I guess everyone is entitled to know what crazy ol' Aqua's been up to since last week, am I right? Seeing as I worried you all so badly two entries ago... but anyway, let's launch right into it then. ^_^;
Real life&&
Right. Matt, thankfully, doesn't sign onto AIM when at home, and I have him blocked off of my list, so he's unable to contact me. Then again, if he were truly serious about wanting me back *not that I'd take him back now*, he knows my e-mail and could have easily e-mailed me, but because he didn't, I know he was simply playing with my emotions and wasn't being truly serious at all.
Even one of my best friends from high school who also knew Matt back when we were all on the speech and debate team in high school, agreed that he didn't know where his priorities were, and that she was glad I had taken the initiative to get away from him.
I still feel guilty, but it's that kind of dull "there was nothing else I could do"-type of resignation. And it's true- there really was nothing else I could've done that wouldn't have hurt me even further.
So, onto lighter things now.
For christmas, it was one of the most uneventful ones I've had. EVER. We didn't even bother setting up the christmas tree, much less made an effort to celebrate. It wasn't without its perks though.
You know what I got? blaugh
= <img src="http://graphics.gaiaonline.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_mrgreen.gif" height=100 width=100><center> *otherwise known as "me" --------^*</center>
Yeessss.... let the possession begin...
I also got a really, really cute Mudd, light blue reversible snow jacket as well. Now I get to be a snow bunny when I go snowboarding next month! I'll take a picture of me in it before I head back to Oregon State, so that I can show off.
Speaking of Oregon State... Beavers beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Insight Bowl 38-21!!! heart mrgreen
Other than that, and the fact that my sister's getting her wisdom teeth taken out *all four*, while my brother's getting four teeth taken out in preparation for his braces *his jaw's too small for how many teeth he has, apparently*, not much else is happening.
*Reminder to self: find general chemistry book from last year for Kathy to use this next term*
Still, I've found I've been watching CNN and stuff like that a lot, and I find all of it rather depressing... I mean, the death toll from that tsunami, last I checked earlier this afternoon, was over 35,000 people. I can't imagine seeing my friends, family, all the people I care about, gone in the blink of an eye like that, yet there are people over there who lost their entire families, themselves the only survivors. Entire clans were wiped out, indigenous tribes who we have barely any record of.
The United States was criticized for being "stingy" in the humanitarian aid efforts by a UN spokesperson, yet I found it rather funny at how yesterday, the US through a spokesperson pledged $15 million to help, and then Secretary of State Colin Powell pledged another $20 million in aid to the sticken nations, while up until yesterday, European nations had only pledged a paltry $4 million.
It's sobering to think about, that even as humans progress with our technology, nature can come and snuff our lives out just like that. Additionally, here where I live, the North American plate bumps right up against the Juan De Fuca plate off the coastlines of Washington and Oregon. The last big earthquake was about 300 years ago, and big earthquakes tend to occur every 300-500 years in this region.
Additionally, if you know anything about geology, then you know that the area that was struck with the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that then led to the tsunami was at the edge of a subduction zone *where one tectonic plate slides beneath another*. The North America/Juan de Fuca plates are also causing a subduction zone.
You do the math.
Gaia&&
I broke down after the whole Matt incident. You are all well-aware of that. I'm better now, but still, that whole mess left my spirit mostly broken for both survival in real life as well as on Gaia. Even now, I know I'm never going to be at my full 100% like I was before I broke down. Best I can do probably is 90% from here on out.
So many things are changing within the infrastructure of the GEN right now. We're trying to revert back to the old style of updating where each item is evaluated separately from its counter-item from the same letter. I started it with the DTail/Angelic Sash combo, and now both CT and I will be branching that off into other items as well.
In the time since the breakdown, I updated twice, and ninja commented that the GEN is way more accurate now, so I don't feel too bad. Still.. having to update all of the paper bags and all 18 of the XMas NPC boxes and the items they contain? I think that was my punishment for running off all of a sudden. ._.;;
However, it's users like these that make me wonder... who, or what am I doing this all for?... I know I certainly don't do it for my own health or anything.
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hello I got a favor to ask could someone try and update the new donation items?I wanna sell them but I have i have no price range if you have a set price range then I could sell then at a reasonable price
I wish people would get it through their heads that I'm not a machine who sits at her computer day in and day out to simply update and find links... additionally, I wish people would learn to take the initiative and find values on their own. Gaia's no pre-school, but I would think most people would have grown out of that by now.
After I told him I had never seen my gold count above 120k, ninja wanted to loan me gonk just to let me see my gold count that high. @.@;; Silly ninja !!!
Christmas Presents(!)
Christmas, or more generally, the holidays, are a season of happiness and giving. Although some of my friends haven't had the most wonderful of times with their families lately, I hope the rest of their break goes well. ^_^
~~Sirene Naiads ~ *Gaian Secret Santa gift*
-ZONY MP3 Player
~~Korma-neechan ~ Merry X-mas, Thanks for being so sweet and special!!
-Thank You Letter for January 2004
~~[Sakura] ~ Happy Holidays, Amanda.
-Sealed Letter
~~Freakeh ~ merry christmas smelly aqua lady
-Monkey Pajamas
~~Alexi_Jameson ~ Merry Xmas Amanda. n_n
-Thank You Letter For Sept 2004
-Thank You Letter For Sept 2004
-5k
~~Nephy-neechan ~ Art from The White Raven (!) [reminds self to figure out favorite avatar so that she can get the commission done]
~~Embie ~ Art from The White Raven [featured in my siggy ^^!]
My gifts for my friends were pathetic, really... all I did were pencil sketches that I scanned in and gave out to people. And.. christmas carols, anyway.
There were two "versions" that people could download. One, the "short" version, only features an intro sound file of me complaining about my stupid microphone and a file of me singing a carol. The "long" version features a different intro sound file and 4 carols that I sang. I guess if you really want to hear me sing that badly, be my guest.
**"Short" version
-OR-
**"Extended" version
Links taken down so that I could make room for other stuff. PM if you still want the files. ^^;
Other than that, I'm working on how the Scoop's gonna proceed *No, I haven't forgotten about it*. Now that the GEN is out of the way for a day or two, I can review any new articles, critique, and revise a bit. From there, I'll send copies to MiniLain so that we can get that up on the site. After that, I can add the articles to the thread, and in the first week of the new winter term, I'll have a mod move the thread into the Exchange for its grand debut. ^_^
With the stunning amount of users who have annoyed me and bothered me as of late however, I think I will buy myself a katana this spring when I go to SakuraCon. twisted Oh that will be sweet, sweet justice... and if I can't kill something in real life, it doesn't hurt to dream. ^_^;
Of course, that leaves you, the reader, with a parting question in your mind; Is it even safe to allow Aqua to have sharp, pointy objects? I'll let you be the judge of that. mrgreen
