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Things keep getting better and better. Today I began to look over financial aid stuff for the upcoming fall semester. I can get 5500 right now, and I'm going to apply for 5500 from a private lender, but I need a cosigner. That should be easy enough, I think. Still, that's a lot of money. I was hoping to keep my 3k scholarship by getting an A in 102 this summer and GRO-ing my calculus grade, so instead of having that E (or F) in my GPA it would change to a B, which I'm pretty sure I got this summer. But now I'm not even sure if I can do that, since the course wasn't taken at the school. I'm going to have to look further into it, because it's the equivalent course, it's just called something different and taken at community college. I really hope I can, because it will help me out so much. And speaking of school, I only have tomorrow and then I'm done with summer classes. I'm actually not going to English tomorrow, because I finished the last assignment today and turned it in, so if I go tomorrow I'll have nothing to do. And math it's just come and get your test and if you're happy with the grade you get for the class you can go, and if not you can take the final to replace your lowest test grade. I'm fairly confident I got a B on the test I took today, so if I did I won't bother with the final. Even getting a B is amazing enough for me in calculus. I'm really bad at it.

I have officially decided something I want for Christmas: a yukata. I have no clue when I'd wear it, but I randomly decided I wanted one and told my mother so today. Hopefully I'll get on for Christmas. Also, now that school is out I want to try and find a temporary job. I'm sure there's some out there, I just need to find them. I find it completely pointless to apply for a job, which will probably take a couple weeks to apply and get hired and everything, and only stay there for a month. If I'm lucky I'll find one, I sure need the money. Need to start paying off loans and I want to get a bit saved away so if I can get some people together I can go to a con. I was planning on going to Saboten-Con in October, but I'm thinking I should just save up my money so I can go to a bigger one. Right now it would be either Sakura-Con or AnimeNEXT. I REALLY wish I could go to the San Diego Comic Con coming up shortly, because there are two things I know of I want to see there- Mike and Bryan, creators of Avatar, will be there, and the Mythbusters minus Karrie. But I have no money for that right now. Plus I'd probably want to cosplay if I could find the money for that, and if I were to go to a con next year I'd probably be able to get it together.

HBP comes out two weeks from now. I made sure my mom got the day off. I know it's going to suck, but we'll be getting there at least two hours early so we're first in line so we can get primo seats. I also have to read the book within the next two weeks so it's fresh in my head. That won't be too hard, I finished it the first time in two days.

If I ever get a good picture of her I should put a picture of Princess Peach on here. The kitten, not the Mario one. She's gotten so big since we found her, and her face has started to retain a more oriental shape and her ears are really big. Unfortunately her eyes are a really dark hazel, not green or blue like I had hoped for, but she's still cute. Tortellini, who used to be Spitfire but since she isn't a little hellion that hisses at everyone when they walk by now so we renamed her, has beautiful eyes. Seriously, that cat is gorgeous. Her tortoiseshell coat is beautiful, plus it's starting to get a bit longer, but her eyes, they've turned a bright gold and with her coat it's amazing. Of course, since she's droopy eyed she looks more cute than stunningly beautiful, but still.

Oh yeah, another funny thing. Since the library parking lot was packed tonight we parked towards the back. When we were walking to the doors an old guy was trying to get out of there. Now, since it's right next to a huge park, there are tons of peacocks (some peahens) and roosters all over the place, they just roam outside the library. Well, there was a peacock who had been hanging outside in the back parking lot that was pretty much abandoned with the exception of this guy. Well, it didn't want to move, and because it didn't want to move it started to make a big fuss. But eventually it moved. Still, it was funny.

