I am obviously having a horrible case of cycling through by Bipolar again. It's going so fast I can't quite keep a good hold on it, which is frustrating because it hasn't been this bad since high school. Yeah- I'm annoyed.

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Kathy should like, go fall off the face of the Earth or something. Along with all of the people like her. THE WORLD WOULD BE SUCH A BETTER PLACE.

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People also need to stop being so sensitive. I can not be snippy with you if I've spoken less than two sentences all day. Wanna complain to management to me about that? Fine. Someday I'll just be telling them about how you spend twenty minutes or more talking to people every time you take out a pallet.

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New Toshiba laptop- ALL IS FORGIVEN. Okay, LJ still looks kinda weird and cropping is as weird as I thought it'd be, but HOLY CRAP you're so much speedier than my old laptop! Downloading Photoshop always took at least four hours, but with you I had it in twenty minutes! (loves on)

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I picked up Brook from One Piece at a RP here on LJ. I had to drop Agent Bishop at the TT one due to stress and time issues, but this one has a bit of a slower pace. I'm having so much fun, though. I can tell I need to work on him some, though. I don't think I'm doing too horribly though (I hope...?), so there's at least that. :D

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I miss my mother. And even my stepdad, sometimes. I'm afraid of talking to most other people. I've been thinking about moving back with them for a few months- I could transfer to another Walmart and save up some money. Without bills, I'd be able to help them out some too.

Not going to happen until at least January though (I'm sticking around for the bonus check at my Walmart, kthnx). We'll see if I'm still up for it by then.

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One of my icons won first place at this week's op_ic icontest! I was so surprised! I've gotten several of the Mod's Choice awards, and last time I got a third place, but never a first! On top of that, one of my other icons won for the Special Category (Best Crop), so I am pleased. ^_^

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Because of the events of last year where the Walmart worked got trampled to death on Black Friday, Walmart will be open all day on Thanksgiving now. So we don't get half days off now.

Sometimes customers disgust me. In addition to the absolute horror of how selfish some of those people acted at that store when the poor guy died, now they get rewarded with having more time to shop. On top of that, we have to work with them longer while they're at their worst. WTF.

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Watched Ice Age 3 finally. Ah, I loved the first one. None of the sequels have been on the same level, but at least they're still entertaining. As for this one- BUCK. He made the movie, I swear.

Manny: Just when exactly did you lose your mind?
Buck: About three months ago. I woke up married to a pineapple. An ugly pineapple. *sighs happily* But I loved her so...

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I locked myself out of my house today. After having no luck picking the lock, I remembered that one of the windows was open and decided to try and open it. Unfortunately, as I was pushing up against it, I stumbled and ended up breaking the glass and cutting myself open while I was at it. It's very annoying to have your hands covered in blood and no way to wash them off for an hour. Besides how much colder they get in this weather, it's worse when you're trying very hard not to get blood all over your neighbor's door.

I cleaned it as best as I could though, and I have some nice thick bandaids. It was only a tiny cut, just deep and fairly wide. If I don't keep the bandaids on, whenever I go to grab something it splits right back open and that is getting really annoying really fast. If it doesn't stop doing that by tomorrow I'm just going to superglue it.

Also, the broken window sucks and will probably cost more than a locksmith would have (fifty bucks). I AM BROKE. I have to call the landlord tomorrow, but I'm hoping he'll let me wait until I get paid next to do it.

Times like these I wish the television stations would come through to my little basement. Bored as I am at times, it would be lovely to just switch on the tube and channel surf until I found something interesting. Or watch Conan O'Brien again. Or any show, really. The Internet only gets me so far.

Don't know what to think of my days off anymore. I love the break from work, but at the same time I have little to do with my free time. It consists mainly of reading, laptop, and sleep. And grumbling whenever my grandmother tries to make me doing something I don't want to do (you'd think living on my own would put her in her place some, but not really). Such as earlier today when I decided not to go to the driving class because I'd been up sick until an hour before it was to begin and she wanted me to go anyway. Or how when I explained I'd make up the dirving part (not the class) tomorrow before work and she tried to talk me into doing both.

Got kinda sick of this awhile ago. I hold the reigns now, so I'm tired of the negotiations. I should get to decide what's what... even if that means deciding to do nothing. Which probably doesn't make sense in the long run, but that's my choice too.

