITY ENSUES.

"Emma, you have to be able to laugh when gaming, it's a prerequisite." .. "...a WHAT?"

Also, look at the parentheses inside the parentheses. Oh sentence, Y U so awesome?

It's gonna be a really really short post today, sorry about that. Suffice to say I am happy to have my most pressing homework done, and am kicking back and relaxing when really I should be doing my regular homework as well. x'DD.

Also, I haven't mentioned this yet, but I'm going to London for four days next week. I am so excited it's unbelievable. Never been to London in my life. I have, however, been to Newcastle Upon Tyne and York, for school trips. On the trip to York we also visited Scarborough and Whitby. It was awesomesauce.

But back to London! We (me and my sister) will be leaving Monday morning, and returning Thursday night. Also, I turn eighteen on Wednesday. It's gonna be memorable. :). I'm not one to plan trips in advance, but my sister is. She's been to London before, and for the last few weeks she's been trying to goad me into deciding what museums I want to visit, whether we will go to a certain shopping mall (I don't know yet!) and trying to tell me all about the map of the Underground, while excitedly telling me about the traffic and weather situations in London, which she has opted to keep receiving after she got back from London around CHRISTMAS 2010. I'll never understand that, I bet. Oh well, to each their own, and I bet I'll be plenty excited as well, come Monday. And I hope it comes quickly.


Hmm, it's not that short after all. :'D. Anything noteworthy to add? Not really, but have this incredibly mind-numbing (if not brainwashing) video of the 8-bit version of the Song of Storms. (I promise, it is very awesome the first loop around!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1nImQH0SY

~Levyathan

Tsk tsk tsk I should be working

..On my Written Task, that is. I've got it about half finished and was hoping to get it done today. Still am, actually. Problem is, I'm writing a letter from a character in the novel 'The White Tiger' to his father, and as such I'm going to have to actually make sure it fits the novel to a T. Meaning, I'll have to think about how the Mongoose would address his father, what he would and would not discuss, what words he would or would not use, etc. It's exhausting. Especially since I was one of the few people who actually finished the novel by the time we were supposed to, and that was a while ago. So I have to re-read a lot in order to analyze the interactions between the Mongoose and the Stork. JOY. Added to that, I'm also supposed to stick to the conventions of the text type I chose, to show that I know what that type of text entails and that I'm able to use the text type in the appropriate ways. >,<.  Not only do I have to think about all of the above, I have to justify my choices in a one-page rationale, so the examiner will know I deliberately wrote it a certain way and am not just relying on luck. Kill me now.

And then, once I've finished this one, I've got another one to do. Before Thursday, might I add. Okay, so yeah, it's kind of my own fault (the final due date was announced WEEKS ago), but it's annoying because I've been feeling kind of fuzzy lately and it's hard to focus correctly. :'(.

This is, incidentally, also why I didn't update yesterday, for those who care. I figured that since I'd missed a day already, it wasn't necessary to post something everyday. (This is also why diets never work for me. "That looks delicious, but I'm not supposed to eat it. Although, I forgot and ate some chocolate yesterday. You know what, I'll just start officially TOMORROW!" x'D).

Also, I'm weak. Yesterday I had work (which is exceptional lately, I never get scheduled anymore) and I was going to ask my boss WHY I never get scheduled anymore. In fact, I was looking at the new schedule, which lasts until March 4th, and my name was nowhere on it. :/. But anyway, in the end I didn't even ask her because I couldn't find the right moment, and I didn't feel like having the whole, terse, "I'm sorry but if I can't work more, I'm going to have to quit and find something else because this is not really working for me. I'm going to University next year, and it's not going to pay for itself"-conversation. And now my dad is kind of disappoint. Oh well, since when is that unusual?


Here I go, complaining, complaining. Sorry for that. :'D.

On a more AWESOME note, I just got me a Mewtwo on my White game by means of a Nintendo WFC Mystery Gift. I probably won't really use it since I'm not White-obsessed anymore, but Mewtwo has always been one of the most badass pokémon out there, so yeah. :'DDD.

Fang's shaking his head at me, I can feel it. x'D.

BTW: You gotta listen to this, it's so awesome. It's what happens when you play Track 02: Venice Rooftops and Track 03: Ezio's Family from the Assassin's Creed II OST simultaneously. Perfect Synchronicity. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9DN1wUuNSw

~Levyathan

Oh what a glorious mess we made

Just look:

Turns out I haven't had time yet to play OoT today. The moment I got home, my sister wheedled me into making cupcakes with her. I have to say, even though they look horribly unprofessional, they taste pretty good. :'DD.

Also, excuse the crappy quality of cell phone camera pictures. >,<. Can't be bothered to buy a better/newer/shinier cellphone, what with all the other expensive things I still need to buy. *coughnotebook3DSvideogameslotsandlotsofbookscough*
...Not to mention I'm turning 18 and am going to have to start paying for my own stuff. That is, more than I already do.

