Insomnia, Music and Video gamessss

Well, jobs have been hard to come by, and I just got a call back from Applebee's. Normally I wouldn't think that it would be a big deal, but I've been unemployed for far too long, so I jumped at the opportunity. After the first interview, I got the second two days later, so now I'm just waiting to hear from them. If, in two weeks, I haven't heard from them, then it means that I'm still jobless...fun.

SO, back to the good stuff: Insomniaaaa
Yes, the monster's thriving very well. As a matter of fact, I went to the second Applebee's interview with three hours two nights before...so I was running on negative 20 hours of sleep. It went surprisingly well, even though I probably looked like a Zombie. I really didn't care that much, not surprising. So I've gotten into the habit of sleeping for 3-4 hours, and then waking up at 2 or 3 in the morning and finding myself unable to get back to sleep. It's like my body's saying "You just slept...you don't need more! Shut up!" So here I am, at 2:19 in the morning, typing a blog entry. I know I'm not the only one doing this either. Blegh, I'm going to fix this eventually. One of these days. I'd prefer not to use medication...actually, I'd rather lose a leg than take meds. (and for those of you that don't know, I am an exercise enthusiast, so losing a leg would be disastrous, not to mention extremely depressing.)

On the note of Video Games, I've been playing a game for the nintendo DS: Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon. I beat it for the first time since I've owned the game, because I actually got past this crazy cave section in the game that was only available in winter. Needless to say, it made me feel pretty cool and beastly...till I found out that there was another Rune Factory that you could play the part of a female for once, and that it was already out. That, and the fact that a lot of people have already beaten both games and were sitting on their asses salivating for the third Rune Factory to get to the US. So, after my not-so-satisfying game beat-down, I looked in my collection for another unbeaten game that was begging for it. I found Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness. This game is cute, but I dislike the fact that all of the characters are chibi... If I wanted to look cute I'd be into cooking mama or something like that. (Despite my addiction to cooking and food in general, I still don't like games that are about cooking food...I'd rather go to the kitchen and actually cook food so I could eat it. It's a little crazy considering the fact that I read manga that's all about cooking, chefs, gourmets, sports etc, when I'd rather be doing all of those activities..but I digress.)

I really liked, in Rune Factory, how the art and design was beautiful, even if the characters were too young looking for my liking. I'd prefer a more mature-looking cast in my opinion. Just saying, I don't really go for the pedo-lookers, that's kind of weird for me.

On the note of Manga that I started in two paragraphs previous, I've been going through onemanga, (great place for free manga and finding popular mangas without having to pay for them), and I've found that there's been so much added since I started reading, that I need to go through the manga list all over again. It's a pain in the ass, but it's good, because some of my tastes have changed, and therefore, the types of mangas that I like to read has too. Now, some of you are asking, "What is manga?" Manga is basically a japanese form of comics. The styles differ greatly from American comics: to which I am thoroughly grateful, not everyone wants beefed up Marvel all the time.

Some particularly good mangas that I've read/am up to date with are:

One Piece, Gokusen, Worst, Naruto, Code Breakers, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Bakuman, 1/2 Prince, 13, Diamond no Ace, Addicted to Curry, Kuroshitsuji, Are You Alice, AIKI, Fairy Tale, Chocolate, Dance in the Vampire Bund, Dr. Rurru, Deadman Wonderland, Family Compo, Franken Fran, Ga-Rei, GinTama, Saiyuki Reload Blast, Bleach, Akaboshi Ibun Suikoden, Kekkaishi, Toriko, and Air Gear. These are the few that I have the time to type up.

Talk to you later with more on the subject of Anime and Manga~
Lauren
Here's the link to onemanga for those of you who are interested.
http://www.onemanga.com

Duct Tape and Swords

SO, it's been far too long since I've written here. Life's been a bit busy.

Basically I've gotten sick, injured, and slightly more clumsy. I've been sword fighting with some of my friends for about two years now, and I've definitely improved. It's become one of my more treasured hobbies. Sure, I may be female, but I can give one hell of a swing!

