Summarized with would-be bullet points

Ladies and Gents, I am very pleased to announce that, after a long weekend in which I was mostly dealing with other things (none of them emo-tastic, BTW, and CHEER UP AND/OR FEEL BETTER, PEOPLE WHO AREN'T DOING SO GOOD DDD: ), it's Update The Journal Time! In no particular order:

* My brother got the NASA internship he was hoping for, yay! ...He's still going to be in town (except for a week in '08 when he goes to Phoenix, Arizona), but he got the internship and he is happy and we are happy for him and also proud ♥♥♥ (Never think that I will stop bragging about my awesome family. It just won't happen. ...Even when I'm mad at them, I'll probably be bragging again in a week or two.)
* I have seen the third Pirates and Shrek movies and have thoughts on both of them! Which I will not be sharing here at the moment, 'cuz spoilers and stuff :P When I do, if I do, it'll certainly be cut and might also be whited out as well, depending on what else may be in the post.
* I have my first job for Anime Iowa! I get to send out confirmation e-mails (and snail mails) to people :3b (REMEMBER, IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO PRE-REGISTER AT A DISCOUNTED RATE, AND MY FOLKS WILL TOTALLY LET YOU CAMP OUT IN THE BACK YARD SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR A HOTEL ROOM ♥ Also, free transportation will be provided. Or at least deeply discounted transportation, LOL public transit.) Whiiiich... I should probably be doing now. Er.
* It took twenty-seven episodes, but PGSM, the live-action Sailor Moon remake, has finally broken my brain. Just... WTF. If I don't see the Artemis equivalent of Luna's thing by the end of the show, I will be a sad fangirl. I mean, it wouldn't be any less crack-filled, but it would at least enable me to do cute shipping stuff.
* cfud_scans is up at a slow trot! Soon as I figure out a good format to set up projects, it might even be up and running.
* The Quire went to CR Pridefest, where there was a fairly good crowd, and three protesters. The protesters actually looked kinda lonely and pitiful, what with them having just signs and a megaphone, and us having this huge party-like thing going on and food and tents and big colorful umbrellas. I kinda felt bad for them. ...Which was a whole new dimension of weird, let me tell you.
* Wizards at War is out in paperback! So I had to buy it. Which means that it'll now be something like three weeks before I'm able to afford the latest Avatar DVD (which I just learned yesterday has commentary, which means it wins that much more in my eyes), but it's worth it.
* NEED TO GET BACK TO WORK ON APP HUMOR. Which I can do, really, I'm sure. Just because I thought a particular joke was funny doesn't mean everyone will.
* Aaaand I need to walk home today, so that's probably where I should cut this off, le sigh.

Music + Language tools

Really quick post because my entire reason for being in front of a computer tonight is to get started on those confirmation e-mails, really, I swear. Also, I'm far too lazy to lock this.


Canada is Really Big by the Arrogant Worms. ...Well, it is.
Deformed Farm by the Whiskey Bards. As in, "Old MacDonald had a..." Bizarre song. I will not make a Fruits Basket AMV with it, I will not make a Fruits Basket AMV with it, I will not make a Fruits Basket AMV with it... Or "I Am Cow" for that matter...


French language quizzing program - Used to be offered with my French textbook - Entre Amis - but they stopped doing it. Now they've got language quizzes up on the site instead. My teacher doesn't approve, and let me take home a copy :Db Good for quizzing vocab and grammar and endings and stuff. (Unzip the file, double click on "Start.exe". For Windows.)
Slime Forest Adventure - Not actually something I uploaded myself, but still worth a look-see. It's an old-style (mostly 8-bit) RPG that teaches you Japanese through fighting slimes :Db It'll cycle you through the kana first, and then move onto kanji, and it's fantastic for drilling. Be warned, it does include a couple of 'irrelevant'/no longer used kana - 'wi' and 'we' respectively - but that's about the only problem I can think of with it. Very fun game. Beat the slimes, save the princess! ...Also, best NPCs ever. Trust me.


And now, I leave you and go back to doing what I should've been doing in the first place - sending confirmation e-mails!