So they sent me out here...

Poll #1488079 omnomnom crushes
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Who are you going to marry when you grow up?

Other?

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL RUMOR-SPREADING

THAT I AM IN LOVE WI I MEAN THAT konora IS IN LOVE WITH ME

START BELIEVING IT NOW AND TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS K <3

and don't believe her if she tells you it's platonic

we have kinky gooey alien sex every couple nights

though she might claim it's Peter*Symbiote RP, but who are you going to believe, her or me?

Alana: You took $500 out of my account without asking me or telling me why.
Dad: You weren't around at the time, and I forgot to tell you after it happened.

fffffffffffffffffffffffffff DAMMIT DAD

I has been peering at Flickr. HERE HAVE LINKSPAM

spidurs
link : link : link : link : link : link : link : link : link : link : link : link : link : link : link

mantids
link : link : link : link (this one is particuarly adorable XD ): link : link

isopods
link : link

cephalopods
link : link : link : link : link : link : link (PINSTRIPED. OCTOPUS. I want one ;A; ): link : link

And imagine, the other girls in my zoology class think I have weird tastes in cute. <3

Also, as of yesterday, I am 20 years old. WHAT IS THIS. HOW AM I NOT A TEEN ANYMORE.

*rolls in happiness*

I'm in the second choir he reviewed <333333 we are the only non-professional group this magazine has reviewed in pretty much ever and he gave us the constructive version of glowing praise, adkjhfadjfhkjhskajdh EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Imma let you finish, but this is one of the best shirts of all time!

http://tinypic.com/a/1dcfl/1

YOU ARE A PIRATE

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Shirt, vest, pants, jewlery, and (unpictured) boots: already owned, + $4 for two of the gaudier rings from Goodwill.

Goggles, (unpictured) toy flintlock pistol: $18, + $4 can of copper craft spray (not yet applied)

Belt: $18 raw materials, one episode of House of construction

Total cost: $32

My internet was out yesterday. >:

(But it's back now!)

In the meantime, I polished off something like 35 issues of Young Justice. I think I have a crush on Slow-Bo. He's so cute, aww!

Ganked from swipeatronspark~

1. If you're on my friends list, I want to know 35 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine.

2. Comment here with your answers and repost the questionnaire on your own journal.

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
27) Do you believe in ghosts?
28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
29) Do you swear a lot?
30) Biggest pet peeve?
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
32) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
33) Favorite and least favorite food?
34) Do you believe in God?
35) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

Dear Teacher:

What did past perfect tense, indirect quotations, adverbs, and stylistic choices ever do to you, that you wish to alter, put inside quotes, or completely remove all of them? I thought my paper was perfectly reasonable, and certainly better than an 85% when I had two (arguable) comma splices in three pages. :\

reaaaaad thiiiiiiiiis

then AIM me (aranamitouma) so I can squee at you and convince you to buy the next four books

and if you don't want to read the entire book right away, read this instead because it's adorable

Temeraire <3

I really, really wanna app Optimus Primal to damned. And I really, really know what I want him to look like, except something about it keeps rubbing me in a "you should feel wrong about this" way, but not in any way I can rationalize.

You see, I want to make his human form really, really dark-skinned. I'm drawing him from S1, after all, and he has an organic primate form there, and it's really, really dark-skinned. Because it's a gorilla.

"Ugh, that doesn't ring quite PC, Alana," the back of my brain warns, "just 'cause he spends 59%* of his time as a dark-skinned African primate and the Axalon crashed in Africa, doesn't mean he should look like he's some flavor of POC."

But then I go, "But wouldn't it be worse if I took this guy who spends all his time as an African primate in Africa and whitewashed him just because I'm a pasty white girl?"

And the back of my brain goes "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG" and neeners at me while I flounder and try to tell it that I'm just designing around what he looks like, why SHOULDN'T he be a big guy with a tubby middle and geek glasses to make him look science (can't you just see Optimus with a novel in one hand, pushing up blue-rimmed reading glasses with his other hand?) who happens to have dark skin?

