So this is the third time I've tried to write something here. Will it actually show up? What the hell, LJ?

So, I'm glad I'm not the only one who cusses and swears in public. (Caz :P) But I tend to do it a lot. Except if there's kids close by. But otherwise I tend to use colorful metaphors often.

I eat a lot of junk food. I want to make healthier choices but I tend to hate how they taste or feel when I chew, so I always go to junk food, especially when I'm stressed or upset. I make excuses to eat junk. Like, something I was really worried about turned out fine so I want something to celebrate. Or something bad happened and I can't do anything about it, so I want more junk food.

I procrastinate. I'm really good about getting certain things done early. Other things I'd rather put off and play games or watch movies or TV instead. Or if it is more of an effort than I want to make I just don't do it.

I also need to learn to stand up for myself more. Sometimes I'm a doormat and let other people walk all over me. I stick up for myself sometimes, other times I don't.

Woody from Toy Story :)

I want the ability to fly, so I never have to buy gas to get somewhere. Gas here isn't nearly $4 anymore, but my car needs work and having to drive here and there for everything doesn't help.

Caz took it, so I thought I'd give it a try.

What would you be in a fantasy novel? Your Result: Elf Princess   You would be the Elf Princess. The Elf Princess is usually a stunningly beautiful, graceful elf whom the hero happens to fall in love with. The Elf Princess may or may not be a skilled archer. She tends to love nature in general and forests in particular.
Wizard Mentor
Healer
Hero-in-Training
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Dour Dwarf
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1. spacious
2. warm
3. garage
4. storage
5. pantry
6. decorated
7. patio
8. energy efficient
9. office

I threw in a few nouns instead of just adjectives. The nouns are all the things I don't have in my place now.

So my computer started making weird sounds. Not quite like a buzzing. I've had a hard time describing it unless you actually listen to it in person. Coming from the tower. I cleaned out the fan, thinking that might be the problem. But it still kept making the sound. So I do some googling, which all answers point to: "Your hard drive is about to die."

Lovely.

I backed up my files. (Mostly everything except for my music, which is all on my iPod.) I shut it down last night. It hasn't made the sound since I started it up this morning. But I'm not holding my breath. Trying some hard drive diagnostic options to see if it's really a problem with the drive or not.

I had money saved up that I was going to put toward my car, but I'm worried it's going to have to go to fixing my computer or getting a new one.

Dammit.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind a nice, shiny new computer. But I do like this one. It's been pretty good to me over the years.

I love the car I have now. Probably a little too much. Sometimes when other drivers piss me off, I wish that my car was a heavily armed Autobot. Sometimes I pretend she's an Autobot anyway, and figure out what it would look like when she transformed, or what kind of hologram she'd have.

But if I could have other cars, one of them would be a Corvette. And I want a Camaro like Bumblebee. And I want something with four-wheel drive for the winter, and then just a regular car for errands and whatnot. (Honestly I'd be happy with something like a Cobalt.)

Dave and I sometimes talk about what it would be like if we won a lottery jackpot, and of course we'd each buy a few cars. And build a custom garage for all of them. Which would be by the pool house. Connected to the main house. With a lift so we could do some of our own maintenance.

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I also have a DS9 runabout that has Worf speaking when you pushing a button. :D

I love Christmas. I wait all year long for this. I love almost everything about it.

I especially love decorating. I already have almost all my Christmas stuff up. My tree went up on Saturday, and I still want more ornaments for it. I have garland, poinsettias (fake), snowmen, all over the house. Window clings over every inch of my windows. It makes everything feel warm and cozy. I enjoy Christmas carols (most of them, anyway.) If the radio stations are doing Christmas carols 24 hours a day, I try to tune in for a bit.

I like trying to find nice gifts and wrapping them, placing them neatly under the tree. Putting out Christmas cards. Driving around town to look at lights. Watching a few Christmas movies on TV. Turning on the Christmas tree lights and nothing else and snuggling up on the couch. Then on Christmas Eve and Christmas day we visit the families and eat. (And in my dad's side of the family, you EAT.)

Then after New Year's...it changes. There's no more Christmas, so having all this stuff up gets me depressed, so I try to take it down right away. Then I'm kind of miserable till the middle of the April. Because all that's left is snow and ice and slush and WINTER. 

I had always liked Nightwish's cover of "Over the Hills and Far Away" by Gary Moore. I didn't know it was a cover song at first, and when I found out about the original artist, I looked that song up. I only listened to it for a little, but I liked Nightwish's version much better. And honestly, I liked Nightwish's cover of Megadeth's "Symphony of Destruction," too. (They actually played this as the "Tarja break" song when I saw them in concert in 2004.) They also did Ankie Bagger's "Where were you last night?" but I haven't heard the original of that.

