Thursday, December 24, 2009

December 24

Merry Christmas Eve! Wow, this year has been something else. I don't even know how much I can put into words of how good it has been. For the most of course. Not everything has been on a total high level of awesomeness, but things must be equal.

For first off, I got a full-time job. However, I miss working for the libraries, things are really working out. It's different and that is good. More things to add to my repetiore. My plan is still to go for my MLS, but I have to get a number of things paid off and prepared to take in more loans.

Also, I am finally looking to move out. I have two room-mates that are great and I am keeping my thoughts positive as to how everything is going to play out.

I graduated with my BS in Interdisciplinary Studies. Woot for me. And its the holidays. Everything is good.

Though, there has been a bit of a struggle in friendship, I am trying to work things out; but, I keep saying things in a sense to where he won't understand it, not that I mean to! It's just how I talk. I have set myself not to talk with him till after the holidays because I just need to focus on the here and now, and not place additional stresses on me.

Besides that, all is good. All my christmas shopping is mostly done. Still need to get one more gift.

Books finished and I recommend:
Th1rteen R3asons Why by Asher
Hold Still
Living Dead Girl
Great and Terrible Beauty
Rebel Angels
Identical
Glass
Speak

Kind of sad that thats all the books I have really read this year, there probably has been more but those are the only ones I have read in the last three months. Not including manga though.

Well that is it for now. Have a Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

November 3

Good news! Good news!

I can't tell yet though....

Projects: Nanowrimo: Forsaken....its taking my life!
Roleplay....Ah Danika and Black, I could never let you just disappear.
Sleep! Because I need it.

Yeah thats about it. For now.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

September 19

Celebrate "International Talk Like a Pirate Day"!
Here is my pirate name :3


My pirate name is:

Bloody Ethel Kidd



Every pirate lives for something different. For some, it's the open sea. For others (the masochists), it's the food. For you, it's definitely the fighting. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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And here is what I am doing today....

Fuzzy pic....but yeah that's the gist.

Friday, July 24, 2009

July 24

Wow. Well. Hmm. What to talk about? Say? First things first. Hellos internets. I say hello.


I’m feeling odd. It’s a Friday. I’m ready for the weekend. Not that I didn’t have a great weekend last weekend, cause well I did. It was flippin’ Otakon. Pictures will be posted later in this post, when I get around to finally uploading them. My lappy-top is being a biotch … so yeah. I met great people at Otakon as I did the year before. Some people from Gaiaonline. Some people just randomly. Ran into a friend, and even found out some people from my high-school were there afterwards. Who’s the Geek now? Hrm???? Also, met some great web-comic people like Rosscott. I demand you go look at his website nao!


Also, the trip itself was great. A lot of joking. The closet was found. And tons for crying in the bathroom. And where was the damn caravan? And flippin’ bajesus, what is up with the speeding? But honestly this Otakon was great. Lots of people (over 25,000), lots of great things to be found in the dealer’s room, and finally found the Artist’s alley. I gots myself a new bag, some shirts, and pins. Also, I picked up Princess Princess at a great price, still looking for Kamikaze Girls though… Panels were awesome sauce! I went to one called Anime and Manga Studies, it was about how Anime and Manga can and is being used in higher education, though cultural studies and literature, and then delved into the difficulties of people accepting it as such. Also the Bandai industrial panel was good, minus the fact that I found out Code Geass (pronounced like “geese” not “gee-ass”) was pushed back to August –mumble mumble mumble – Fangirls are funny. And people’s little twists on relationships are even funnier (Axel and Roxas, etc.)


Moving on. Guess what! Graduated. Guess I can take “College-going” off on my profile. Still part-time, but I am looking for a Full-time job. So if anyone has any suggestions or ideas give me a shout! Please? Well I don’t have much more to talk about, so I want to link up some of my favorite webcomic strips as of late:

Kinda how I feel at work sometimes.

2pStart! Check them out.

Kinda how I feel at work sometimes.

The System



I would definitely watch the game more if this was so.

Johnny Wander



Three is good for now. All three of these comics are great and entertaining. I recommend them.



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By the way…I have not gotten too far with my list, but I did read Nightschool by Svetlana Chmakova (same author of Dramacon). Great book. Read it if you like graphic novels.

Friday, April 24, 2009

April 24 and My List

Getting ready to graduate. I am exempt from one of my finals so that leaves me with only two to worry about. I walk on May 9th and then I am done. Done and done. Done and done and done and done.