Posted on Jul 01 2009 by Amber + 1 Comments

Karma can be a bitch, and how I love it

Not really plotting evil, just evil-ish icon

My family got what they deserved. Months ago my mom said we were going to go to San Diego for a few days over the summer on vacation. Well, since that time they've just randomly picked up again fishing, after not fishing for like 8 or so years. So instead of just going up wherever to fish for a day then driving back down the same day, they decided to go camping. They left on a Wednesday morning. I have class until Thursday afternoon, and they of course knew this. So in an indirect way they didn't bother inviting me. Well, I could care less. They've gotten what they deserve. Of course, there were some perks for me as well. Since my aunt and her husband (yeah, he's my uncle, but I don't really bother calling him that since they've only been married like 2 years) went with them, and they took two of the three annoying cousins with them. Unfortunately they left the smallest annoying brat, which I will get to later. And so they, along with my mother, father, brother and his dog went. And since then they've had nothing but rain. Not just rain, downpour. My mom hasn't called me, but she's talked to my grandma. They're going to have to return their tent because it was a piece of crap and the water leaked all in it, all over their stuff. My brother's tent was apparently completely ruined, which I find funny because he used it when he went on camping trips with boy scouts. Their little camping trip was pretty much ruined. Why? Because they abandoned me, their only daughter, their firstborn child, the one they only get to see a couple months out of the year because she's away at college most of the time. Mwuahahaha!

However, because they're gone I've had to take care of the cats, and the dog they left behind. Poor Spook, she doesn't get to go anywhere. No, she gets left locked in the kitchen with a little blanket to lay on while they little pooping in the house constantly chewing up things she shouldn't gets to do whatever the hell she wants mutt got to go camping with them. Spook is easy enough to take care of, I go and let her out in the morning and feed her, then go in the afternoon and let her out, and then feed her in the evening, then at night go and let her out for the night. Simple enough. But the cats...twelve cats is not easy to do, although it's really just nine cats I have to take care of. Tubby, Willow and Rosco are all good cats who can take care of themselves for the most part. But the kittens, Sakura and damn Cora I have to feed like three times a day, because they want wet food. Stupid Cora doesn't eat anything but wet food, the kittens will eat dry, though even when we pour the bowl full of kitten food they easily finish it off, even after having two cans of wet food. So there's feeding them, and then in the mornings there is picking up whatever mess the kittens made overnight. Yesterday I don't even know how they did it, but they scattered like 30 pieces of paper out all over the ground in the living room and kitchen. I don't even know where they found the paper to do that. Then the worst thing is the little. Doing little for twelve cats isn't fun. Again, the three good cats I don't mind, but the others are horrible. We have two litter boxes, a big one that's closed and a smaller one that is open. Right when I'm about to do the litter either Sakura or one of the kittens has to go in one, usually the open one, and pass the most wretched smelling crap you can imagine. And then they sometimes fail to bury it, in which I then have to get the scooper and cover it up for them. Then I can't do that litter box so I just do one of them, and then have to do the one they went in later. So I have to do that twice a day, and seriously not fun. Then there's the smaller job of making sure the feral cats outside have some food and water.

I can't wait until next Thursday, I'll be done with school. Or at least this session, two classes. I might take one next session, although only one, so it should be easier. These last weeks have been tiring. In fact, I was so busy this past weekend, mostly with school stuff, that I completely forgot the new episode of FMA: B came out! I had to watch in on Monday! I felt so ashamed I had missed it Sunday. I can't be doing that, they're going to start showing the manga characters very soon. Speaking of Anime I've gone on a mini rampage watching it. I decided to watch The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and it was very good. Strange, but good, and a bit funny as well. So I decided to watch the second season, the first two episodes. I'm not sure if episode 3 came out or not yet, the place I watched it usually has everything updated. And since I'm waiting for that I'm watching K-On! right now, although only through episode 2. The player was being kind of laggy so I couldn't get much farther. I want to finish Clannad~After Story and Black Cat, or at least make a bit more progress on them, but I need to find somewhere that has them. Normal place I watch anime was stupid and kind of got themselves shut down yet again so they're rebuilding it, or so it seems. It looks like they're slowly adding anime back up.

