So earlier in the summer, I had started to re-read Lord of the Rings. I got through the Fellowship and most of the way through Towers, but was distracted by Koontz and Poe. But I am now back on track! I have maybe 20 pages of Towers left and then its on to RotKing!
One thing I seem to have forgotten in the years since I've first read the books is how MUCH I adored Faramir. He was one of the very few characters who had no want of the ring AT ALL. Ever. He found the Hobbits and once he believed they were friends of Boromir's and found out Frodo had Isildur's Bane, and that it was a ring, and that Boromir fell briefly under its spell, he was all ''So you've escaped my brother only to run right to me >:D... LOL j/k! I don't want the ring. Let me give you food and counsel and wish you much good luck on your most perilous quest. Also, for the record, Gollum is a tool.''
Awesome.
I had forgotten why when I watch the movie the interaction between Faramir and the Hobbits irks me so slightly. Its because they put a little of Boromir's douchenuggetry into the character. :(
Its nuts, cause i have different favorite character sets for the book and movie. The former being: Faramir, Gandalf and probably Legolas. The latter being: Sam, Frodo and Boromir. Odd how between the two the favorites are so different. For the movie, the actors had a large part to do with it. In the book, it was the characterizations completely that stayed in my mind. Actors paired with how well they personally portrayed characters and actually how much screen time characters had influenced greatly how attached I got and how much I liked them. I still very much liked Legolas and Gimli's show down, and little things they adding in from the books in the extended editions, but characterizations own my soul. Also, Faramir is love.
ALSO, something I completely forgot. In the book, Frodo never sent Sam away before ending Shelob's Lair! And was therefore not alone for that whole exchange like in the movie. I've been pretty good at remembering differences, but it seems over time I do forget. I must read the books for often then!
God I love Lord of the Rings. And Faramir.
- Tell me where is Gandalf, for I much desire to speak with him.
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alusleeksodoom- September 22nd, 2:10
nerdy
- Readings...
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- alusleeksodoom
- August 12th, 1:00
contemplative
So I today at work (Joanns today) I was thinking about the book I'm reading at the moment. Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales and Poems. I was thinking about how at first, it was almost difficult to actually sit down and read, because I was not completely used to to the speech patterns used at that time, or at least in the specific story I started with. After a few pages, however, I could speed along like I usually do.
Not that this is an odd thing, but thinking about it, adaptation is a pretty nifty thing.
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- alusleeksodoom
- August 9th, 22:41
exhausted
I don't have too much to say. I was just so bored and trying to put off sleep I thought I'd post! At least I'm not having trouble keeping up with actually posting now. *cough*
So today, this morning, I got to sleep about 4:30. Mostly because I couldn't fucking sleep after I was dropped off at home after super awesome Phil and James time. I was woken up at 8ish to go to the Sunday family breakfast. After, we stopped at Joann's and I got some stuffs! I got a prettyful cherry blossom on a sea shell necklace thing and some scrapbooking paperclip letter things I'm going to use for my Neo-Victorian-Steampunking. Woot! Then we went to Pawcatuck to meet up with Mickey (the mom's boyfriend) and two of his kids, Julian and Elise, then we went to the 97.7 WCTY Ocean Beach bash thing. It didn't rain, but it wasn't very sunny out, so there weren't too many people there, but there was a decent number. It went from 11 to 2 and we got there about 12:30. We ate some food, hung out. Mickey and Julian participated in the water balloon toss... and failed. We didn't win any of the raffles, but! There was a sand castle building contest and, without planning a head at all.... we won!
A saaaaaaand guitar! Note the amazing detail of the sea weed strings, and the frets and the outline of shells. Fantastic.
The words kind of raised in the sand say ''WCTY" to the left and ''97.7'' on the right. It was bitchin'.
People asked us if we planned to do it and we were all "nope, just thought to do it on the spot!'' We won a four pack of tickets to Lake Compounce. : D
Good day.
