Thanks, Zankoku. Procrastination FTW. : D

(who does homework on time? Srsly.)

# Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
"Jackson's imagination, for his life was dedicated to building not only his" LOL out of context. (American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham)

# Stretch your left arm out as far as you can, What can you touch?
The end of my desk.

# Before you started this survey, what were you doing?
Checking DA messages, and then planning on going up stairs to pack. WOO CALIFORNIA.

# What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Mental, on Fox. I'm trying to give it a chance, but it's not quite right.

# Without looking, guess what time it is
10.15

# Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
9.13. Epic fail. XD

# With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
My dad's girlfriend in the shower + DAMIEN RICE. <3

# When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
I was biking to/from class. I really haven't been outside since? LAME.

# Did you dream last night?
Not that I remember.

# Do you remember your dreams?
Sometimes.

# When did you last laugh?
At one point or another during Eng 102.

# Do you remember why / at what?
We were calling my teacher the Comma Nazi, and he appreciated it. : D

# What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Family photos, a framed Jimmy Buffett vinyl, uh... paint?

# Seen anything weird lately?
The shape we made with the tables in Communications. It was sort of like a deformed checkmark.

# What do you think of this quiz?
Packing is for losers.

# What is the last film you saw?
Up... I think?

# If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
Isle of Skye, Scotland. SO. MUCH. WIN.

# If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
College. With that kind of money, I'm getting a fucking DOCTORATE. Woo! : D (or maybe I'll just buy Harvard or something.)

# Tell me something about you that most people don't know.
I have a secret soft spot for Beyonce, Lady Sovereign, Avril Lavigne, and other pop artists that don't fit with the rest of my music library. XD

# If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
Put down the guns and HUG.

# Do you like to dance?
Chicken dance or the macarena. Those are your choices.

# Would you ever consider living abroad?
Yes please.

# Does your name make any interesting anagrams?
"Mega Tea Dud Xi," according to Google. Sounds like a Chinese/Latin hybrid of some sort.

# Who made the last incoming call on your phone?
My dad's car. XD NIGHT RIDER, BITCHES.

# What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer?
Files for Spun Yarn, because I am Karina's bitch.

# Last time you swam in a pool?
Saturday evening.

# Type of music you like most?
Uh, anything, long as it's good. Like the French singer I'm listening to right now. I DO NOT SPEAK THIS STRANGE TONGUE.

# Type of music you dislike most?
That misogynistic (c)rap. Seriously, get some ingenuity. You shouldn't have to put other people down to feel good about yourself. [/soapbox]

# Are you listening to music right now?
Coeur de Pirate! <3

# What color is your bedroom carpet?
Eight different shades of light brown, dog piss, and traffic stains. It's shag, too.

# If you could change something about your home, without worry about expense or mess, what would you do?
My dad apparently likes clutter. I do not. LESS STUFF PLZ.

# What was the last thing you bought?
Lunch at Taco Shmell.

# Have you ever ridden on a motorbike?
No.

# Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving?
Yes please.

# Do you have a garden?
A garden of dog poo and snakes. XD

# Do you really know all the words to your national anthem?
Good thing I don't have to take the citizenship test, huh?

# What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?
"FUCK that alarm is loud."

# If you could eat lunch with one famous person, who would it be?
Craig Ferguson. We'd talk about patriotism and cheeky monkeys.

# Who sent the last text message you received?
Either Mandy, my mother, or Sammich. They seem to be the only ones who text me.

# Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
Kohl's. I'd never have to buy clothes again.

# What time is bed time?
When there's school, about a quarter past one. When there isn't, dawn.

# Have you ever been in a beauty pageant?
With picket signs out front.

# How many tattoos do you have?
None.

# If you don't have any, have you ever thought of getting one?
Vaguely, but I'm terrible at tolerating pain.

# What did you do for your last birthday?
Had some friends over one night (Super Smash Brothers + SMORES), then some family over the next night. Exciting.

