It's an endless sky, it's the deepest sea...

So... I've had the writing bug the last few days. It's been manifesting itself in odd ways, and tonight I churned out this little piece. I have no idea what it's about, really, except that there are dragons and things.

( Boop de Doop... )

So, you know the game Dragon Age Origins? Want. So. Bad. I don't like Morrigan, though, hopefully there is a way to kill her, lol...

Hee, couldn't sleep so I watched some classic J-Brett Holmes. Getting kinda excited for the new film too, and getting the itch to read The Beekeeper's Apprentice again. A third time. Don't judge me.

The song "this is war" by 30 seconds to mars is win.

Well, since my last update I lost my other betta, Iskierk, to shock induced by injuries from aggressive tankmates. Thinking that might have been what killed Temmers too. RIP my little biscuit, you were a fun friend.

I have two new bettas, and while they'll never replace the first two, they are adorable and I love them already! The boy is named Kefentse, and the girl is named Lily.

Lily and her catfish friends had a bout with ich, but they are recovering and hopefully we'll be able to keep the buggers away!


Today was a good Sherlock Holmes day. Bought a lovely book of pastiches, "The improbable adventures of Sherlock Holmes," and found a secret viral game, hehe.

Naomi Novik wrote the best pastiche of the anthology, loved it. Read!


The pern site I usually roleplay at changed leadership. There were a few people upset about it, I'm a little confused by some new policies, but since I joined fairly recently, it wasn't that huge of a change. Will definitely keep roleplaying!

Temeraire passed away for no apparent reason last night. I was home and got the call from my roomie that he'd died. Poor boy... he was about 1.5 years old at my best estimate, and perfectly healthy a few days ago...

I will miss my bloo boy.

I finally caved and bought myself a Jude Law Watson poster. I'm debating whether to put him over my fridge or on my closet. Hmmm...

I somehow got some kind of UTI. TMI, I know. Dumb bacteria.

Quote of the moment: "In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria."
-- David Auerbach

I watched all the cutscenes from the new legend of Spyro series... wow! Really epic trilogy of videogames, to say the least. Nothing like the light-hearted, silly Spyro of ages past.

The music is phenomenal, especially "Guide You Home," which is the credits song for the third game...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZnEoLxL0S0&feature=related

Good trailer... love Gary Oldman :D

1) NEW WOW EXPANSION OMG. I'm not thrilled with some of the lore, but Deathwing as the big bad is awesome. 'Bout time we had some nasty dragon action up in here! YA! He's gonna make Arthas look like a pansy.

But if Garrosh becomes warchief I shall cry many, many single tears. WHY BLIZZ WHY.

WORGEN. I want one. I kinda want to roll a male, but we'll see how the females look. If they're too much like boobilicious furries, I'm going male.

2)School's started. Not much to report except that my roomie is more awesome than the one last year, and that my fish are enjoying being back.

3)LOVELY BONES TRAILER OMG.

4)Derp.

Teehee. I love watching "The Greek Interpreter" and "The Bruce-Partington Plans" solely because Mycroft is amazing:

"I'm not built for running, Sherlock!"
"I believe this is your revolver"
"Mycroft..." "...." "MYCROFT!!!" "Huh?"
"With the current state of Siam it is most awkward for me to be away from my desk."

LOST has been like...the show for me for years. I have never been that into a show since...well, ever. I can't wait for the final season...but in the meantime, have a video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMAbQOMVLgA&feature=channel

(for those who were curious, this was brought on by copious amounts of comic con footage.)

Went to the county fair today. It is always surprising how many people go...and how many of them should not be wearing shorts of that length. But the fair was fun nonetheless. Saw a lot of nice looking animals, and didn't feel like such a dork talking about what made a good market lamb, etc.

There is some guy on one of the random cable channels babbling about privateers. Derp.

Sometimes I wish I could just turn into some kind of raging werewolf monster and roar my anger to the world.

The staff meeting today was aggravating, to say the least.

In other news, Language of Bees was amazing.

So Geraldo is back! He had like everything wiped off, and the repair is costing me 100-some dollars. Like I said...freaking computer AIDS or something. *pats Geraldo*

I joined this new play-by-post rpg...you're all going to roll your eyes, but it's like this...

CRIMESOLVING. VICTORIAN. DOGS.

You heard me! The site was named Sherlock City...I had to. It called to me like delicious chocolate or something. My character is a Russian Immigrant...a husky. 'Cause I couldn't decide on another kind of dog, lol...

( ARTZ...if you wanna call it that. )

My upper right M3 tooth is coming in, and it hurts like a sonofabitch!