Then we went to get ice cream and then we went back to a private beach kind of just outside of New London, I think, and sat on a stone wall just before the beach and watched the water while we ate the ice cream. Then we went home.
Good day indeed.
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- alusleeksodoom
- August 8th, 3:57
accomplished
I GOT THE MOOD THEME TO WORK LIKE OMG I WIN AT LIFE!!!!!
Now I'm going to sleep @___@
- Of spas and money and steam-punk, oh my!
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- alusleeksodoom
- August 7th, 3:32
tired
The spa today was a MUCH better day than Monday. In that I did not want to jump off of any high structure at the end of the shift. Tips were pretty lame, as I think I had maybe 20 customers, tops. But, I was able to sit back, and think about how much less I hate this Juice Bar gig than Joanns. Cause seriously. It boils down to taking one day at a time and finding a certain... zen when dealing with the rushes that nearly crushed me so on Monday. I think I went in expecting that again, and that partly helped me today. Not that I needed that, as it was much quieter, with only a mild lunch time flock, but it did indeed help as far as getting in the right frame of mind to tackle things on my own. The only kind of sucky thing today was I had to stay a bit later than I would have had to otherwise, as there was going to be a return inspection from the Health Inspector and I had to make sure EVERYTHING was clean and in its place and labeled with dates and spotless. Not that I minded.
My Dad said that when he gets back from Mass (where he is hanging out with his Dad and sister, etc and also recouping from surgery) he is going to have a mechanic friend of his look at my piece of shit car and possibly fix it. Actually replacing the broken things when new, non-broken things, as to make it work better than it currently does. Which is little to none. I know the starter is dead and I'm pretty sure we were having issues with the alternator before the car decided to die completely. So that'll be amazing. I'll finally (at least) be able to drive myself to work. And possibly to Fee's house to learn how to sew.
Which is another thing. Phil has been getting into the steampunk~Neo-Victorian thing and in his doing so, and getting James kind of delving into it as well, I've decided this is something I, too, and interested in. If I can have Fee help me with learning to sew up some dang nifty costumes/cloths, I can make me some Neo-Victorian apparel. And for others too. And I could probably also make cosplays for people, commission stuff and make a little extra money. But more importantly make stuff for myself. And people I like enough to make things for. You know who you are, muahaha.
Oh, and I just realized tomorrow is pay day! Joanns AND the spa. Though, the Spa is every week so yey money. I'm going to be putting all the spa money (excluding tips of course) in my savings for a new car and things, and us most of the Joanns checks to pay bills. A good system if I do say so. At least this way, I'll be putting money away each week instead of almost never.
I am pretty tired, and I still have to take the effing trash out before I sleep, so for now, peace.
- The pressure!
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- alusleeksodoom
- August 6th, 0:04
thoughtful
So in order to force myself to write more, as opposed to not at all, I have gone back to a paid account. This means I HAVE to post things regularly or else fail at life. Also, I have my icons back! GOD I LOVE ICONS.
>_>
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Yes. So. I might even do something like writing mini stories every few days, just to get me writing. Cause really, it makes me sad how little I write anymore. I might even take requests! That could be fun.
But for now, I need to sleep, cause srsly, I have to work at the spa in the morning, and while I could stay up a bit longer cause I don't have to be there til 11, I've been on and off sick all week and more often than not, I wake up feeling like shit for about an hour. And I really don't need that at work. @__@ Here's hoping it's not as fucking insane as Monday was. All I can do is take it one day at a time.
Zzzz
p.s. I need to upload a mood theme too... though I hear its long and annoying to do... =_= yey.
- crazy days
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- alusleeksodoom
- August 5th, 10:30
uncomfortable
So my first solo day at the juice bar was pretty horrible. Of course my complete lack any experience in the food prep industry did not help. At all. It subtracted, in fact.