# Do you carry a donor card?
I want to, when I'm eighteen.

# Who was the last person you ate dinner with?
My dad, his girlfriend, and her kids. Technically.

# Is the glass half empty or half full?
The glass is twice as big as it needs to be. And this is the train of logic that you get when you live with an engineer.

# What's the farthest-away place you've been?
Scotland. <3

# When's the last time you ate a homegrown tomato?
Tomatoes don't agree with my GI system.

# Have you ever won a trophy?
Only for Spelling Bees. xD

# Are you a good cook?
I would like to personally hug the person who invented the microwave.

# Do you know how to pump your own gas?
Yeah, because when my mum is feeling lazy, it's "GET OUT OF THE CAR AND PUMP GAS HERE'S MONEY OKAY THANKS"

# If you could meet any one person (from history or currently alive), who would it be?
Craig Ferguson. I would die of Toxic Fangirl Syndrome, but I'd die happy.

# Have you ever had to wear a uniform to school?
No, thank the FSM, because with my luck it'd be one of those idiotic gender-specific uniforms where the girls have to wear skirts. I'd transfer so fucking fast.

# Do you touch-type?
Yep. I can even type while watching the television behind my back.

# What's under your bed?
Probably my DVD player remote, because it always seems to find its way under there.

# Do you believe in love at first sight?
What I would really like to believe in is a quiz that DOESN'T ASK THIS STUPID QUESTION.

# Think fast, what do you like right now?
Writing.

# Where were you on Valentine's day?
CWC Write-In, where people brought candy and I gave them undying love. <3

# What time do you get up?
About 8 a.m. to catch the bus to GCC, about 6.30 during the regular year, and whenever the hell I feel like when there's no education involved.

# What was the name of your first pet?
*hugs Zankoku for her answer to this one* XD

Uh... I had cats named Stupid and Max when I was a baby, but my dog Buddy is the first I remember as *my* pet.

# Who is the second to last person to call you?
Bianca.

# Is there anything going on this weekend?
Cousin's high school graduation, family, graduation party, Disneyland, California Adventure. In that order.

# How are you feeling right now?
Like I need a potty break and to stop procrastinating.

# What do you think about the most?
Writing, things I need to do, class.

# What time do you get up in the morning?
When the sun goes down. I'm a vampire.

(I hope we're not checking for consistency)

# If you had A Big Win in the Lottery, how long would you wait to tell people?
I'd put a giant marquee over my house. I FUCKING WON THE LOTTERY AND YOU DIDN'T HAHAHA.

# Who would you tell first?
The person nearest me at the time.

# What is the last movie that you saw at the cinema?
Up.

# Do you sing in the shower?
No. I talk to myself, though. XD

# Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
THAT ONE OVER THERE.

# What do you do most when you are bored?
Pokemon + Solitaire + House + Intertubes + MSN chatting.

# What do you do for a living?
I used to work as an elementary school tutor, but right now I am a professional leech. : D

# Do you love your job?
As long as I don't have to pay bills.

# What did you want to be when you grew up?
A writer and/or copy editor.

# If you could have any job, what would you want to do/be?
REDUNDANCY!

# Which came first the chicken or the egg?
Either God or single-celled organisms, depending on your belief system.

# How many keys on your key ring?
Four, currently, but usually five. My dad's house key is currently on loan to his AGM, who's watching our pets while we're in California. I still have my bike lock key, mum's house key, garage key, and postbox key.

# Where would you retire to?
Isle of Skye, Scotland.

# What kind of car do you drive?
Either a Saturn Aura, Mustang convertible, or Dodge Caliber, depending on who I'm with.

# What are your best physical features?
My toes. *nod*

# What are your best characteristics?
Uh... the ability to not say things as they come to mind? 'Cause I'd be in a mental institution without that particular gift. XD

# If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation where would you go?
Either Scotland, Ireland, or Spain. Maybe Africa. Or Australia. New Zealand. FUCK, JUST GIVE ME A PLANE.