Getting back to that, it leaves me with this odd desire to do nothing and everything all at once. Stay in the cave vs. going out to do whatever I want and etc. Which only tends to lead to an unpleasant mix of the two in which I spend way too much time thinking. I've come to hate thinking. It's never gotten me far.

Such as my situation with my cat. My landlord has suggested to me (and my other neighbors) that we should get rid of the animals. Technically none were approved of and the leases did state pets weren't allowed. He didn't mind so much, but I guess one neighbor's dog caused some property damage and my cat's still making noise, so he thinks they should go.

I don't quite know what to do with her. She's still being quite a pest lately, even though I have been giving her more attention. Broken more stuff too- glasses, plates, and very nearly the VCR of all things- as well as put some scratches on my bedroom door. It'll probably be the best if I give her up, but I don't know how. I refuse to take her to the pound- they have enough cats as it is, and few find homes. I don't want to just throw her outside either though, as that would seem pretty cruel. But I don't know anyone who wants a cat either. Gah. Got a week to decide.

...Geez, am I rambling enough? Note to self: learn to pick a topic and stay with it.

Just had a sudden weird thought. Best part of getting braces off is that you get to feel your teeth, right? Eat normal stuff again, etc.

So why the hell does it always end with trading out one piece of hardware with another? Retainers are seriously uncool in these regards. In fact, I do not see the point of wearing them 24/7... AGAIN. This will be the third time around for me.

So. I think I'm just going to wear mine at night and whenever else I may feel like it.

Anyways, so I've been at mom's house the last few days. Yesterday was spent with me catching up on sleep- the day I'd come up, I'd only had three hours of sleep the night before, as I had to wake up for the damn morning driver's ed >.< . Plus only three the day before that too, when I'd gone to get my brces removes. So I was wiped. Thus sleep is good. My brother woke me up this morning though with breakfast- brought me a little tray with some juice he'd made and a bowl of Apple Jacks. He sure can be a sweet little demonspawn when he wants to. :3

Hrm.... what else? I should talk about Deadpool some more. There's still plenty of people on my flist who are still unaware of his awesomeness, I'm sure. XD

I think this is the first character since TMNT that I've wanted to write fanfiction for. Even if I have no idea what I'd write about, even though he'd be one of the most difficult characters to write (what with the insanity, humor, dark history, pop culture references and breaking of the fourth wall O_o), I want to write him!

I'm thinking about getting another one of those fifty sentence prompt thingies as practice. Maybe it'll inspire something, too.

In the meantime, I need to learn to limit myself on what I buy. I've already spent a small fortune on collecting these comics, and I probably only have a third of them.

This is mainly due to the fact that most issues from his '97 solo run, if you can find them, are around seven dollars at their cheapest. Series lasted for sixty-nine issues. You can see my problem.

Two TPB's got me issues 1-8 though, with two mini-series, an annual, and a one-shot thrown in. After that I've gotten 9-19, 25-27, and 32 and 33. That's still a lot of missing ones! Deadpool is so exspensive. T_T

Thus after I get myself a few to fill the missing gaps I have, I'm going to set a limit on myself. Like... forty bucks a paycheck or something. And then make myself read the ones I have very slowly. 

Muah. Here's all of the little things that have slipped any previous posts by my own forgetfulness. I shall try and keep them short, for fear of having an entry that can be wrapped around the middle of the world.

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Thoughts on new co-workers:

I've known Patrick since starting at Wal*Mart. Uber nice guy- he was a cashier before this. Working with him more now is kinda weird though... but in a good way. Sorta. It's actually really hard to describe. In short, I've never met someone as sincerely happy as he is. The guy's never down, even when he says he's bummed about something. The glass isn't just full with him, it's like full of liquid sunshine and rainbows. Someone asked him yesterday where he gets all of his energy from and I kid you not, his answer was 'happiness'.

...Poor guy gets thrown into the ICS. The rest of us don't 'do' happy. XD

Anyways, worked with Jesse a few times before. He was also a cashier. Working with him for the past few weeks has given me enormous respect for him. He's everything I've wanted back there since forever. He's very pleasant to work with, and very attentive. In the first few days, whenever he was attempting something, he'd ask if it was right, or if I had any suggestions- all kinds of stuff. He's great at stacking and is already starting to get into the groove of how we behave around one another. Example from yesterday yet again, when Billy was getting some pallets down for everyone when we were doing picks:

Billy: Which pallet do you need, little girl?
Jesse: 24B- B as in 'bigmouth'.