It started out fine, I got there, got the money, got the stuff I needed, got set up and opened the bar, got settled.. and a few people showed up. Then, and I don't know if it was cause of people getting out of treatments all at once (which happens from time to time... though there were only supposed to be 70 or so people in the spa that day) but there was a mad rush. I was suffering through it, had two groups of people waiting outside and about three more people at the bar, ordering and Brittany, one of my trainers called down to see how I was. She was working up in the kitchen and ended up coming down to save me. She headed back up after maybe a half hour and I was good for a little bit longer. i had maybe an hour 'break' from crazy. Then Lisa, the boss, came down to check something and I started getting hit again and she called Brittany back down.
I felt horrible cause Brittany was loosing tables and tips cause she was coming down to help me. Also, I had my book out and my cell on the counter next to the register, as I'd gotten busy and didn't have time to put it away. So not only did I need help all day and felt bad enough about dragging Brittany to my rescue, but I got a warning about cell phones and stuff. Bleh. And I wouldn't be surprised if she 'reminded' a few people that phones are not allowed because of it.
Either way, I'm not looking forward to tomorrow, which is the next Juice Bar day. Thank god for the tips and decent salary, otherwise I think I'd bow out and turn to walmart for a second job or something. Anything less effing stressful. It doesn't help that I have no days off. But I'm going to stick with it and see if I can't find a groove of something.
Also, I'm trying to make it a point to post more here, cause I've failed for so long and neglected this poor journal.
- oh. my. god.
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- alusleeksodoom
- July 29th, 0:07
sleepy
I doubt any one reads this anymore, as it's been SO LONG since I've started writing again.. but hey, whatcha gunna do.
A couple things.
FRIDAY FUCKING ROCKED MY LIFE! @______________@ The Green Day concert was SO AMAZING I almost have no words. When Jaci and I got to Hartford, and drove by the XL Center THE TOUR BUS was right outside!!!!!!! I got a few pictures on my phone, not great looking when emailed to myself, a little blurry some of them BUT OMG IT WAS AMAZING.
The Bravery opened, and they were good....
Between them and Green Day... someone, and I'm very sure it was Billie Joe himself, came out onstage in a pink easter bunny suit, with a black green day tour shirt on, and holding a beer.. and acting very drunk. Like, it was hilarious and the most random thing I've ever seen. He ended up leading and impromptu YMCA song session, that I'm not sure was planned.
They started out with 21 Century Breakdown, the first 3 songs, then jumped around to some other albums. It was crazy, a little more than half of the songs at least were old school, and they played Brain Stew, which only made my night more AMAZING. There were pyrotechnics and explosions through out the whole show and omg it was just fucking fabulous.
I knew all but two songs they played, I think they were ones from the only two CDs I don't have, the two before Dookie.
I don't remember the exact order, but they sang:
Song of the Century, 21 Century Breakdown, Do you Know Your Enemy (in that order, then they jumped around.)
Off that same album, but later in the night they sang: Life Before the Lobotomy, East Jesus Nowhere (he pulled a little girl up, Molly, to assist with the show. She was adorable), Static Age, 21 Guns, Last Night on Earth, and American Eulogy/Modern Age/Hysteria.
From American Idiot: American Idiot (near the end), Holiday, Jesus of Suburbia(they pulled a girl, Billie Jane, up to play the guitar for Billie Joe), I Walk Alone, St Jimmy, We Are the Waiting.
From Warning: Minority (it was like the second or third to last song, there were confetti launchers!!!)
From Nimord: Hitching A Ride, Kind for a Day (again, after the first 'end' of the show.. it went into a rendition of Shout), and Good Riddance (last song sang)
From Insomniac: Brain Stew (OMG YEY) and another I can't remember...From Dookie: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case (they pulled a few people up to have them try and sing.. they were horrible lol), She, F.O.D
Also, someone up in the pit apparently was yelling to let Tre sing, so Billie Joe was like "you want Tre to sing? Fine!'' and he took over the drums and Tre sang and played the guitar! Billie is decent on the drums and Tre is just silly. I don't remember the name of the song he sang... so funny though.
I'm pretty sure I've forgotten a couple...
The night was just so amazing and I'm so glad I went. It made my life.