But it kind of sucks that I haven't even been able to move the Nintendo 64 downstairs yet, 'cause my mom'll be home in about half an hour. Basically, it's useless to move it now because I'll have to stop playing once I've figured out where I was at, again. ..I wonder whether my conscience will let me play tonight, when I've still got a lot of English homework to finish. On the one end I hope so, on the other not so much. Getting sick and tired of my own procrastination.~

Also, on an entirely different note, I'm pretty stoked that Final Fantasy XIII-2 is out. Initially I wasn't much for it, being really enthousiastic about Versus XIII and consequently annoyed that it was postponed, but I've seen the trailers and screenshots and just.. Damn. Not that I'll get around to buying it for a while, because in XIII I'm not even on Gran Pulse yet. It's pretty bad, considering I've had the game pretty much since its release, but I just haven't had a lot of time to play it. Actually it comes in handy, because it means that by the time I'm ready to buy XIII-2, it'll probably (hopefully) cost less. I love me my video games, but they sure cut into the funds. :/. Poor, poor wallet. Although, despite the pretty graphics, I don't think games today are necessarily better than they were ten years ago.

In fact, I actually had a pretty nostalgic conversation about old school games with a friend this afternoon. Just talking about how I used to play Super Mario 64 and Wave Race... Also Dino Crisis 2 on my cousin's PSone. Good times, good times. :'DD.

Hmm... Coming back to Ocarina of Time, I'm still agonizing over whether to buy OoT: 3D once I've got a 3DS. It's probably worth it, I guess, because it's all touched up and stuff. But on the other hand, I love the original version so much I'm not sure I need to.. Any opinions?




(Why are pirates called pirates?)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exads7KV-Y0


(Because they ARRRRRR)

Happy digging!~

~Levyathan

Bahahaha I fail'd

I was going so well too! I was trying to get into a sort of rhythm of posting something every day. But then the presentation happened. A lot of people died. It was messy.

But no, that's actually just a very thinly disguised Bad Excuse. Bet you couldn't tell. x'D.
In actual fact, the presentation did cause the lack of update, but rather inadvertently. As it happens, I was working late on remembering my parts on Tuesday, so I didn't gets me enough of the sleepies. Basically, as soon as I got home after the presentations on Wednesday, I went upstairs and passed out. It was probably good for me, but somehow I always feel cheated when I go to bed very early and get up at the regular time. Like I just threw away my free time. I dunno.

~Maybe I'm just paranoid

Or maybe it's just The Field, messing with my mind. Kudos if you got that one. ;D.

I am, however, very glad to be rid of the atrocity that is de biggest project we're having to do this year. Senior thesis/ Graduation Paper Completed! Objective: CLEARED.


...Look, a lolcat!

It is a sad, sad thing, that the Great and Interesting Ice Skating Competition Thingie is not gonna be here anytime soon. It might also be kind of annoying that my sister is basically mourning the loss. You're not gonna die, get it together! 

...You know what's REALLY annoying? Cats that decide the absolute best place in the house to take a nap is on the keyboard. That you are using. While you are using it. Shoo, you stupid thing! 

....Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na Batman!

Okaaaaaaay, getting dangerously off-topic now. Off-...nonexistent topic. So I guess it's okay!! :'DD.

I am probz going to continue playing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time tomorrow. And yes, for all you graphic-whores out there, that is the original version. For the Nintendo 64. Be very afraid.

But yeah, actually I started playing it again a long time ago, but I never make time for it nowadays. I'm actually at the Spirit Temple, last of the seven dungeons before hitting Ganny's Castle. Well... the castle is not really Ganondorf's... so I suppose that should be the Castle of Zelda ('s Parents)  That Was Sneakily Infiltrated And Taken As A Base Of Operations By The Evil Mastermind Ganondorf After He Abducted The Princess, In The Process Of Which She Managed To Pass Link The Ocarina Of Time With Which He Could Travel To The Future And Kick Ganondorf''s Ass. Or the Castle of ZPTWSIATAABOOBTEMGAHATPITPOWSMTPLTOOTWWHCTTTFAKGA, for short. Hmmmm. I think I'll just stick with Ganny's Castle. :'D. But anyway, I'm planning to continue and hopefully beat the Spirit Temple, at least. I'm off from school really early, so I'll hopefully have plenty of teh timez.

Okay, I'll just stop wasting your time. 

:'DDDD.

But first, watch this random internet video! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYzYgkpbLis

Ciaoz, 

~Levyathan

I am so stoked.

I got a sufficient mark on my math resit. In fact, it was sufficient enough to elevate my average to a whopping 5.5 out of 10 - it may not be supremely awesome, but it is sufficient!! *PARTY TIME*
...Well, no, actually. I've got a presentation to prepare for tomorrow night. Idunwanna. I really suck at presenting, I always get all nervous and fumbly and- Lol. Fumbly. That's not a word! Not even a little bit of it. 

...Right. Maybe I should stop watching Tobuscus vids.... Naaaaahhh.