Saturday night my computer monitor hit its last legs. Sunday night it was dead for good. I underestimated how much I relied on my computer for everything when my first instinct was to get online and figure out if I could fix it, only to realize that I could do ANYTHING without a monitor. At first I thought something inside my computer was the problem, and I briefly entertained the idea of just buying a new computer altogether. It's tempting, but I don't want to blow my savings on it. I want to bake cookies and stuff for Christmas presents this year, but not for all my gifts.

So I made the mistake of buying a new monitor from Wal-Mart. It wouldn't even turn on. When I returned it the clerk at the desk was like, "really? It won't turn on?" (Really, we're surprised that you buy something from Wal-Mart and it doesn't work?)  It's not the worst failure I've bought from Wal-Mart, but I should have known better. (I once bought a pack of underwear from there; three in pack were my size, the other three were two sizes larger.)

But I was upset the new monitor hadn't worked. Not to mention it was my first big purchase at this new super center, with money from my life savings. The parking lot isn't even finished, and they don't have enough arrows painted, so people are driving up the down aisle and down the up aisle. What really had me pissed was people were parking in the driving lanes. Leaving their car completely blocking the way.

I got a bigger, better monitor for the same price from Staples. It's widescreen, which I don't really like, but it's excellent picture. It has built-in speakers, which the POS I bought from Wal-Mart didn't. Now I have catching up to do.

Okay, maybe this makes me sound completely out of touch with the modern age...but I don't want to do any banking that I can't do right at the bank. I want to actually go to the bank and do it. I would even go to my bank's ATM just to get cash because I know I won't get charged a fee when I take money out. I don't even like online bill paying. I'm afraid it's going to mess up and pay the bill twice or something. I'm a control freak when it comes to money, and the last thing I want to do is handle my money through my phone. No. No. No. It's amazing I'm cool with direct deposit.

Then again, I'm one of those crazy people who actually wants a phone that JUST makes calls and texts. I don't want to be able to update my facebook. I don't want to download games, music, or apps. I don't need to e-mail people from my phone. I don't need to be able to surf the net. I don't want to be able to watch movies on it. I don't want to update Twitter. I don't have a Twitter. I don't want to do any of this extra crap they're putting on phones.

Why? Because it costs more money. And quite frankly, I don't want a fancy phone that can do everything except drive my car. The kind of phone I want I cannot get unless I fork out another $10 to $15 a month for a data plan. That I will never use. Because I don't want to do all those things on my phone. I just want to make calls and text. God forbid I just make calls and texts.

Hell, I don't even want a touch screen. I want buttons! 

ETA: I'm a dumbass. I forgot to answer the first question!!

+ What song are you currently addicted to:
Currently I'm listening to Nightwish's "Ever Dream" more again. The song was playing when I got T-boned in Jaunary, and I was avoiding the song until recently.

+ What's your favourite season?
Late spring. Like, when the weather warms up and stays warm, and you don't need a jacket when you go out.

+ What’s the latest movie you watched?
X-men 3 was on TV last week and I tuned into that. I'm not crazy about it, but it was entertaining.

+ What is your favorite hang-out?
I don't really "hang out" anywhere, but in terms of pubs/bars, there's a little tavern Dave and I like to go to. Get some food, have a few drinks and watch the news.  

+ What's your favorite musical instrument?
I never learned to play one,  though I like electric guitars and drums. Also, violins.

+ What web sites do you always visit when you go online?
Some LJ sites, job sites, random news stuff.

+ What was the last thing you bought?
Food.

+ If you won 10,000 bucks today, what would you do with it?
Like Caz said, school. I'd like to go to the community college here in town. Then I'd fix up my car with the rest.

+ Favourite time of day?
I like nighttime. If it was safer around here, I'd go for a walk at night a lot. It's quieter and everything is different when it's dark.
 
+ What's the last thing that made you happy?
binding a new bow in White Knight Chronicles

+ Do you want to learn another language?
I'd like to learn more Japanese. Also, American Sign Language

+ Five things you can’t live without (or with great difficulty?).
1. Chocolate
2.  Internet
3. Computer
4. My car
5. Sanity

+ What’s the question you don't like to be asked?
"Have you ever tried [insert whatever]?" whenever people realize how serious my speech problem is, they come up with some random thing that they think will cure me. As if I never tried any treatment, or if could just turn my stuttering off.