Arrgh. I can't figure out why it feels wrong, because it felt so right when I first designed it. D:



* _{percentages not based on facts}

I lied.

Job training is NEXT week! And they called everyone twice to tell them so! Yes, all fourteen of the people that showed up in my class had gotten two calls about the change, don'tchaknow.

What? Reimbursement? Can't do that, sorry.

I don't have a supervisor. My supervisor's name is N, but you can't have her phone number.

Oh, you drove to Regional in downtown KC with a list of the names and phone numbers of all 14 people who didn't get my (two!) messages? Well, what do you want me to do? Reimburse all of you for mileage? Can't do that, you're not employees yet. Do you still want the job? Well if you decide you don't, call me so I can replace you. My super's in a meeting. No, I don't know about when she'll be out. Call later, maybe you'll catch her.


B|

Brb, job training~

- .hack//SIGN is one of my favorite anime ever. It's slow, talky, full of scenery porn and philosophy and gorgeous, gorgeous music. This is everything I love.
a stray child
in the land of twilight, under the moon

- The Secret of Dominion is one of my favorite things ever. This was my childhood, along with full-cast audiobooks of Watership Down, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. You can get the whole thing here, but this episode has one of my favorite parts from about 5:45 to 9:10. Namely, Vishia and his awesome unredeemable bastardness. (I'm thinking of apping him in Damned, in a couple rounds. Because he's awesome. And insane.)
Double Trouble

Mom's passively threatening me because I'm tired.

If I can't get enough sleep at night, she can't let me work, she says. It's a $14.50/hour job starting the 14th. That job is how I'm going to pay for Christmas, how I'm going to pay bus fare; I only have about $150 left from earlier this year.

If I'm so tired all the time, if I'm so listless, she'll send me to the doctor and the doctor will have to run blood tests, she says. They'll stick a line of cold dead metal in me in me and pull out my life if I don't stop trying to rest.

What's wrong with you, Alana? You're acting like you do on your period. Are you depressed about something? Go eat your breakfast. Why haven't you used that mango yet? Ian, add iron to the shopping list. Alana, are you mad at me?

I just want to sleep. Why won't they let me sleep?

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“06. My Eyes Music by Jed Whedon Lyrics by Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, and Joss Whedon Performed by Neil Patrick Harris and Felicia Day Guitar by Nick Gusikoff HORRIBLE Any dolt with half a brain Can see that humankind has gone insane To the point where I don’t know If I’ll upset the status quo If I throw poison in the water main Listen close to everybody’s heart And hear that breaking sound Hopes and dreams are shattering apart And crashing to the ground I cannot believe my eyes How the world’s filled with filth and lies But it’s plain to see Evil inside of me is on the rise PENNY Look around We’re living with the lost and found Just when you feel you’ve almost drowned You find yourself on solid ground And you believe There’s good in everybody’s heart Keep it safe and sound With hope, you can do your part To turn a life around I cannot believe my eyes Is the world finally growing wise ‘Cause it seems to me Some kind of harmony Is on the rise [snip] PENNY Take it slow He looks at me and seems to know The things that I’m afraid to show And suddenly I feel this glow And I believe There’s good in everybody’s heart Keep it safe and sound With hope, you can do your part To turn a life around I cannot believe my eyes How the world’s finally growing wise And it’s plain to see Rapture inside of me is on the rise” Transcribed by: multiple users

I BLAME VYNDASIA

ugh, flubbed lyrics D: pshaw.

Alana: *wake up from a good, nine-hour sleep*
Alana: *feel tired and drained* *not look forward to the day*
Alana: *talk to Seiber, lolwhut over conservative fangirls*
Alana: *check email*

Damned: Lol, hai. Due to your lethargy and crying jags, you've entirely missed an activity check!

Alana: ... *crying jag* *replies explaining that she's been having school, lethargy, and crying jags*

Old Flame: Lol, hai. Since you still carry a torch for me (despite the emotional manipulation and neglect I put you through), I feel TOTALLY COMFORTABLE sending you a chain letter of romantic dating tips.

Alana: ... D: *cries harder*