General update

Let's see. I moved in with my three best friends. That's super awesome. We have no wifi, which is also really good for us. Right now, I'm sitting in the "clubhouse" area, which means public wifi and air conditioning during this heated part of the day.

I think I will like not having wifi. It means that if I come to the internet, I have to make an effort. It means I will have more time for reading, drawing, all that good stuff.

There is a public printer with a scanner in it, but I can't figure out how to connect... I don't think it's wireless. It's possible that I'll have to use one of their computers and a flash drive... In any case, I'll figure it out. I REALLY hope I can use the scanner.

The business center/clubhouse/office isn't open on Sundays, so if I want wifi I'll have to sit outside by the pool--which SOUNDS really nice. (but yesterday I was eaten by mosquitoes.)

But electronics aren't the biggest thing in the world!

Emma's and my room is pretty neat. As in clean. Which makes me happy. She has soooo many pictures up... I have a few.
The four of us have a table and chairs now. We don't have a lot of food, but I think at least a couple of 'em are going shopping this evening, and my mom is going to bring some stuff on Wednesday.

Speaking of Wednesday! Please pray for me because it's possible that I'll have two job interviews and be meeting a manager that day. Today was a really satisfying day in the job search, even though my bike tire deflated again. I'll need to change the inner tube. Thankfully, everything is still in walking distance... biking just cuts down on the time.
 There were bike lanes on a couple of the streets I used, but since I'm not used to city riding yet, I rode on the sidewalks and walked my bike across the crosswalks like a good citizen. c:

I need to take pictures of the apartment. I'll make another post for that, because to do so I'd need to go back there. I can't even use the pictures I've taken since I did not bring my iPod over here. You'll just have to wait. c:

I was the one who did the inspection so that they know what small damage was already in the apartment and can't make us pay for that. We'll try not to rough the place up, but who knows what will happen in a year... a few corners were bumped in moving and all that.

I may be experiencing allergies for the first time... very very mildly. I had a pressure headache sort of thing yesterday, and things just don't feel the same... well... it's not so bad.

We're all going to have to give each other a lotta grace. And make rules. Yep.

Well, sorry if I bored you, dear readers. But I'm sure some people (le family) are curious. This has been another long and rambly post.

A to Z

Hi hi hello. Usually I don't do "chain" things, but I've done a few of these style things on facebook before (ah, the young teenage years) and hey, what could it hurt?
No idea where this came from, but as for me, I got it from Kelli over at She Learns As She Goes.

Here we go!

A - - Available or married?
Whee, what an opener! What options! Let's just say I'm fictionally married to Mozilla Firefox (yes, the web browser) but when it comes to real life I'm happily single. 

Me and Mozy

B - - Book?
If this is asking for my favorite book... Probably the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books by Douglas Adams.

C - - Cake or pie?
I'm a cake sort of person. I'd rather have my sugar mixed into breads than fruits, I guess? Though chocolate-pecan pie is pretty good, too.

D - - Drink of choice?
Water. A close second is tea. Hot or cold. But probably unsweetened.

E - - Essential item?
Um, gotta have blankets. That's probably it. I'd start to despair if I had to sleep without blankets for a long time.

F - - Favorite color?
I WONDER. HMM.

G - - Game to play or watch?
Dance Dance Revolution is super awesome. As for non-video games: Telephone Pictionary, Raging Oceans, and Apples to Apples are pretty cool.

H - - Hometown?
Good ol' Elgin, TX. A small city with two sausage factories and only just now getting a Walmart. 

I - - Indulgence?
Nachos and pretending fictional characters are real.

J - - Job?
Sadly, none yet. Still searching. I did weekly childcare for a while, but that's monthly now, and I help moderate TWIG, but that's an unpaid position. 

K - - Kids and names?
Assuming the fictional family tree, Mozilla's and my children are named Mutt, Triss, and Strifey. Assuming the real lifes... I am of course childless.

L - - Life is incomplete without...?
Art. (And God, of course, but He put art so deep inside of me that I would feel a great loss to not have it)

M - - Music group or singer?
That's such a hard questiOWL CITY

N - - Number of siblings?
Please count for yourself. (Some are cousins but that doesn't matter; they are siblings)

the three on the left are me and my parents, so don't count them

O - - Oranges or apples?
Aw, come on, you guys know the answer.
Did you answer oranges? Congratulations, you've been fooled. Apples all the way. Oranges are too messy to eat. More fun design and color-wise though. c:

P - - Phobias and fears?
I used to be really scared that all my drawings would burn in a fire or my computer would get left behind in a disaster along with all my files, but I think now that I could go on without them. I'd be pretty sad, still, though.
Oh, and I can get nervous when it comes to heights. Even if the railing is adequate, I avoid putting weight on it as I imagine myself somehow flipping over it and falling to my injury or worse.

Q - - Quote?
I don't collect favorites, usually. Let me just grab (read: scroll for a while to find) the last one that I shared on twitter.

There are in me the makings of a very fine loafer and also of a pretty spry sort of fellow. --Sherlock Holmes

R - - Reason to smile?
Thinking of terrible jokes?

S - - Season?
Autuuuuuuummmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

T - - Tattoos?
I couldn't stand to get wounds from injecting permanent colors into myself. I'll stick to drawing on myself sometimes. Then I can start over whenever, and it won't hurt.