I should elaborate on a bit more but I just want to use this space as a check list of things I want/need to read:

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Confessions of a Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella
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Confessions of a Shopaholic
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Shopaholic takes Manhattan
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Shopaholic ties the knot
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Shopaholic and sister
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Shopaholic and baby
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Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
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Still Life by Joy Fielding
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Wyrenhail by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
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Persistence of Memory by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
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House of Night Series by P.C. Cast
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Marked
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Betrayed
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Chosen
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Untamed
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Hunted
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Tempted
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Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series by Laurell K. Hamilton
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Laughing Corpse
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Circus of the Damned
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The Lunatic Cafe
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Bloody Bones
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The Killing Dance
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Burnt Offerings
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Blue Moon
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Obsidian Butterfly
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Narcissus in Chains
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Accidental Friends Series by Dakota Cassidy
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Accidental Werewolf
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Accidentally Dead
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The Accidental Human
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P.S. I love you by Cecelia Ahern
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Crank by Ellen Hopkins
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Glass by Ellen Hopkins
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Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
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Identical by Ellen Hopkins
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Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld
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Uglies
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Pretties
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Specials
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Extras
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Vampire Diaries: The Return by L.J. Smith
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Nightfall
Rereading
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Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
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Twilight
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New Moon
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Eclipse
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Breaking Dawn
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The Host by Stephenie Meyer
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The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith
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The Awakening
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The Struggle
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The Fury
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Dark Reunion

Eh....I think thats it for now. :3

Monday, February 16, 2009

February 16

Valentine's Day passed. And again. I was alone, in relationship sense, but I wasn't alone because I worked that whole day, and I spent the night playing pool with friends.

Its getting so close. So close that its almost scary to think about. And what more, is that there is so much I need to do that I haven’t done yet. I still need to write this letter that gives me a mini panic attack when I think about it. I need to put in an application to participate in commencement, yes, there is an application. I need to do the exit exam, which, I should not be scared about; and yet, for some reason I am. I blame it on the fact that is a required test and those just scare me anyways. That’s that.

I am still looking for that job. Job searching is frickin’ hard in this environment. Though a friend of mine told me about this site, which has a lot of jobs that I am qualified for but they are all over the world. Here’s the kicker: do I really want to move, even though I have been dying to get out of this state for forever-and-a-day?

Other than school and work, I am still managing to keep my social life in check. Lots of going out with a few friends here and there, recently I saw Coraline, which was a really cool movie. Especially in 3D. Very much for kids, but damn creepy if I was a kid. I also saw Friday the 13th, which was crap. My friend put it correctly, Whore-ror. Lots of laughs, nudity, screaming, stupid decisions, and blood. Must have blood. Then I also so Confessions of a Shop-a-holic, and I do have to complain! Hollywood, stop butchering books. Please!

For the next few weeks, I will be concentrating on work and school. Spring Break starts on the 9th of March, and I took the whole week off. I said “No work.” And no work there shall be. I am going to D.C. with my friend for a few days, so I will be having fun there, doing a few things I haven’t been able to do in a long while, like the zoo, the white house, or even the Holocaust museum, which I have been wishing to do since I am in driving distance…if you consider three to four hours driving distance.

I am trying to get back to reading though. Going to continue with the Shopaholic series, I still need to read the two newest books by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. I also want to reread The Host by Meyer, and I need to read Crank, Glass, Identical, and the other book by Hopkins.

Oh, that stupid little “25 things” on facebook… I broke down and did it. Here it is:

Posted from my facebook:
Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to "notes" under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

1. I am a well rounded geek.
2. My last novel I actually read was a near a year ago, and I miss sitting down with a great book; I have been reading graphic novels.
3. I loathed country music in high school; now, I can’t get enough of it.
4. My favorite stores: Barnes and Nobles and Best Buy.
5. Nothing is better than a night hanging with friends, venting and watching anime, movies or playing video games.
6. I am honestly afraid of getting into a relationship.
7. I will be graduating in May with my Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies and hopefully have a Full time job by then.
8. I like to think that I am mature.
9. The best gifts are books, movies, games or new tech.
10. I wish I would get that push back into creative writing.
11. I love to travel and wish I could do more of it.
12. I have a fear of heights, doctors, and a slight fear of insects.
13. There are only a few people in this world that I have met that I do not get along with.
14. I learn most by doing, not by listening.
15. I have a lot planned for this year, and I’m hardly ready for any of it.
16. I am a dog lover, and wish to own a large dog when I get my own place.
17. I will not eat yams/sweet potatoes, coleslaw, or cranberry jam because they are nasty.
18. Musicals are the best.
19. My favorite video games are rpgs. I still need to finish Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of a New World….
20. My work is important to me, but when I put in a lot of effort into my work and it ends up being a waste, I feel a little bit of myself crack each time.
21. My favorite shows are: Ghost Hunters, Scrubs, and Psych. I will drop everything to watch these shows.
22. I am a role-player, and I get lost in the stories I write with others.
23. I miss being able to sit down and work on art.
24. My favorite citrus fruit is grapefruit.
25. I have friends around the world and I talk to them every day.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

February 3

Its been a weird few time for me. Mostly, today, while I was driving home from lunch, I realized something. I realized that presently, well for the past couple of months, I have been beyond happy. I finally feel like I fit in. Okay, sure, that sounds so high school-ish. Yet, I have felt out of place, even in high school, in the beginnings of college and what not. I like where I am at, I like the group I hang out with and I am enjoying my situation I am in right now (for the most part.)

Now, well it’s a new year (a month into the new year) and I know that this year will bring about a lot of changes. I am going to move out soon. I am going to be graduating. I am going to be getting a new job, or more so a full time job (HOPEFULLY). This year will be interesting, but in the end, I am looking forward to it and I just simply cannot wait!

That’s really all I have to say for right now. Hope everyone is having a great year!