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I should be in Spain right now. Instead I'm here at home, because my ancient glitchy computer somehow thought I wanted July when I tried to book for May. I thought my trip was finally here and now I have to wait two more months :(

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So here we have the 411 on my convention experience.

Money spent: $127.50 for my sisters and I to get in, $122 for food and shopping
Time spent:18 hours
Pictures taken: 143
Manga read: 10
Hugs from total strangers: 63 (plus one glomp)
People who spazzed because I was a kitty: 6
Bought: 5 manga, 5 bookmarks, 6 pins, 1 wallet, 1 frisbee, 3 posters, 4 keychains, 2 sets of cat ears, and 2 tails

All in all, a very good weekend. Lots of fun and hilarity - sometimes unintentional, as when the medical team managed to run right past the girl who had fainted twice. We ended up going back and forth between areas just so we could keep walking through the Free Hugs area; that was probably more contact with strangers than I've had in my entire life. Now I just have to come up with an outfit for next year...

I've finally managed to make it to Anime North - and for the whole weekend too. Just thought I'd share a couple of pictures - a handful of the nearly 150 I took.

( Every picture of me looked like crap, so you don't get to see. )

Anime North is coming up, and my sister and I have just decided we're going. This year I might actually make it, unlike the past two years when I swore I was going until something came up at the last second. Since we have no money and no time we're just going to dress as catgirls from Count D's pet shop - complete with contracts and price tags. Next year we'll make sure we have plenty of time for decent costumes, but for now we're just excited to be going.

I am finally getting around to actually writing my story, but being not at all pleased with what I have so far I am posting it all over the place in hopes of getting some useful reviews. Therefore, I present the prologue of Haven, with chapter one soon to follow.

( Summary: Humans have learned that those creatures long believed to be pure fantasy do in fact exist, and such creatures must now fear for their lives. As the threat worsens, can a group of nonhuman housemates not only survive but form the family they all desire? )

I'm 18 now. A legal adult. Can't quite wrap my head around that yet.
Awesome presents this year, including an MP3 player and an XBOX 360, plus loads of cash to add to my Spain fund. Of course, if I don't get around to getting my passport soon it won't matter how much cash I have... I still have to work out an itinerary too. So far all I know is I have to be in Buñol on the last Wednesday of August for La Tomatina. I hate trying to plan this, there's so much I want to see!
And speaking of seeing, my mother's conviction that I can't be happy if I'm not dating someone seems to be spreading to my other relatives. At my cousin's wedding I was forced into a stranger's lap because I wasn't socializing. There's even a picture. 8th one from the top. Note that he has barely allowed me space on one leg and is leaning as far away from me as possible. Poor guy seemed far more embarrassed than I was. Now my mother and my cousin are conspiring to make me get to know him. By the way, to those of you who know me well enough to be amazed by this - if you look closely at those pictures you might actually spot me dancing in one of them.
Also, I have been made aware that in the pictures I look even younger than usual. I am quite used to being mistaken for a 13-year-old by now.
Seeing as this post is merely a way to kill time (I'm bored as hell but it's only 1:45, too early to sleep) I give you fun with Googlisms.
tori is nothing short of phenomenal - Finally, someone acknowledges my greatness.
tori is - Feeling existential, Google?
tori is commonly known in the usa as a cape parrot - What the crap?
tori is doing well and the plan is to have the second surgery - This... does not sound pleasant.
tori is again in a white room - Is this room padded? Can I pretend it is?
tori is just fake - That's not very nice.
tori is in balance and have control over uke
tori is thinking about us - No, actually I'm still thinking about the fact that I'm apparently a parrot.
tori is my goddess - No objections from me.
tori is also the inspiration for the sandman comic character delirium - I wish, Del is awesome!
Oh yes, also wanted to mention that Sweeney Todd is a great movie and Johnny Depp can indeed sing. There is a song full of puns about how various people would taste - how can it not be good?

10 Ouran High School Host Club
5 Tsubasa
6 Weiss Kreuz
9 Yami No Matsuei
5 Kingdom Hearts
5 Gundam SEED
5 Petshop Of Horrors
5 quotes

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( People say I'm obsessed... )

Brought to you by Tori's Absolute Boredom... A collection of AMVs representing every song from Avenue Q.
I wish I had a video editing program so I could make AMVs...