# What kind of books do you like to read?
Mostly realistic fiction, but some sci-fi/fantasy if it interests me.

# Where would you want to retire to?
YOUR FACE.

# What is your favorite time of the day?
Night, when everyone else is asleep.

# Where did you grow up?
Phoenix. *nod*

# How far away from your birthplace do you live now?
Well, about a half hour from the hospital I was born in, and about five minutes from my first house.

# What are you reading now?
(@Zankoku: OTHELLO WAS WRITTEN BY VOLDEMORT? )

Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders by Jason L. Riley. It's for Eng 102. XD

# Are you a morning person or a night owl?
A night owl, but I can fake being a morning person pretty well. Thank you, autopilot.

# Can you touch your nose with your tongue?
No. D:

# Can you close your eyes and raise your eyebrows?
Yes! Achievement!

# Do you have pets?
Too many and not enough. XD I CAN HAZ GREAT DANE PUP, PLZ?

# How many rings before you answer the phone?
Depends on the situation. If the person woke me up, it's more a question of if I'll answer. If I happen to be doing nothing, usually ASAP.

# What is your best childhood memory?
My memory is the fuel of the failboat. XD

# What are some of the different jobs that you have had in your life?
Elementary school tutor... uh, yeah, that's about it.

# Any new and exciting things that you would like to share?
ZOMG CALIFORNIA. ZOMG 2-HOUR HOUSE SEASON PREMIERE SEPTEMBER 21. ZOMG CRAIG FERGUSON'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY SEPTEMBER 15. ZOMG COLLEGE. ZOMG ZOMG.

# What is most important in life?
Breathing?

# What Inspires You?
Various things. Stars, stories, and 42.

I am not much of a believer in the significance of New Years. Frankly, it's just an arbitrary point in time that we picked to be the place where one year ends and the new one begins.

You can read that as my brother and I should not have existentialist debates under the influence of Tecate and homemade Mexican food.

Buuuuuuut in the spirit of boredom, I have chosen to copy the delightful zankoku-na-tenshi and do an ups-and-downs from 2K8.

Ze Ups:
Finishing When God Has Passed You By, the very first novel I've ever finished.
Discovering Teague's Artists of the Year -- Laura Marling, Mystery Jets, Noah and the Whale, The Ting Tings, The View, Eric Hutchinson, and so forth.
Making Copy Editor on the newspaper staff and not getting my soul eaten by the advisor.
Not sucking at being a JM on YWS.
Actually getting a clue when it comes to art. Not sucking as much as I thought I would. [life tip: set low expectations for yourself, you'll make them every time. xD]
Acquiring Puppy #3 and Cousin #95685096854896038. And no, that is not an arbitrary number. xD
Gaining the confidence to be confident with my family.
Learning that relying on outlines is better than just diving right in.
Learning to drive and not killing anyone!
Getting a short story published.
Cutting down on my swearing and other extremely irritating habits. Also, being less stupid than I was as a freshman/sophomore.

Ze Downs:
Losing my hamster, Speedy.
Mentally failing at life.
Not being able to not shake like a leaf as I gave my dad a couple short stories as a Christmas gift.
Intro to Art and Physics aaaaaaaangst. Because I fail.
My brother moving out. </3
My goddamn job. Those kids are a PAIN.
The progression of my OCD.

And I don't believe in resolutions, but I do intend on writing two novels this year, one of which I've already started. The City Lights Lovers and Fragile Little Things.

I am on a roll with titles.

ALSO.

I GET TO SEE CRAIG IN SEVEN DAYS.

AND I AM SO WAITING OUTSIDE THE VENUE AFTER THE SHOW TO SEE IF I GET TO MEET HIM

*squee*

Fun things this month:
-Craig show
-Creative Writing Club write-in #2
-Challenge Day
-Fiesta Bowl Parade followed by lunch at Macayo's (happiness: reigniting a family tradition and taking the new light rail system for it.)
-Zoolights
-Comicon

And why must the Mystery Jets CD be ridiculously expensive? xD Silly Brits. Zankoku, I feel your pain with the high cost of import CDs.