U - - Unknown fact?
I'm more insecure about my writing than it may seem. I like what I come up with initially, but if I'm trying to revise for something important or serious, it's hardly ever good enough.

V - - Vegetables you love?
All. Pretty much all. From seaweed to carrots to spinach. Oh boy do I love spinach.

W - - Worst habit?
Spending loads of time on the computer.

X - - X-rays you've had?
I think I had one or two for checking on my slight scoliosis. I wasn't happy about it, though.

Y - - Your favorite food?
Do you even have to ask?

(it is le pasta)

Z - - Zodiac?
Pisces (I didn't even know how to spell it, so look how much I care). The only reason I really know is because of Homestuck. My Chinese zodiac is the boar (yuck). Aaaaand I remember that mostly because of Fruits Basket.

Well, there ya go! Now it's time for me to go to sleep. Big day tomorrow!

Currently

Here's another "current" post!

Doing:

Packing. WHY DO I HAVE SO MUCH STUFF??? (This picture does not include my bed, the two dish bins plus a smaller box of dishes, and it also does not include my bathroom stuff. Or my clothes. If you look behind the closet door you will see a large box and a smaller box. The large box (big enough for me to fit into) is SOME of my bedding. I really love blankets, okay? The bookshelf that you can see part of is also coming.

Listening to: 

Super Junior

Girls Generation

K-Pop. Getting my fill before I don't have wifi in my room for spontaneous dance parties. (I don't buy much music, so I have a kpop station on Pandora.) By the way, I'm getting much more than just Super Junior and Girls Generation on the station. I just chose those super famous bands to "represent" the genre. Some other artists that come up a lot: 2NE1, BoA, Sistar, Big Bang, and a couple Japanese artists, like Hikaru Utada.

Reading:
Um... I think the last book I finished was The Great Gatsby.

What with the movie coming out, Tumblr was buzzing, and that's one of those books I had felt I should read anyway.  It was okay, worth reading I guess. I'm probably not going to see the movie. 

As for what I'm reading right now, I've been slowly going through the book of Job. It's actually very interesting in the storytelling structure aspect, and I've been marking up my Bible, underlining and circling all the poetic lines and phrases that give me ideas.

Playing:

 The Legend of Zelda. I wonder if I'm going to beat it before I move? I'm not that great at video games, but as a Link cosplayer, I feel it's important to at least have played ONE of the games. And what's better than the classic? Okay, Ocarina of Time is probably the best one to play, but the bothers took all the save slots on that one.

Watching:

 I never watched this show as a kid, but I really like it! Why don't they make cartoons like this anymore? The characters are well developed and relatable, the situations are funny, and bad guy butts are kicked. Kim Possible is a classic.

Well, that's all for now. I think I'm going to go try to play Legend of Zelda again. I can't figure out how to move blocks that are blocking some stairs that I'm PRETTY SURE I need to go down.

Images are copyright of whoever owns them. I do not claim to be that person. Except for the picture of me with my stuff. It's pretty obvious that one is mine.

Paper Wallet: A Year later.

To be honest, I could have kept using it longer. It was still mostly staying together. (I took it apart to make sure there weren't any cards or sneaky dollars hiding between the folds). However, if you compare the "white" of the ace of hearts panel to the interior panel right above it, you can see how much wear it was getting.
My post from over a year ago when the wallet was new is right here: and it has a link to the pattern in case you want to make one yourself after hearing my rave reviews (you just might!)

This wallet is pretty much perfect for me--It's not any bigger than it needs to be, it holds plenty of dollar bills and a few cards (stacked up together in two interior pockets, so if you're one of those people who needs a separate pocket for each card... good luck on finding anything small.) There are two exterior pockets too, but I only have a gift card and a business card in those--I'd rather not risk having my debit card or drivers' license fall out. Plus, paper wallet means you can decorate it however you want! I still had the template I used before, so...

It pretty much looks the same as the old one...

With one difference...

IT'S SHINY!!!! Fabulous, Kaito!

That's right, I coated it with packing tape in an attempt to keep it nice longer. Because of the added weight of the tape, I didn't use cardstock, just regular paper. But now maybe it won't pick up foreign colors as easily, and be a little more resistant to water. Maybe this one will last two years!

So this is a really good wallet. Yeah, it gets a little beat up, but for something made of paper, it has a GREAT lifespan. And it's really easy to just make a new one. Not to mention cheap!
(Though if you cover it tape like I did, prepare to go through three sheets of paper instead of just one. It's so hard to keep the tape smooth!)

I hope this inspires you or at least amuses you. 

Intentionally Blank

On my fifteenth birthday, I received a sketchbook which Peggy had decorated and written a lovely letter in, and it was signed by a good bit of the youth group. I filled it up pretty quickly, as I do... except for the last page. And so it sat open to the last page on my side table for a long time... because it looked cool there. And I couldn't really bear to finish it and put it away.
As I was packing stuff up for my move, I knew I'd have to leave it behind. So I thought I should take a picture of how cool it looked on the green table.
The lighting was not that great, due to my room having no windows, so I probably tweaked it too much on the computer and it looks unnatural. But it has approximately the effect I wanted it to, and I felt like the words fit in the situation.

So enjoy an over-processed photograph.