I need to vent about something now, although it would probably be better to do so in a form of some physical action. I actually really got a lot of my aggression out last weekend when my parents took me, my brother and cousin to the batting cages. They mostly were taking her because she's doing (or just finished) softball, and she sucks. She kept bragging how her team was so good, they were the best in the league. Well, when it came to the playoff game they lost 13-2 or something around there. I didn't go, I never go. And she apparently struck a few times too many, and messed up on base. Well, she sucked at the batting cages, but I was going crazy. I was hitting the hell out of those softballs. Blah, went the wrong way in the thought process. What I was going to vent about was the smallest brat who didn't go camping. As if she could, she's like 3 I think (I don't bother knowing) and wouldn't have lasted four days. So she's here, like always, because my grandma watches her for less than a hundred dollars a week. Back in the day when my brother and I were too young to stay home alone, 10+ years ago, my parents paid her $250 to watch us. Well this week she got an extra special treat. My cousin's mother has kids from previous relationships, and one of her kids was visiting his dad, leaving three other that the brat. So they came over here this week to be watched. One of them is older, he wasn't that bad, plus he went camping with everyone else. But she still got stuck with the twins, who are 6ish I think, and the brat. They're horrible together. I've heard nothing but yelling when I'm home, because they constantly do what they shouldn't. They run around the house, pull things apart, slam the door to the bathroom as a game, they never shut up. Apparently someone of the three got bitten by a dog today, because my aunt left two of her dogs here and took one camping and they aren't used to little kids. They're actually doing the bathroom slamming door thing right now. I got permission to yell at them today, which was nice, but they don't listen. If I get the chance again I'll really burst into full blown yelling.

I knew I should have updated a couple days ago, I had other things to say but don't remember now. I guess I should get to finishing my research paper. It needs to be 10 pages and right now I have 7, and that's only with my first subtopic and a nearly finished second subtopic. I need to write one more subtopic, the intro and conclusion, then I'll be done. It should end up being like 12 pages, 13 including the works cited. I could no doubt make it longer, but I'm being lazy and I'm burnt out. Have to tell you, summer sessions are hard. Five weeks of classes, trying to fit in an entire semester. It's a lot of work, but I find it amazing with four more days of class I will have 6 more credit hours.

Posted on Jun 26 2009 by Amber + 1 Comments

I really should have blogged yesterday

I was so busy yesterday, yet yesterday I actually had something to say. I still do now I guess, but I totally forgot what I was going to write. I had actually thought about something other than school, but now I can't. So I'm kind of like half dead right now, because school is killing me. I always thought derivatives were the worst thing I've ever experienced, but that was because I never in any way was able to comprehend implicit differentiation. Ugh, it sucks. Naturally it has to involve derivatives though, because it seems everything involves derivatives in calculus. And speaking more of calculus, I didn't do so well on my last test. The in class portion I got a 85 on, but the at home portion I got...well, I didn't actually calculate what I got, but when the two were averaged out it was a 75 overall. At least it wasn't failing. And tonight I need to create by cheat sheet, since we're allowed to take one piece of paper with whatever we want on it and use it during the test.

I attempted to read Great Expectations but alas it didn't happen. I don't think Dickens is for me. I'll stick to non-boring books.

The next half of the semester shall be fun. really. We're starting word problem crap in calc, and english we're starting our research paper. Ten pages MLA format, eight sources and we have to do tons of little assignments for it for homework. I still need to find my last three sources tonight, which are supposed to be internet sources as opposed to database sources. I should be able to find some articles easily enough.

And because I can't think of anything else to write, here's a cute little video of some of the kittens we have. Grey one is Foofoocuddlypoops, the other one is Spitfire.