Subject fail.

It's nearly half two in the morning right now and I must be completely BONKERS. I'm being dragged Black Friday shopping, and I should be sleeping, but that would make sense.

Got home from my grandmother's around eightish. Went straight to bed and slept until 11.45 (sans a half hour of irritating back pain until I nicked the heating pad from my dad). Got up to watch Craig and I decided that since I'm going to be woken up about two hours from the end of Craig, I might as well just stay awake. I have stuff to do.

[I just looked up and noticed the phrase "Journal Enhancements" in the top right and I thought of all those "male enhancement" spam e-mails I get.]

I'm kinda tired but not really? I'd like to go upstairs and do my history homework but I'm worried that I'll fall asleep which would not be good. Pretty much anything that I go do right now will make me fall asleep. I'd watch television but my brother is sleeping on the couch because he doesn't want to sleep in his room. Fine, Fuzzy. Ruin my plans. See what I care. >=[

Older siblings. Bah. He'll be twenty on Tuesday and he has his own place. SHOO.

Thanksgiving was... interesting, as it always is. xD Ohmyfamily. I love them [and they're good cooks!] but they're totally crazy. My uncle was in town from Wyoming and you could not find more of a redneck even if you looked in Georgia. He works on an oil rig and has a gap between his teeth as wide as the Grand Canyon. That should give you an idea.

My three-year-old cousin is cuter than yours. *nod* That's all I have to say, really. Also, his sister is hilarious. xD Laughs at everything and has the fitting nickname of Pork Chop. Poor girl. xD

My other uncle -- there were four present? xD Of many. -- just had surgery on his knee and refuses to walk on his crutches. It's kind of amusing and sad to watch him bunny hop around. And he went golfing! And he was playing with his dog and she's kind of an idiot of a yellow lab [seriously. stupid but spirited... way too spirited] and she ran into his leg and it was FUNNY. I was like, you've only got yourself to blame, sport.

Also, my dad's girlfriends kids. They irritate me. But it was pretty funny because one of them got a stomachache from eating too much and we all laughed uproariously because that's what's supposed to happen on Thanksgiving! We weren't laughing *at* him, really. But his sister got a stomachache too but didn't want to admit it because she didn't want to be laughed at. xD You totally can't be sensitive in my family. We're a tough bunch. A bucket of Irish rednecks who think they're Mexican. None of those groups are in any way touchy-feely. So if I ever seem overly abrasive, it's just how my family expresses love and I apologize. xD

I keep looking at the Listening To box and wondering what song I'll be on when I wrap up this pointless early-morning ramble.

Question Spontaneous +5: When does it stop being late night and start being early morning? Craig is late night and he ends at 1 a.m., half an hour later in other places. So... I'm thinking two or three a.m.? Hurm. Must look into that.

I love pineapple. My brother would understand that. xD

AND ZOMG. We had six kinds of pie at Thanksgiving. SIX. And a cheesecake but I don't like cheesecake. I had some Apple and Pumpkin pie and some Peppermint ice cream, which is actually really tasty. But the point is PIE! Pie is just... epic win of epic proportions. Really.

And my brother cannot cook bacon. He made breakfast for my mum, himself, and I. My mum likes her bacon crispy. And the genius electrical engineer that I call a brother made it crispy... like, of the blackened-and-smoking-and-should-not-be-edible variety.

Which wouldn't have happened if he had let me cook the bacon.

I'll probably look back on this after I've had some sleep and say, "Wow, I should not write journal entries at a quarter to three in the morning." But for now, I'm off to play Pokemon! I just got Diamond for my new Nintendo DS that I got for my 16th birthday which was Sunday. ^^ Go me.

Also, I just won NaNo. Hooray for me!

HolycrapI'mreadybutnotreadyatthesametime.

=X

40 minutes.

WHOA MAN.

*prods clock both backwards and forwards*

HolycrapI'mnotready.

:3

*hyperventilates*