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Last Wednesday I woke up to my cell ringing. I answered it and was informed by my grandma that I needed to be ready for her to pick me up in an hour as she'd signed me up for driver's training.

Yeah. I wtf'ed.

Anyways, went down to the DMV. Lady there is a bitch. I have to take the test for my permit again on Tuesday, and apparently I need an ID that was issued to me in 2004 to get it. What the hell? I never needed that thing for my last permit. Secondly, it would look nothing like me anymore with five years passed. And lastly- no one knows where it is. Ugh. Hope she isn't there when tomorrow.

But yeah. After that affair I went down to the high school and had to sit in a room with thirty other high school brats. Oy, it was painful. Good reminder for why I ended up home schooling myself. But I do appear to be getting special treatment. Schedules were handed out later in the day showing when classes are (my days off, out of luck) and when the driving groups will be driving. These groups don't tend to be on a Tuesday or Wednesday, and are actually split up all over the place. I went to talk to her later to point out that thosedays with those times wouldn't work for me no matter which driving group I was in, and found out she was making an exception for me due to work. I just get to drive with whoever. XD

One thing I'm not very pleased with though is the bill. Not nice to learn that I have to fork up $145 an hour after waking.

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Am going to visit mom Tuesday after driver's ed. Will be staying up there until Thursday, when my stepdad will bring me home before work. He's also picking me up. Translation: I have between when I get off work until then to get the house looking decent. (FEAR)

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Operation: Birthday was a partial success. The people who threatened me with songs and the like were mostly avoided. Found out later that Billy had convinced them that the best way to grant my 'birthday wish' would be to not do the birthday things. Was rather grateful.

Later however, my birthday was again announced- this time at the overnight meeting (which we missed due to the arrival of a frozen truck). Later, when I was taking out other pallets on the grocery side, someone noticed me and said happy birthday. This alerted everyone else there that I was in the vicinity, upon which they all came out one by one to say it as well. XD

Later:

Pi: (embarassed) Thank you.
Aaron: Waitasec. How come you don't get mad at them when they say it, but you bite our heads off?
Pi: Because you know better.
Billy: Oh what the hell.

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Same day Billy said something interesting to me.

Billy: You know it's not a big deal if someone wants to do something for your birthday. It's actually kind of a nice thing. It makes you feel appreciated by your friends.

I've spent the last several years under the impression that I have no friends (in real life). Well, one friend... but she's still away in the Dominican Republic. It's gotten to the point where I really can't remember just how people become friends. Is it really that simple? I still find it all confusing.

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Jen is back from vacation. She is a million shades of awesome. Twice in a row now, I have been chosen to sort break packs andscan electronics over Kathy. Pure win.

Best thing is that Kathy's throwing a fit over it. That's supposedly 'her thing', and she was never happy when I was even asked to help her at times after she learned I do it too. She's been really nasty lately, but I could care less. MUAH. I win.

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Twice now, happy news completely unrelated to me has made me have brief moments of emo. I don't think this says anything nice about my character.

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I've started playing Bishop over at TT officially.  It's oresome. XD

I got up on time to be ready to go by ten thirty, as my grandmother requested. Yeah... she didn't get to my house until about noon. >.<

I've been so tired today. Was able to take a short nap on the way back home that should hopefully hold me over until I actually head to bed. Can't go to sleep too early otherwise I'll be wiped out again tomorrow, difference being that tomorrow is a work day.

Crap, I don't even feel like I had a day off, much less two. Time is going way too fast for me to keep up with it.

That said, I'll suck it up and to this Happiness Meme thing I got tagged for. The way things are working out, it'll be over before I know it.

Here's the deal:
1. Post about something that made you happy today even if it's just a small thing.
2. Do this every day for a week without fail.
3. Tag 8 of your friends to do the same.

Day 1- I got to see my very cute little cousin for the first time today. He's such a sweetie- went right to sleep when I held him and when he woke up about an hour later, he was all smiles. Babies are so freaking adorable. :3

As for people I tag... I tag disxox, just to be 3vil, and then seven other random people. If you see this and would like to participate, knock yourself out. I've tagged [insert your name here].

Let's see, what else? Ah yes. Went to the mall for a short while. Why is that place so positively boring? I don't see why so many people like it.

There's really only one store I like in there, and I enjoy it if only for their TMNT stuff, which they've been getting a lot of lately. I got myself another shirt and some pajama bottoms today. In my defense, I did need the pajama bottoms. My old ones are kinda thin, and it be cold down here in the basement.