Also, I'm typing this on a new laptop I got yesterday for under $500! It was the last of a sale that Best Buy had going one ^_________^ the week went from OMG GOOD to OMG GOODER.
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- alusleeksodoom
- July 24th, 7:37
epic depressed
I have been compelled to break my livejournal lethargy.. x.x
I don't think I've been so depressed before... Today was supposed to be the best fucking day of my week, and pretty much my life in general. Two months or so ago, I found out Greenday, my favorite band, pretty much, was going to be playing in Hartford (today!) and I bought me two motherfucking tickets! All week I've been counting down, and freaking out, and looking forward to it. And finally it's here.
Ok, backstory time. Since I moved back from Texas, I haven't been paying my Mom rent, per say, but I have been giving her money for bills I partake in; heating, electricity, cell phone bill. It was once every month or two. No big. Recently it's been more, and it was fine, cause a lot of people I know my age still living at home pay some kind of rent. But its never the same amount, and it's largely an increasing number, as money is tight and my Mom cannot pay stuff on her own cause her job is bleh and my Dad is on his own and doen't contribute to the household (they are divorced)...
I have been trying to save for a car, and between my own bills and needing to give my mom money for bills I have been failing at the saving. I have about a grand saved, but can't add on to that, and haven't done so in weeks.
I got a second job, at the Spa at Norwich Inn, to attempt to suppliment what I make at Joanns. I just started there last sunday, as training, and don't know if it is a worthwhile excurtion yet...
I have been fairly depressed on and off, as I feel all desparing about my future, the lack of car and how it seems I might not get one any time soon... (I rely on the bus and now for the Spa, probably a bike to get to work)
Today, my Mom woke me up about 20 minutes ago and told me that our house phone had been shut off and the internet might soon follow cause that bill hasnt been paid in a few months, but that's ok as we were planning on using our cell phones and getting rid of the house phone. But, she then told me she needs about $250 for other things. $300 is was i had been planning to put away for the car today (payday) and now, It will not happen. I get paid biweekly, and next weeks paycheck will be mostly paying my own bills, so not much at all in two weeks will be able to be put away. So once again, it will be at least another month before I can save anything for car getting. Or in general.She choice today to ask me, I assume, because it is my pay day. I went to sleep at about 4:30 am and I can't get back to sleep because my despair was so deep for a while as I laid down. I hope so much that I put it all aside tonight and enjoy the concert as much as I can, because it's going to be the only thing I get to do for myself for a long time. And also, goddamnit, Greenday is like.. my favorite band. I deserve to enjoy this and if I can't then... oh man, I just don't know... *sigh*
I could go on a bit more I'm sure, but it's almost pointless. I didn't post here for a long time because I didn't want my first post in almost a year to be a wank fest. I only did post now in an attempt to get it off my chest and maybeing be able to sleep a few more hours and maybe be able to enjoy stuff tonight and loose some of this epic crushing feeling... I may even post more often now too.
Double also: I have no idea what to do about my job. I'm stressing over whether or not to keep the Spa, where I have great potential to move up or to quit there after only two fucking days (maybe like 4 cause of next weeks scheduling) or whether to tell joann's I can work any day again and getting a second job at WalMart down the road before and/or after working at joanns.
I hate my life pretty much at the moment. Here I go now to cry for a bit and try to sleep a bit more before the concert.
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- alusleeksodoom
- November 15th, 2008
bouncy
I have told some of you, and just people in general that one thing I one day wish to partake in is an honest-to-god spit take. I don't want it to be set up, but to happen naturally. I want to be drinking something, have someone say something OUTRAGEOUS and then spit the beverage. Preferably to the side, as to have a good spit-take viewing angle.
I do not know why I wish for this. But I want it so bad.
Which is why, when I saw this.... I fell in love. And added it to the list of NPH awesome.
- movin finally
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- alusleeksodoom
- June 18th, 2008
numb
I suppose it's time I made a post about it, mostly so people know and it's not like *bam gone*.
I'm moving down to Texas the last week of July. The actual date I'm going is betwixt the 25th and 30th.
