Wooo! Swag!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have a good day and are spending time with loved ones! Got some good stuff too, I take it?

I got:

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
iTunes Gift Card (15 dollars worth)
Subway gift card (ten dollars worth)
Gamestop gift card (35 dollars worth)
Magic the Gathering cards
GUMMY CHERRIES
Chocolate (Kit Kat)
Chocolate covered raisins
The Judas Strain by James Rollins
Socks (XD)
Money (110 dollars worth)
Skittles
Nerf Gun darts
Dinosaur figures

Birthday came and went. I am now 20.

Wow...I feel old now.

Anyways, I got this new laptop (Which I've had since Black Friday XD), gummy cherries, some new headphones, some Magic the Gathering cards, and an iTunes gift card.

Also...Cool! A subscription! Thanks DP! You're awesome!

Additionally, my awesome sister is home for Christmas, so huzzah! She keeps punching me though. XD

PLUS...I was Christmas shopping yesterday, and I happened across a rare find...Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes for Gamecube, the remake of the first game! It was 35 dollars used, and I had enough birthday money to buy it, so woot!

(I'm allowed to buy it near Christmas because, A, I didn't put it on my wish list because it's usually pretty hard to find), and B, it's my birthday money, and I get to use that money however I want. Hehehe.)

So far, it's pretty fun! Long cutscenes, but hey, it's Metal Gear.

It's also reminding me of that story and I talked about a long time ago...Metal Gear Who. Hehehehe.

Good news all around from me!

Now if you excuse me, I'm going to work on the 'Honey I Shrunk the Apprentices' story for SK&WS! Muhahahaha!

And then later hopefully I'll see about getting a skin thing for this journal!

It involved getting up at three and standing in line for about two hours, but I now have a new lap top.

It's nice, and it only cost $198. No tax, since we're in Oregon too!

Also, thankfully, my college stuff will be paid for and all that.

So, definitely a turn around from my angst filled drama of before. Thanks to everyone who showed their concern.

I'll have to wait to get most of my music back though...It'll take some time.

But for now, to get my other stuff (Open Office, Skype, etc), and then maybe some sleep. Right now, a little to excited to sleep.

And maybe I'll post in the RPs on the SRB, we'll see.

My smurfin' computer was working just fine last night, and now, suddenly, I plug it in here at grandma's house...

And it's not working.

I just can't get it to work. Can't even get it to safe mode.

I've been wanting a new computer anyways, but it's not just that simple to get one. Hopefully, maybe, we'll get one on Black Friday, but that'll mean it's a dual birthday/Christmas present for me, meaning I won't be getting much else for the holidays.

Including that new iPod Touch I was most likely going to get for my birthday...

And I'm just...breaking down here. I need money, but everywhere I've applied to hasn't hired me, and my parents keep saying that I just need to try more.

THAT DOESN'T WORK IF THEY JUST AREN'T ACCEPTING YOU.

I also have student fees coming up, and I think I have just enough in the bank to pay for them, but I also still have to pay for car insurance, plus books next semester.

I don't have that money, and I'm honestly not entirely sure if my parents will pay for any of that.

And then, my sister, who I love, is in Chicago for her college and costing us way more then I am, even including car insurance for me, but she doesn't seem to be as expected to find a job, even though she made a 100 dollar cell phone bill!

I just feel like I'm expected to be able to handle everything, to get a job and pay for all that I need, when I just can't. I just can't find a job, everywhere I've applied to so far has said 'no.'

Maybe I'll get some money from relatives for my birthday, but I won't be able to spend it on just something fun that I might want (like a new iPod), I'll have to put that money to school stuff...

It just doesn't feel right to me that my sister gets all this stuff paid for (heck, she got a new computer for going to college.) Not as an early Christmas gift or birthday. Just, she was going to college, and she'd need it.

What did I get for going to college? Nothing. I got my computer for a birthday/Christmas present before hand.

And she's costing them a heck of a lot more then I am!

So I'm just breaking down here, close to screaming at someone if something else happens, and not really feeling all to thankful at the moment.

I'm going to go to sleep, and hope that maybe it'll all work out somehow. Maybe I'll confront my parents about it...

I am writing this journal before I have to head over to my Math class! In a computer lab!

Why? I don't know, I feel like ranting.

So, anyways, I've been getting major thinking/writing inspiration for my original characters. From my last count, I have twenty-eight characters that are completely my own.

A couple still need names...XD

Though...For a while now, I've just stalled out on my fan fic writing...Sonic has begun to allude me. I really don't want to drop the Chaotic storyline(s), considering how much effort I've put into them, along with the 'Shadow and Omega: Take A Road Trip' but I just keep staring at the screen blankly when I try to work on them, even though I know more or less what I want to do.

Maybe I should play some Sonic...Haven't played a Sonic game in a bit.

SK&WS wise, I still have a bunch of stories I want to finish before I finally unveil OVERRUN, which I hope people will like and think is awesome.

The next story for SK&WS I'm working on revolves around TS as he tries to lead his fellow Apprentices out of Sama's pocket!

There's also more, but that's secret!

Also, on the topic of original characters again, I'm having a lot of fun using them in the SRB RP, like Reach For The Stars and a couple in Spirit and Steam, plus Ethan in The Island.

Plus, I don't know why, but my characters and CR's keep seeming to hook up. XD

Granted, the Jason and Erin thing was because she was playing him...XD

And now, to Math Class!