It Sucks To Be Me - The Lion King
If You Were Gay - Gravitation
Purpose - Naruto
Everyone's A Little Bit Racist - Bleach
The Internet Is For Porn - Teen Titans
Mix Tape - Fruits Basket
I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today - Yugioh
Special - Ouran High School Host Club
You Can Be As Loud As The Hell You Want - Kingdom Hearts
Fantasies Come True - Loveless
My Girlfriend Who Lives In Canada - Kingdom Hearts
There's A Fine Fine Line - Naruto
There Is Life Outside Your Apartment - Fullmetal Alchemist
The More You Ruv Someone - Tokyo Mew Mew
Schadenfreude - Tsubasa
I Wish I Could Go Back To College - Buffy
The Money Song - Fullmetal Alchemist
For Now - Ouran High School Host Club

A batch of 50 icons this time. Comment and credit.
13 Weiss Kreuz
7 Tsubasa
6 Gundam SEED
6 Fruits Basket
5 Ouran High School Host Club
5 Fullmetal Alchemist (the Ed ones were done solely to amuse my sister, I know they're stupid)
5 Saiyuki
3 Miscellaneous

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( I went a little crazy... )

While roaming the Internet I stumbled upon these: Crowley' and Aziraphale's New Years Resolutions according to the authors.

Crowley:
Resolution #1: I must accept that Super-Gluing valuable coins to the sidewalk and then watching events from a nearby café is not proper demonic activity.
Resolution #2: The same applies to rearranging the letters on wayside pulpits.
Resolution #3: Try to come up with something as good as cell phone ringtones, following one last stab at convincing Downstairs that cell phone ringtones are right up there in the whole Human Misery stakes. And iPods. Has anybody Down There even said thank you for iPods? Or "Googling yourself?" Frankly, I deserve some kind of award for "Googling yourself."
Resolution #4: I must encourage greedy people to use the term, "Low-hanging fruit," because that's just like old times.
Resolution #5: This year, I will get a desk near the window.
Resolution #6: I will try to understand why Hell is a no-smoking area. I just think it's ridiculous having to stand around outside the gates, that's all.
Resolution #7: On the orders of Head Office I will encourage the belief in Intelligent Design, because it upsets everyone.
Resolution #8: Stop Googling myself.

Aziraphale:
Resolution #1: Spread peace and love and glad tidings of great joy throughout the world. Also try to get out more.
Resolution #2: I will be charitable to people who use the term "core values," however difficult this may be.
Resolution #3: Notwithstanding Resolution #2 (above), I will redouble my efforts to have the utterance of the phrase "core values" classified as a deadly sin. I believe Himself is with me on this one.
Resolution #4: I will try to be nicer to the customers. They want to buy books; I want to sell them. It can't be that hard. (Memo to self: Regular opening hours? Mark prices on books?)
Resolution #5: I will try to be polite to Gabriel, no matter what the provocation.
Resolution #6: Find out exactly what an "Internet" is.
Resolution #7: Really must resume dancing lessons. Learn the "Galloping Major," the "Gay Gordons," the "Mashed Potatoes." Possibly even the "Twist"?
Resolution #8: Thwart Infernal Wiles (ongoing).
Resolution #9: I will try to understand why Heaven is a non-smoking area.
Resolution #10: On the orders of Head Office I will encourage the belief in Intelligent Design – despite the fact that the human airway crosses the digestive tract. Who thought that was intelligent?
Resolution #11: Feed the ducks.

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The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	Very High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	High
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Extreme
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	Extreme
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Very High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Very High

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14 Saiyuki
8 Gundam SEED
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( And here are the rest. )

16 Weiss Kreuz icons
Mostly from official art as it's hard to find decent screencaps -_-
I know they're nothing special, but I like them.
Comments are nice, and credit me if you use them.
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( Hunters of the night... )

"Earl F. Ellwanger Jr, a 55-year-old man from Provo, South Dakota, was home with family members on the evening of Tuesday, July 31. According to Fall River County Sheriff Jeff Tarrell, Ellwanger had watched an episode of CSI in which the team proved that a woman could not have shot herself in the stomach with a shotgun. Afterward, he decided to prove the theory wrong.

Ellwanger used his own shotgun to disprove the characters' conclusion. "He decided to show that the program was incorrect and didn't realize the shotgun was loaded," Tarrell said. The result was that Ellwanger ended up gravely injured.

Ellwanger accidentally shot himself at around 7:00 PM and was transported by ambulance to Minnekahta Junction. From here, he was taken on a Black Hills LifeFlight aircraft to the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Despite having medical care, Ellwanger succumbed to his wounds on Thursday, August 2. He was survived by his mother, his fiancée, two sons and three grandchildren."

Series: Haibane Renmei
Challenge: General Series
Icons Completed: 10/25

Not the greatest icons, but I'm fairly pleased with them.



( The rest are under here )

I just felt the need to share this moment from one of my favorite webcomics, Juathuur.

I realized the other day that beyond a couple of months ago I have only a few, vague memories. Beyond five years ago I have no memories at all. This seems rather unhealthy to me. I know my past, I know facts about things that happened, but I don't actually remember them. It's actually rather tragic. I know I threw my baby sister down the stairs, but I don't remember why. I know I had my first crush in first grade, but I don't remember what it felt like. I know I loved my grandfather dearly before he died, but I barely remember him at all. It seems so bizarre to me that I have an excellent memory for numbers and facts, yet I remember next to nothing of my own life.