Somehow my laptop, Geraldo, caught the computer virus equivalent of the Swine Flu. Or, rather, encephalitis, since his brain went all melty from spyware. DAMN YOU SPYWARE!!! Geraldo is now recovering and is going to be back home tomorrow...he had to go to the computer E.R.

WE WENT TO IKEA. The purpose was to look for new beds, but since we were there I picked up some stuff for my dorm room...and we ate swedish things.

New plot started at Evergen Weyr, and there's a gold flight going on at Hazrein Weyr. Exciting times!

There has been a hatching going on at the Pern RPG site I rp at mainly, and it has been so fun seeing which babies Impress to which candidates. There's still a gold egg on the sands, actually...I hope it goes to someone soon, the suspense is killing me!

My candidate Impressed a brown! His name is Jaburanth and he is adorable. He was the first egg to hatch, too!

In other news, Michelle, Sean and I had a SHmarathon last night. Sean has not even read any of the books, not even HotBVs :C We decided to educate him by showing him some of the awesome Granada series.

Watching things with friends is always better because the commentary is so hilarious. The 80s must have been rough for the film crew behind that series...one of the sailors seriously looked like he had pubes for sideburns. And when Moriarty and Holmes went off of Reichenbach, you could see the strings xD Also, the fighting in that scene was very...sexual. I swear there was a crotch thrust at one point. AND THE GAY ASSISTANT for Moriarty OMG he looked liek clay freaking aiken.

I poked goats at the zoo today :DD

1) "From the oceans
To the larries
To the mountains
Up Above..."
--One of my campers, attempting to sing "God Bless America."

2) "...does it KILL?"
--Another of my campers, regarding a groundhog.

3) "I know all the swear words."
--Another camper.

4) "I'm allergic to milk"
"Nick, is your brother allergic to milk??"
"No, he's allergic to eggs. He eats milk with his cereal."
--During ice-cream making.

5) "This is my pet."
--My supervisor's child, regarding a single ant.

6) "Dinosaurs came first."
--A camper during one of Mr. Frank (a volunteer priest)'s readings about Genesis.


Thus far, camp has been a rewarding experience. I love the littlest kids, and the oldest kids aren't too bad, but the middle group is crazy.

However, my job is actually one big petri dish. I have become ill twice now, probably from the kids, and will likely be getting sick again. First time was a cold and this second one was a stomach flu of some sort. By the time I get through with this job for the fall I will have the greatest immune system ever.

RUPERT GRINT got swine flu. That is hilarious and so Ron Weasley. I'm sure the Malfoys would have a field day with that knowledge ;)

Michael Jackson died and broke the internets. "Will you be there" will always take me back to watching Free Willy at my grandparents' house because they didn't own any other videos.

The other night I had a dream about Sherlock Holmes, Pern, and work. My brain may have finally begun to just combine all the things I love into one huge mass.

GUYS sparkling green tea is amazing.

You know you're a dork of monumentous proportions when all of your play-by-post Pern RP characters are named after people in the Sherlock Holmes canon.

DON'T JUDGE ME :d

As some of you may know, I am a summer day-camp counselor this year! YAY!

I seriously cannot wait to start getting kids. I am so pumped it's not even funny. I am getting myself into camp mode though, so no swearing or naughtiness.

UGHHH Kiba killed and ate part of a rabbit this morning. She usually gets into that stuff when it's still dark out, so we can't see her or stop here. That's also usually when the animals are in the yard.

Anyway, she came in the house and proceeded to vomit up some of the rabbit onto my parents' bed. EWWW. I cleaned it up alright, and she didn't do it again.

She's been acting a bit stomach achey all day, and so we didn't walk or anything.

BUT DAMN now she has some rancid-ass farts. They are seriously bad enough to kill small children and the elderly. GOD.

YAY I got the job I wanted :DD

Well, the trailer is out for the new Sherlock Holmes movie...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOr4i-wbH-M

I have three major complaints:

1) WTF is with the slow motion fighting?? It's like fight club or something.

2) "We're behind on our explosions quota!"

3) They coulda shown Irene Adler in something other than lingerie. I mean, I realize she was kind of a skankaroonie to begin with, but I'm pretty sure she wore clothes ;P It wouldn't be as much of a problem if it wasn't so obviously trying to get male interest.

I liked the bit with the hammer. Teehee. Also, Jude Law is amazing and Rachel McAdams is really well cast too. RDJ will be ok, but he'll never be Jeremy Brett.

"...and you keep stealing my coats."

So, I'll probably be seeing it. I will try to throw away my inner canon-whore and enjoy it for what it is.

And now for some classic Brettness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2npPQEE9vOk