My kitten doesn't seem to mind though. She's like a freaking heater, however. She slept with me for a little while last night and was just all warm and snuggily. :3 When she sleeps, she likes to put one paw over her nose- it's so cute. And I think she's getting a little more comfortable with me. She was purring this morning, and when I was holding her earlier, she played with me for a little bit. Though she still bolts if I put her down on the floor.

Except for in the bathroom. For some odd reason, she likes it there. I've moved her food and water there along with her litter box, and she actually seems to be using them now, so I think I'll leave them there.

Anyways, I guess I better use what little time is left of my days off. I'm going to write a little... and read more fanfic. Yay fanfics. (huggles)

EDIT: Forgot to mention- time spent with dad did not involve head asplodeys. I am grateful for this.
 

My, that was a full inbox! Thank you, everyone, for the congratulations! Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. :3

Heheh... and it wasn't just you guys I was getting them from. We were so busy last night, I totally spaced on telling my co-workers that I'd been made permanent. But one of the ladies I was hired with remembered that now was about the time they were supposed to tell me and asked what the verdict was when we passed by each other on my way in. I shared the good news and Paul was nearby while I did so, overhearing. He congratulated me, and in a very Paul-fashion, made fun of me for being worried. XD He also then proceeded to embarrass me as we were unloading the truck by informing everyone else.

He's a really awesome guy, though, and you can actually have intelligent conversation with him. He used to work for the militairy in avionics. He kinda reminds me of my stepdad in the way he jokes, such as his opinion that "the only good cat is a flat cat" (kittiez oh noez! ;_;). He also enjoys grossing out people like Sue or Kathy (makes me laugh so hard with some of the stuff he comes up with), and is the perfect shade of cheerful pessimism to compete with Glenn's freakishly brilliant optimism.

Plus? His shoulder can tell the weather. So not joking. Last week, he said it was hurting a little so there'd be some kind of precipitation- two hours later, it rained. And tonight, he said by the way it was hurting, we were probably going to get a storm. And now it's snowing! There goes a reason for me to get cable- why would I need to watch the news when Paul's shoulder is a better weatherman? XD

Mwahaha... small squee from me over the snow. We should've had some a month ago. We need a good hard snow, otherwise Summer will be bad next year.

Glad it came later in the day though, as opposed to earlier. Before work, I journeyed down to the post office to send some packages. Would've sucked to walk carrying those in the snow.

But the post office... holy crap. I haven't been in one very often in my life as I've never really had to pick up or send stuff before. The line was so long! I came early, to give myself time to walk to work, and it ended up taking so long that I had to rush back home and beg my upstairs neighbor (who is the most awesome neighbor in the world) for a ride to work so I wouldn't be late.
Packages have been sent though. :D So yayz.

Wow, this is getting to be a long entry. Were only now finally getting to the stuff I wanted to mention about yesterday! XD

Firstly, had an argument with my grandmother as she was driving me to work. We were talking about how I have an orthodontist appointment on Wednesday when out of nowhere she said that when she took me, I had to get a new pair of jeans. I have this one pair I like to wear on my days off. The legs are really long, so out of safety concerns, it just makes sense to only wear them in my free time. Nice jeans, and I like them a lot.

Grandmother, apparently, does not share my opinion. She said that the length is inappropriate and that I needed new ones. Like the flick of a switch, I was suddenly very angry. I like my jeans, and they are in no way inappropriate. Not to mention the fact that I don't need any other jeans for now- I'm quite set, as a matter of fact.

But she continued to rant on about it, which just made me angrier. I was downright pissed by the time she told me that she wouldn't take me to my appointment (which is all the way back where I used to live) if I didn't get new ones. I was fuming by the time I got out of the car. Unsurprisingly, she said she'd call my stepdad (she seems to have this opinion that he's the only person who can control me- she mistaken as it's just that he's the only parental figure who has authority I can respect). I called him myself during my lunch break to tell him what was up, finding out she made true on her threat.

He seemed more exasperated than anything, simply telling me he didn't want to be getting any more phone calls from her. I think that's his way of saying that he thinks it's silly too, but that if worse came to worse, I should suck it up.

Mom, on the other hand... Heheh.

I called her afterwards to ask what she wanted me to do regarding the appointment, explaining the situation. I love my mom. Her irritation was plain obvious from her voice- you could tell she was steamed. Pissed enough was she that she debated over calling grandma herself the next day, and I joked with her saying she should record the conversation. She thought that was funny.