On youtube, some of my friends and I take videos of us sparring, and it is mostly for fun,but apparently we've been gaining in popularity: it's kinda cool. In the most recent episode, I brought my friend Corrine into the group and we all boxed. Now, normally VT (Violence time, as the ancients call it: we have a new name:Odyssey of the Suburban Blades )sword fights with bokken (wooden swords) and shinai (bamboo swords), so boxing was a special treat. I hope that we'll be having more of this, because I surely enjoyed it.



Now, some of the guys have been doing VT for years, but I'm sort-of but not-really new. Not that it really matters, of course.

Some of the 'weapons of choice', shinai, have been broken. George, one of the founders of VT, wanted to burn the broken shinai. I, on the other hand, wanted a shot at fixing them up for temporary use. And so, Tigerlily was born. Tigerlily is the second shinai to come into my possession, and she's been doing excellently. Duct tape really does wonders!

Well, sadly to say, this will be all for now: I am quite tired. Night~

Soup and LotR

I've been sick for the past week or so...again, and I've been living off of pomegranates, ramen and Lord of the Rings: the movies, fan-fics, and the books.

I dunno why, but these things tend to be comfort-foods for me. Well, not just LotR, but all books, although it tends to be difficult for me to read recently. I just have been too into the fanfiction world,sadly enough. I'm finding that I want smut with all of the amazing details and character depth and innovative plot of areal breathing novel!

I only expect a certain level of interest from these authors, sadly to say,because I am biased into believing that older books normally have better vocabulary and it's not always true, but it's what I've been inclined to believe.

We've been doing a lot of construction at my house, and so I've been trying to recover from this bad cold with clanking,sawing and other loud noises at all hours. And to make things worse, I live right near a rail-road line, so I have to listen to their racket whenever they decide to fix the line. (I've gotten used to the regular train sounds.

I've also been lending out books to friends for the first time in years. I'm a book-hoarder. I hate lending books because they never are treated with the same amount of reference that I;d give them. That, and they always come back with a new stain, or a chew-mark, or folded corners. You have to understand,that when I lend books out,now,I don't expect them back or if I do, I don't expect them to come back in any good condition, so I only lend books that I'm not very attached to.

This all may sound very crazy to people who aren't really interested in books and like to spend their time doing other things, but for me, if you treat a book badly, it speaks volumes about your character. Especially if the book doesn't belong to you and you return it in a bad state. Even if what you borrowed wasn't a book and you gave it back in a used state, It's common courtesy to treat other people's things in a nice manner: better than your own.

The left of your body, the right of my mind

The title is a quote from one of my favorite bands: Live. Song title: Hero of Love.


Anyways, my New Year's eve was amazing, I couldn't have asked for more. Good company, dancing, alcohol-induced bliss, food, and a night apart from my parents. Normally I get sick either right before on on new year's, but this year I lucked out and got sick the day after, haha. Talk about luck.

I have been thinking about new year's resolutions,and have been wondering if it's even worth it. Sure, I try to change myself or do the right thing all year, but making a list can't hurt. It's only a once a year thing to do anyways.

~clean my room totally
~keep said room clean for more than a month straight
~get a job
~continue college
~dress better
~be happy

Sounds good for starters.

On another note, I've been sick for the past few days: fever, congestion, sore throat, etc. Cold symptoms. And I've been messing around with some food ideas.

For a warm drink, jello mix without the cold water. It's really sweet, but also really good~

With soups,Ramen in particular, it's really good if you add a little pepper and oregano for spices,dice up some carrots and some broccoli. If you feel inclined,m you can add chicken. I have as weird habit of adding rice to soup once I've eaten the original noodles first.

Combining honey with french fries is also pretty good, that or a frosty and fries. It's really unhealthy, but it's so good! The salty and sweet combination's surprisingly tasty.

Also, putting cinnamon in coffee is really good. A lot of people forget that cinnamon is in a lot of coffee (not to mention chai tea) and they don't even know half the time that it's in most of the coffee that you buy.