Not much else to say about it really. I have the apartments address somewhere, but I don't feel like looking for it now. Perhaps later.
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- alusleeksodoom
- June 3rd, 2008
relaxed
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- alusleeksodoom
- May 8th, 2008
pleased
Let me recount for you all my super amazing-ending day.
It started off as boring as most days usually are. Not much happened in the morning. Mostly put off actually doing anything. I read a bit of the book The Host, by Stephanie Meyer (writer of our loverly soon-to-be-movie Twilight). Then I watched a few episodes of season one of Arrested Development. Rather amusing as hell show. Did a bit more reading... Then I had to go pick up my sister from her softball practice.
Sweet occurrence 1:
I fail at driving backwards most of the time. I drove into the park where the practice was and parked. Only, where I first parked I couldn't see the field. So I was like "I need to back up so I can keep half an eye on the practice." I looked in the rearview and there was some nice spaces behind me. So I was like "Yeah.... lets do this'' and put her in reverse. And backed up. The fluidity with which i maneuvered back and slightly to the right into that space... There was a little island that had a tree in the middle.. I pulled up inches from that, not hitting it, well within the lines of the space. It was AMAZING. For me, anyway. I was rather pleased.
Sweet occurrence 2:
I decided to go see Iron Man. Good fucking call. It opened with Back In Black, and come on. How can a movie opening with that song be bad at all? And I've never seen/read anything having to do with Iron Man before. Ever. So comic whores, stfu. I don't care how accurate it was. If you can't separate movies from their name sakes and just enjoy it for movieness of it... Well go away.
The acting in it was, again, amazing, I felt. I don't know if that's the way the character is, but the way Tony was played was GREAT. And go ahead and roll your eyes, but I was reminded of the Winchester boys. The way he was portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. made me think of Dean, at Papa Winchester's age (and really Downey J looked quite like JDM) with at least 2 times Sam's smarts. The attitude was all Dean's snarky humor, lady's man, can't take anything seriously. I loved it. Cheered me right the fuck up.
Sweet occurrence 3:
You know those claw machine thingers that have the stuff animals in there? The ones that have the animal so packed in, it's completely impossible to win? Well. I RARELY play it unless i KNOW I can win. I was looking at that, after the movie, to see if there was anything that looked like it was loose enough to get. There was this funky fuzzy pink monster with yellow horns... And I thought, why not.
If I don't get it on the first try, I stop. But this time, I moved it a little. So I pondered, looking at it... And thought that if I could find just the right place to grip it that I'd have enough to get it. I'd won that machine before, so I knew what the claw could handle. So, I tried again. This time I lifted it up but it slipped. Now I knew that it wasn't being held down by anything. So, I gave it one more go. And scored.
It was a metaphorical win more than anything else, so it felt extra good. I muttered "Ha, yes!'' and grabbed it out of the thing and turned. There were three girls near the concession stand kind of watching. I don't know if they'd been watching the whole time, but they were kind of looking over. There was a woman, closer, who had this look of amazement.
Her: I have never seen anyone ever take anything away from that....
Me: ^__^;; I never play unless I think I can win it... They have to be like right on top.
Her: *nods, eyeing the machine*
Me: Heh...
It was pretty awesome. Mostly to me more than anyone else. But it made the night.
AND there's still Supernatural. Thank god tonight turned out the way it did. I seriously needed it.
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- alusleeksodoom
- April 1st, 2008
excited
Well this is it. I shall be leaving in about 15 minutes. Heading to airport to fly to Chicago then down to Fort Worth. Thursday it's over to Florida wherefullmetal_clex and I shall own Eyecon MUAHAHAHA, back to Texas the following Monday and a week down there before heading home. Oooooh fun times >D
Jared Padalecki here I come!
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- alusleeksodoom
- March 25th, 2008
- bouncy
Update time! Lets do the day by day play! Well what I remember with my fail of a memory lol.
Friday: It was both payday and the day I got my tax return. Double score there, man. And there's still that whatever-the-hell Economic Stimulus Act thing so yey! More money!