Posted on Jun 17 2009 by Amber + 0 Comments

So much FMA

It seems as if it keeps taking subbing groups longer and longer each week to get the subs out. It seems like it's been taking longer to even get raws out. Well, finally this evening episode 11 of FMA: B came out and I found it to be a very good episode. For some reason it's from the chapters from the manga I can remember quite easily. Maybe because it's so different from the original FMA anime in that aspect. I think the big thing in this episode was that Winry was actually really awesome. I don't know if I ever thought 'Yeah, Winry was totally awesome in this episode' with the previous anime, probably because there was never a time in the first one for me to think that. But this one, oh, just thinking of the many opportunities she has to be awesome. It's what separates manga Winry from anime Winry. But yeah, it's been a good week for FMA all around. And next week Izumi comes into play!! However, as the episodes go on that means that soon enough, probably around episode 15 most are predicting, the opening and ending will be changing, and although I haven't heard the songs(although I know what they are) I've heard people say they aren't FMA material. I'll just have to see. But along with progressing down the road with episodes also means soon enough Xing characters will be popping up, and then after that Briggs (OLIVIER!!). They meet Ling and Ran Fan in Rush Valley I believe, so next episode they're in Dublith, they'll probably be there a couple episodes, and then back to Rush Valley because they start to head north.

Well now I've wasted enough time with that. I didn't end up getting any of my essay done yesterday, so now I have to write a full essay (minus intro, like that was hard) and do my take home portion of my calculus test (I did three problems today, just 7 more to go. Those three only took my like an hour...) within the next four or so hours. I'll probably end up having to take longer than that. Well, I should look on the bright side. I've completed two weeks of summer classes, and I'm starting my third tomorrow and it'll go by fast. June will be over before I know it.

Posted on Jun 14 2009 by Amber + 0 Comments

Still three weeks

I should be going to bed because I'm going to the movies with my family tomorrow morning, but if I don't write something now I'm never going to get a chance until next week probably. Because, frankly, summer classes kind of suck. I mean, you figure you only have to go to class for five weeks and you get the same amount of credits as you do in four months, but the fact that I have to go to class two hours a day four days a week and have massive amounts of homework isn't so great. I actually don't think I'd be able to do the least bit well in calculus right now if I hadn't taken it before (despite the fact I miserably failed) because everything would have been knew. I've been doing unusually well right now, I might have missed on question of the last test though. That isn't really that bad. I have to have my first draft of my literary analysis essay for English done on Monday, and so far I've done the intro paragraph. Tomorrow I'll try to do two body paragraphs and the take home portion of my math test tomorrow, and then the last of the essay Sunday. Let's see if that actually works out.

Today I spent most of the day watching the Avatar marathon that was on, I finally DVRed "The Headband" because I kept missing it and it never DVRed when it was on. I didn't watch all of it, but the few episodes I didn't watch were repeats of the day. And then in the evening I went out to eat with my mom and dad, since my brother went to the gym to grapple with my uncle. And after that we went to Kohl's and I got some sunglasses, purplish tinted aviators. My other sunglasses were bigger and they had a bit of a scratch that I couldn't get out of them, so I needed a new pair.

Wow, so sad. I can't think of anything else to write. Stupid classes are taking up my entire life, although I never actually had anything to do before them. I need to start up a new book, since I finally finished Memoirs of a Geisha. It was a good book. Although I need to also read HBP before the movie comes out so I can correctly critique it. I guess I'll read one more of my books I got then start HBP. Either Dickens or Hemingway, since I've never read any of their work before and I want to see if I like it.

Wait, just thought of something to write. Despite the fact we lost one of the kittens, there is good news. My mom is for sure letting me keep Princess Peach, and I'm so happy because she's adorable. Then she has fallen in love with Spitfire, the little droopy eyes tortie, so we're going to keep her as well. And we've found a possible home for Izzy, and I really hope the lady takes her. Izzy is a good kitty, she deserves a home more than any of the others. Hopefully he can find homes for Emelia, Yuuki, Foofoocuddlypoops and Izzy Jr. as well. It would be nice to find a home for Sakura as well. She's a grown cat but she was such a great temperament, and it really wouldn't be safe to just throw her outside again, even if we get her spayed.

Posted on Jun 13 2009 by Amber + 2 Comments

Armstrongs have been pwned

So chapter 96 of FMA was finally up today. I wanted to write something about it earlier but the site was down. It seems as if it's been that way a lot lately. Well, unfortunately it isn't fresh in my mind, but I must write about it.