But back to the point! (You mean there WAS a point? -Shut up inner monologue brain thingie-)
The presentation. It's gonna be for parents and peers and the whole world and their dog (Welll no, but that's what it's gonna feel like, fersure). I know the material, heck, I'd better, after spending about 80 hours on the report/senior thesis the presentation is actually based on. It's just that, as I said, I can never present right. I can speak English well enough, not afraid of that in the least, but I'm not gonna be graded on whether my sentences are grammatically correct. I'm gonna be graded on the 'how many of your words actually make sense?'-factor.

"Why are you wasting your time writing this when you should be rehearsing your presentation?" I hear you ask. Well, I don't really have a good explanation, other than my chronic procrastination disorder. Is that a legit disorder? I say it is, damnit. :'D.


On a completely different note, I had to cut my fingernails because they kept breaking and tearing and causing me grief because my hair and other miscellaneous things kept getting snagged. D:. It's not that it looks bad with short nails, so much as it just pains me to lose the fruits of all my effort of leaving them alone so they could grow. Alas, poor Yorick! And that was completely unrelated. What a surprise. MOVING ON.




Yeah, actually, that's pretty much it for the day. I should really get my ass on with the presentation. I've been putting it off for way too long, already. See ya guys.  


Have this awesome, grammar-nazi tastic linguistic fest of a vid for teh funz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlhZuZOYawE

It has Tobuscus! Be happy naoz.


~Levyathan

Enter generic title here

I did it again. Somehow, I can never have a day off from school and actually spend it productively. (On the other hand, I did get around to playing Pokémon White again... sad to say, I'm kind of losing my sense of purpose, getting bored with it. 'S how I've ended up abandoning all my pokémon games, at one time or another.) But Crystal is getting along nicely. ALTHOUGH I'VE ACCIDENTALLY NOT GIVEN MY MAGIKARP A NICKNAME - GOTTA GO LOCATE NAME RATER BYEZ.

But yeah, I was supposed to write 2 Written Tasks for the International Baccalaureate course I'm hoping to finish this year. (I should be able to make it, easy - but at this rate...).

Did end up watching Mewtwo Strikes Back with my sister, although it was about 14 hours later than originally planned. Dayum, I'm such a sucker. In the end, I was left wondering if my own tears would join those of the pokémon and help resuscitate the petrified form of Ash after he had so heroically jumped between mewtwo and mew who were about to finish each other off with brightly colored psychic attacks. (Did you know that when you combine pink with blue, Ash turns purple? x'D)

Oh well, I've come to terms with my horrible softness and sentimentality long ago.

On the other hand, I'm still studiously avoiding thinking about certain topics for fear of breaking down and half-manslaughtering (is that even an acceptable verb?) my brother. Stress, lack of sleep and disappointment don't make a very good team. I feel I'm doing a fine job so far. Maybe this negates all my efforts though...

Only time will tell. :/.

Bwhahaha what's with this depressing note I'm ending on?

Just to cheer myself up, have this serving of Nyan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4


Ja, ne.

~Levyathan

There goes nothing..

Hiya. This is... already awkward.

It's unbelievably weird to be adressing a hypothetical audience that might read this at any time... If anyone ever bothers to read this, anyway. x'D.

Either way, I'll get over it. Sadly, I'm used to talking to myself. I guess that's a good thing to mention right off the bat: I can get a bit weird at times.
Anywhoo, I've been wanting to start a blog for a very long time, but haven't due to lack of anything interesting to say. Now, don't get the wrong idea - I still don't have anything interesting to say. I'm a pretty dull person, too.
But I like the idea of owning my own little pocket of space here on the interwebz to unceremoniously dump my thoughts and feelings when I fucking feel like it. :'D.

Be very afraid.

No, but seriously, I just kinda felt like now might be the right time, since all of my friends are splitting up at the end of this year (oh graduation, Y U so soon?), and a friend of mine already owns a blog and I just kinda thought it might be a good way to keep up with each other... Yeah, okay, maybe it sucks. Still. Let me just randomly tell you a bit about myself.

I'm most strongly characterized by my grammar nazi tendencies, my obsession with Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and Pokémon, my ability to get so utterly caught up in a book that I ignore my friends during school breaks in favor of reading those few pages as soon as possible (Sorry, guys!~), my love of Old School Disney Movies and ability - and tendency - to randomly quote from them, and my irrational fear of clowns. Okay, so nobody actually knows - or knew, anyway - about my fear of clowns. TAKE THAT, SOCIETY!

...right.

...ehm..

I guess I'll just... leave now.

OH WAIT. I'MMA JUST SPAM YOU GUYS WITH THE FACT THAT I OBTAINED A FUCKING ARCEUS ON MY POKÉMON WHITE GAME THROUGH THE DREAM WORLD PROMOTIONAL EVENT. I AM SO SMUG. Yes, that was for you, Fang. <3. (*cue Bad Arceus Puns*)


Alright, I'll leave for real now. Gotta go watch the original Pokémon movie with my sister. ((Mewtwo Strikes Back still sounds dramatically awesome ;D))



Talk to ya later. Maybe.


~Levyathan