Meme swiped from chakrabat:

1. The first character I first fell in love with
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't
4. The character I love that everyone else hates
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer
6. The character I would shag anytime
7. The character I'd want to be like
8. The character I'd slap
9. A pairing that I love
10. A pairing that I despise

And this is where you assault me with names of fandoms so I can answer these questions. Yeah.

You ever have one of those days when you wake up and realize...shit, you're in Illinois?

( Yeah. Today was one of those days. )

(Also: this icon has never been more appropriate to match my mental state. RIP, Graham Chapman.)

Augh. I leave for Illinois at six in the morning. Aughaugh.

( RRRRRRRRrrrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr! )

( BARON ROBERT VON SQUIGGLY IV )

This weekend is going to sucksucksuck.

I stopped in to see about getting Sunday off so I can work my buns off getting ready for next week. I saw Herb for the first time since he came back to work seasonal and there was much hugging and talking about life. He is a crazy, politically incorrect old fart, but a nice guy nonetheless.

I also caught up with Silly and she gave me my first Christmas card of the season. :3

I am suddenly brimming with an excess of love for everyone around me. *INTERWEB HUGS FOR YOU ALL*

You see, this is how I react to LOTS OF STRESS.

NOW IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I NEED TO GET MY STUDIO TAC.

Whereas LJ was refusing to send me (and everyone else) comment notifications for a while there, it is now sending me notifications from roughly a month ago.

I was up late last night trying to get some work done, and consequently felt like too much of a zombie to make it to class. I stopped in around noon to drop off my sketchbook and see the tail end of my drawing class. They were working on a group paper sculpture today which admittedly turned out pretty damn classy. It's "Baron Robert von Squiggly IV", a large octopus with a top hat, cape, cane, spectacles, and a pipe among other accessories. I'll take pictures, as he's quite dashing.

I love the people in my class thiiiiiis much! *holds out her arms as far as she can reach*

I bought one of those doodads for iPods -- the "iTrip" -- that broadcasts your music onto a dedicated FM frequency for use in my truck. It doesn't seem to work so hot for that purpose. I've got to turn up the volume on both the iPod and the stereo to ridiculous levels to actually hear the music, and even then it's pretty fuzzy and makes LOUD POPPING NOISES THAT SCARE THE EVERLOVING SHIT OUT OF ME.

On the other hand, it works just dandy in my house. So yeah, those things are priced at roughly $20 for a reason.

IT IS SNOWING. D:

TRUCK: *fishtails*

Also: Someone wants to buy my drawing of a breakdancing robot! :D

Also, also: I am (or rather, have been) on Facebook. WHY.

I find it tragic that the so called "Special Edition" DVD of The Iron Giant doesn't even have an insert/chapter list. Not that I need it, but it's the principle behind the thing. Yeah, screw you, Warner Brothers.

Aaaaand, in digital class, I couldn't help but notice the person sitting next to me was looking at pictures of people being fisted. To quote the ever eloquent, Aeris: "This guy are sick."

Must...write...humanities paper...*zombie groan*

*Wonders offhandedly if she should be worried that by some coincidence, she googled "C3 explosives" directly before booking a flight on Orbitz.* I'll be going to So. Ill. from December 20th to January 4th to visit my mom. I talked to her recently, and apparently she's having trouble keeping up with payments for her cancer treatment.

Today some random person at school told me that they always see me around "smiling" or with a "pleasant look on my face". Um. DO I HAVE A HAPPY TWIN SOMEWHERE? I am bitter, with braces, and lacking in sleep. I should not be smiling.

Especially since I just got my arch wires tightened today. *teeth throb*

Also: I think my RP of Revolver Ocelot is getting OOC. I should probably review the game again.

First and foremost: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, chakrabat! *throws delicious celebratory pastries*

Next semester's forecast:
-- Design Fundamentals II
-- Drawing II
-- Color Theory
-- 3D Design
-- An IS/Humanities class of some variety

All of my days will start at 9:30 AM. I am ecstatic.

Also: I'm considering bringing one of my OC's into play at D_M. Seems like an interesting character development tool. I've narrowed it down to Reed, Mort, or Yelth.

I've started uploading artwork and other images onto my LJ account here.

EDIT:
( You can't have a birthday without CAKE! )

You know, I just don't have enough Gale icons.

So Magna Carta: Tears of Blood is coming out in a week or so. I look forward to some hot, charter-writing action. Take that King John! Have a precursor to modern democracy! I guess I'll have to buy it since Hyung Tae Kim's artwork is pretty sweet, disproportionately huge THIGHS and BOOBS aside ("thighs" and "boobs" bolded and capitalized just to see if I could catch anyone's attention as they're scanning their f-list). On a side note: I'm getting some really freaky lesbian vibes from that game.

I suppose Suikoden Tactics (aka Rhapsodia) is also coming out on the same date. I'm not too psyched, sadly. I might be a little more interested if they were releasing it for the PSP, which would have made so much more sense. And even more interested if they had based it around the Suikoden II or III timeframes. *blows raspberries at Suikoden IV* Suikoden V had better be really goddamn awesome or the series will lose me.

I've noticed most of my game purchases are based solely on appreciation for concept artwork, even if I never get around to playing the game itself. *cough*Unlimited Saga*cough*

Which reminds me: Friday was the last of the design department's presentations on the various fields contained within the industry. One of the speakers was an art director(?) working with Microsoft's X-Box division. Now I quietly lust after his job. Or rather, the concept art job I've been wanting for years now.

Upon questioning him about how to "break into" the gaming industry, or at least the design aspect, he said you generally have to start with PC titles and work your way up to consoles, usually with a position in texturing and 3D rendering. I guess that wouldn't be so bad, not if it got my foot in the door. Besides, I could tell all of my friends that I textured that one fire hydrant in "Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's Totally Cool Makeover Adventure." Licensed titles, here I come.