Saturday: I can't really recall much, other than that I worked. So yeah, not too much fun happening there. OH I almost forgot! My mom bought..... a bunny. Well, my sister supposedly owes her the money for it, but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were her. It is rather cuuuute.
Sunday: Bunny day! No work, zomg that was amazing. I love no work on sundays. We had a family dinner and that was pretty cool. Uhm... I was going to go see a movie after that, but I didn't really feel like driving the back roads.
Monday: Again, boring, work, blah. Hm.... Yeah, really the most boring day of the week so far.
Tuesday (today): I got my hair dyed! Its red again! *tosses hair over shoulder* Because I'm worth it. ..... *had Abridged Yu-Gi-Oh flashback* >_> *twitch* ANYWAY. yes, hair and, well, work tonight but it's ok cause its the manager thats my age and we rock and are always out of there super early.
And I'll have to work Wednesday, though I usually have that and Thursday off. But alas, I am going away next week, and work everyday til then except Thursday. Woot! That reminds me.... Sssssssssssssssssseven daysssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss! *FLAILS*
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- alusleeksodoom
- March 18th, 2008
- tired
LOL that icon's extra funny cause it's really Tuesday.
Anyway, on the drive home from work tonight, I was all ''ZOMG thank god it's Tuesday!" much in the same way the TGIF works. Which got me thinking. My week is completely jumbled around. Friday would be my Monday, as that's the start of my work week. Tuesday would be Friday and Wednesday and Thursday are my weekends! Not really important, but I thought an amusing observation.
Another observation. Since I've started reading those damn Dr Who books (which are good btw) I've been fucking spelling shit all British, replacing fucking z's for s's and vice versa. And I don't know why, but c's and s's also seem to like to switch places. DAMNIT. It is funny though. LAWL.
A side note- Ruby no longer nips! Well, she licks and kind of nibbles but those of you who've had hamsters get what I mean. She lets me pick her up from in the cage too without like trying to bite or freaking out. Woot!
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- alusleeksodoom
- March 4th, 2008
*SUPERFLAIL OF DOOM* Now that that's out of my system.... mostly.... its time for bed!
- ZOMG TOBY KEITH
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- alusleeksodoom
- March 1st, 2008
- exhausted
Oh. My. God. Toby Keith is fucking love. *dies* (this icon of Jeffery Dean reminds me of Toby, what with the pimping of the hat so there you go. WOOT JDM)
He is hilarious. And apparently likes to change lyrics *cough* mid song... and make them dirtier... or just replace things for swears LOL. It's was an amazing concert. There were flames and sparklers and confetti and explosions and ZOMG. I wish I could post up some pictures. I might be able to actually. I'll have to see if it works any different than it did.
I don't even have words for how amazing it was. And to top it all off, when we left the casino, it was SNOWING! LE HEAVEN!
I got Toby Keith Big Dog Daddy Tour teeshirt! MUAHAHA. Zomg. *dies* I might be able to give more detail tomorrow, but my head is pounding. I'm just now getting back my hearing. What with the explosions and what not.
OH one thing tonight. After the opening acts, Toby's entrance started with a movie trailer. A big white cloth screen was up and the trailer played on that. It was kick ass. Then it said ''And here he is'' and it dropped, and there were sparklers and fire and there he was. IT WAS FUCKING AMAZING. If I had remembered from the beginning that my phone had video I would have recorded it. *dies again*
Zomg I'm freaking tired. I can't even see straight as I type. Bed time!
- OH SNAP FINALLY
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- alusleeksodoom
- February 12th, 2008
ecstatic
ZOMAHGAWWW ITS FINNALLY OFFICIALLY 100%-LY OVER! NO MORE WRITERS STRIKE! I CAN GO BACK TO IGNORING THE REAL WORLD AND BURYING MY PROBLEMS/WOES/ISSUES IN FICTIONAL WORLDSSSSSS!! *DANCES*
- And as a follow up to my representin' post...
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