I loved it and disliked chapter 96 slightly at the same time. It was mostly Armstrong v. Sloth, with a bit of Hohenheim V. Father in the end. I must say I felt slightly disappointed about the turnout of the Sloth battle. I love Olivier, she is the best character in the entire series, but Armstrong siblings were owned by Curtis couple this chapter. Izumi was even more bad ass that Olivier, although she did assert her power a bit which was cool. I just found what I deem the sparkle toss with Armstrong and Sig awesome, the two muscle guys of the series sparkling and tossing a huge homunculus into the air. Of course, that was nothing compared to when Izumi came in and Sloth charged after her and she totally threw him over her shoulder to Sig. Still, I'm going to have to give kudos to Olivier because despite the fact that she was so injured she still gets up ready to fight more. Why? Because she is Major General Olivier Milla Armstrong, the most kick ass character ever. She lets nobody tell her what to do, she has her own little army known as the Briggs soldiers, she is the Ice Queen, the Northern Wall of Briggs! I am such an Olivier fangirl.

To get off the subject of Curtis ownage, I'm anticipating what will be happening with Father and Hohenheim. There really wasn't much too it, Hohenheim gets there, Father totally tries to destroy him, but naturally that doesn't happen. For releasing all his emotions and making them homunculi Father certainly has anger issues. I feel as if Hoho-papa will be victorious, although I don't think Father would kill him. He is supposed to be a sacrifice after all.

Compared to the last chapter I think this one is less intense. The Mustang-Envy battle was chapter 94, but last chapter was so awesome because of the Mustang struggle to do what was right, and the Royai moments. Nothing like Royai moments. Plus one of the best lines, delivered by none other than Izumi 'When someone asks who I am I always say a house wife, but today I feel like showing off a little. I'M AN ALCHEMIST!' I don't know if it can beat the 'Nobody can beat the mass media!' line in chapter 93 though.

I have high hopes for chapter 97. There probably won't be much if any Olivier in it, but they better bring in some Ed, he didn't show up at all this chapter. Al hasn't been around in awhile either. Or Winry. So many character that need to come back in, with time starting to dwindle.

Posted on Jun 13 2009 by Amber + 0 Comments

Life is cruel

I was happy that today I'd finally have the day off of school after four long days, but it just didn't end up that way. We've started finding homes for the older kittens, and last night Kaoru, who was the only boy of the group, left. He was the first one to do so. I was sad we had to give him away, but that wasn't what completely ruined by day.

Maybe a bit over a week ago we finally started finding some of Blackie and Isis' kittens. They're two of the feral cats we feed, they seldom leave the house. Well the first two we found were Blackie's, a little orange one and a really dark grey almost black one, which we named(for now) Princess Peach and Squishy Face (because he had a flat nose). Then we found three more, a grey one dubbed Foofoocuddlypoops, Izzy Jr. (because it, gender still unknown, looks almost identical to Izzy, one of the older kittens) and an adorable droopy eyes tortie known as Spitfire. We've been trying to catch their mom's and the last remaining kitten outside so we can take them to a shelter. Well, my mood has to do with Squishy Face.

I guess yesterday morning Squishy Face was doing just fine, but then by the afternoon he wasn't doing too well. I guess his eyes were rolling in the back of his head, and he had no control of his body movements (mostly his neck) and he was moving very little. His gums were also very white. Yesterday evening we started rubbing his butt to make him go to the bathroom and were feeding him some special milk for kittens through a syringe. I even stayed with him for two hours while my parents when to my cousin's softball game. He seemed to be getting better, his eyes were coming back to normal, he was mewing and walking around a bit and eating a full syringe every hour or so, and we got him to go to the bathroom. I was there until midnight and he looked like he was getting better, and my parents were going to stay up longer to watch him. Well, this morning my dad sent me a text telling me that he didn't make it. I couldn't get back to sleep after that. And I've been crying almost all morning. I really hope none of the other kittens get sick, I don't think I can handle it. I already know I can't go over to the house for a few days.

Posted on Jun 05 2009 by Amber + 1 Comments

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