Judging by the message my grandma left me this afternoon, I think she did get around to calling after all. XD I may be trying to be adult-like, but I've yet to outgrow the intense satisfaction I get from watching my mom unleash her righteous fury upon Those Who Irritate Me from time to time. I must learn her techniques, for such awesomeness must be developed properly even if I've inherited it.

Anyways, next subject. I'm just jumping all over the place with them.

Sill on my One Piece pick. I'm really taking a liking to this fandom. At the moment, it is a fierce contender with Avatar for the right of my second favorite show. I've already read far more fanfic from this fandom than Avatar's, so it now has a little bit of a lead in the race.

Years ago, when I first started watching it, it wouldn't have been held in such a lofty position. Actually, if I'd watched what I saw then now, it wouldn't even be mentioned.

This is because, when I started watching it so many years ago, it was when I was fourteen. At fourteen, television entertainment came mostly from Saturday morning cartoons, and as there's really only one channel that shows these where I live, it meant that I was watching the 4kids dub. O_O

However, I knew nothing of anime at the time. Didn't know there were cartoons where characters actually bled and swore and pretty much all of the other awesomeness you'll find outside of the kiddy coral. For this reason, when watching One Piece when it came on after TMNT for a while there, I liked it a lot.

I wasn't the only one either- it was another show my stepdad and sibs all enjoyed. In fact, my stepdad liked One Piece more than TMNT. He was very disappointed when we couldn't watch it anymore. 

I didn't think much more on it afterwards, only remembering it when whiteadelphi brought it up in conversation one day. And then I eventually got curious and checked it out again.

So. Much. Love. *_*

May have mentioned it before, but 4kids cut out all of the good stuff. I couldn't believe how much I'd missed. Now hooked, I almost find it a shame that I can't share the episodes with my stepdad. Even if I could, I know it wouldn't be the same. While he could possibly get past there being blood (shakes fist at 4kids again), I don't think he'd tolerate all of the swearing. :/

I do plan on telling him about all of the cool stuff once I see it again. Yay for word of mouth!

But yes- 4kids be evil. Out of curiosity as it had been so long, I rewatched some episodes.

Big mistake! Oh good lord, it was like watching my soul being torn into itty-bitty pieces and stomped all over.

As mentioned before, there was serious lack of blood. This made fight scenes very strange. Various things were changed, and some things were just missing. Examples? A changed bit would be that in the dub, Kuina doesn't die- she just gets beaten up so bad by some people in another village that she can't use a sword anymore (Um... is it just me, or is that actually worse than the original? >.>). Missing? Well, the Warship Island, Laboon, and Little Garden arcs suddenly vanished for one. (facepalm) No wonder things seemed so confusing when I used to watch it.

And now for my really big issue. The voices. Oh dear God, please someone shoot me. It hurt so bad to watch these episodes again. There wasn't a single character that didn't make me cringe- I was in pain.

What makes it worse is that on two occassions, i could recognize voice actors from other shows.

I can't say for certain, because I'm too afraid to check, but I think Zoro's (or Zolo, in 4kids) dub VA was the guy who played Knuckles on the Sonicshow they had at the time. And I didn't even like that show. I won't look- you cannot make me. (whimpers)

The second was a random thing, but in the Mihawk vs. Zoro episode, the French accent they gave to Mihawk sounded slightly familiar. But as I could think of no other characters with French accents, I wasn't sure where I'd heard it before. So I looked up the VA.

...Wayne Grayson. Oh, ouch. I love that guy, but he's Michelangelo, dammit! Great ninja turtle, but horrible as a badass swordsman.

Oh, but I'm not done yet, my good friends. I have yet to speak of Robin! Robin, whose voice I just adore, even if I need subtitles to figure out what she's saying, sounds nothing like herself in the dub. As a matter of fact, she sounds like April O'Neil (from TMNT once again). And while that VA is very fitting for April, it is not for Robin. Even less so when the voice actor is adding a freaking Southern accent to the character. A very, very bad one at that.

Good Lord. Someone kill me, please. I can't get this out of my head- it hurts that much! (brains self)

I am eternally grateful for the subs. They have solved everything that was wrong with the world and made it good again. Life is shiny, and there's bleedage, and voices sound like actual voices, and there's plot, and pure awesome. But since it took me way too long to even point out a few of the horrors of the dub, I'll have to save the discussion of the greatness of the sub for another day.