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======THE DORAGONS I NO LONGER GIVE A CRAP ABOUT======

It really is, just... quiet. Cold, and going at a regular (maybe even too fast) pace, but at the same time, there's this palpable stillness. Very peaceful. It kind of feels like I'm all in touch with eternity and bullshit. See Star Trek: Insurrection for more.

But really. It's definitely the calm before the storm. And it's quite beautiful. I'm reading hilarious reviews on Agony Booth (how did I let that site pass me by for so long), working. The fan is on, yeah it's dark and cold and November, but it's also just... very nice. I feel kind of like I did that night back in summer when my mother was in the hospital and I was listening to Speed Gibson, and suddenly I realized what a beautiful day I was, because I knew it wouldn't last forever.

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TL;DL VERSION: My grandma (Irene) is going to die quite soon.

Note: What I mean by "other people" dealing with death badly is my mother. NO ONE ELSE. Please don't comment saying "OMG INSENSITIVE" because I know everyone deals with death differently and there is no shame in grieving. But my mother, I know, is going to be absolutely useless. Like, can't even put her damn shoes on useless.

But, like I said, she may surprise me.

Anyone remember the 90s PC game series, You Don't Know Jack? Anyone remember the epic commercials that played inbetween rounds (or something, see, I barely even remember)?

BEHOLD: You Don't Hear Jack.

Got my Wii! The Wiimote will take some getting used to, but I was able to enter my 26 digit WEP key with it, so I think I'll be okay :D

I had a dream bout an angel on the beach that made ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE so I'm going to post it here:

I was in my dad's room, which was apparently my room. The door was covered in old posters, but I have no idea what was on any of them.

We were getting ready to go somewhere, and I went out to the kitchen, where my mother was on the phone with some Comcast salesperson who had apparently gotten through her incredibly weak sales resistance and was selling her Comcast Digital Voice.

I grabbed the phone from her and said we weren't interested. My mother was all shocked; how could I be so rude to that poor solicitor?! I got back on the phone and asked him what kind of a deal he could make us, since we're currently paying $14.95 a month for basic phone service. I also told him how old the wiring was in the house, and how digital phone service was not recommended for a house that doesn't even have standard phone jacks.

Suddenly, he was there in person, writing down a price list. My mother and I were arguing. The best deal he could make us was $60 a month, based on the age of the house and the wiring. I told him it was time for him to leave.

A minute later, I went out to the living room, and the salesman was going through our book shelf, looking for financial records. Apparently he was an IDENTITY THIEF!!!11

I wasn't sure what to do! Surely, the thief was going to get away with our important financial information! But lucky me, suddenly the door opened and THERE WAS WILLIAM SHATNER CIRCA 1982. I knew The Shat would prevent the crook from running, so I went and got a chair and we tied the salesman to the chair with his own pants.

My dad was out in the car, and The Shat and I dragged the salesman out to the car. My dad pushed a button and the backseat converted into a sofa bed. We were apparently going to drive the nefarious fiend to the police station, but as we drove, the salesman turned into one of my characters, Brett Sanderson. Then, shortly thereafter, he turned into Mr. Zamir.

We were going to take Mir to the vet rather than jail, but he greatly improved, so it wasn't necessary. Instead, we were going to the grocery store. We stopped outside a movie theater for a second, and I realized we weren't going to be able to grocery shop with a cat. I was asking my mother if she could watch Mir, but she was out for the world's longest cigarette.

And then, I woke up.

So, I got a package today. It's from my dad's cousin (???), who I guess is my second cousin? Anyway, I think of her as more of an aunt, since she's the right age for it. I only recall meeting her once, last summer, at that big party/reunion she had.

Well, during said party, we played some time of game, I totally forget what it was now, but it involved prizes. There was this vase that I had my eye on, but didn't win. I had totally forgotten about that.

Guess what was in the package? A vase exactly like the one from last summer:



Awwwww!

Also, let's all join together to celebrate the death of jpegs as we know it. That's a terrible looking photo. D:

So, when I first got my PC, I received a pack of 3.5 floppy disks as well. Each one held a great big giant 1.44 mb. I promptly filled every disk (except for one or two, I think) with the most important thing in the entire world to my 14 year old self:

BLURRY PR SCREENCAPS TAKEN BY SOMEONE ELSE AND DOWNLOADED WITH GREAT CARE FROM ONE OF THOSE PR WEBPAGES FROM THE LATE 90S THAT HAD PAGE AFTER PAGE OF GALLERIES.

I remember I had two disks full of MMPR pictures, 1 of Zeo/Turbo, 3 of PRiS (which were mostly Astronema/Ecliptor, of course. Single mindedness was the name of the game for young Celly), and one for Lost Galaxy/Alien Rangers (yep, Alien Rangers got its own category)/Sentai pics. The latter is the only one I still have in my possession, and unfortunately, it's flirting with corruption. Not in a sexy way, but in a "the files cannot be read from the disk anymore half the time" way. I wasn't able to get at some of the ones I actually WANTED to get at (like any of the Alien Rangers screencaps), but these are fine and dandy, too.

Come with me, now, on a journey back to 1999. Behold the blurry screencaps, the low resolution promotional photos, and the badly edited "photomanips" from my teen years. God only knows if any of these are still up anywhere, so you may be looking at some incredibly boring yet rare history.

(let's also not forget my galleries from my first PR webpage back in 2000:

http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/kane/950/id37.htm

http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/kane/950/id38.htm

http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/kane/950/id39.htm

Which feature the majority of the files from my 3 PRiS floppies. I love how even back in 2000, I was all "LOL I DIDN'T TAKE THESE" Ah, internet "copyright".)

( LG, AR and Japanese pix!!! In COLOR )

Okay, so, as big a geek/child of the 90s as I am, I've never really been into Ninja Turtles. I mean, I loved it when I was about 5, but never really since. I have a basic grasp of the canon, the plot, and the characters, but it's never been my cup of tea.

But, this morning, I was up, and I decided what the hell, I'll check out the new(??) series and see how it is.

Well, this episode was on:

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/cartoon/2004/synopses/73.html

Um, yeah. You know, like... damn. It wasn't enough to get me to totally tune in next week or anything, and the episode is almost 5 years old, but it was definitely enough to make me realize that the show (at least this incarnation of it) is pretty good. I also think it may be one of the first American cartoons (allegedly for kids) in which I've ever seen the majority of the cast die horribly, right on screen. I'm sure it's all an illusion or alternate timeline, you know, but it was still really compelling. And also, OH GOD, EVERYONE'S DEAD.

I also can't decide if I love or hate their use of "shell" as a replacement for "hell". ("What the shell is going on here", "Where the shell have you been", etc) It's corny and doesn't sound natural at all, but on the other hand, hey, they just got profanity past the censors by turning it into a pun. I'm always a fan of that!

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the original and the greatest, makes its triumphant return to broadcast television in 2010!

http://awwman.com/nps/main/2009/10/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-coming-back-in-january-2010/

WHO IS EXCITED? I THINK IT MIGHT BE ME.

Also, if that didn't make you squeal like a little girl, this will:

http://awwman.com/nps/main/2009/10/pictures-of-new-mighty-morphin-toys-and-logo/

Look. At. Those. Toys. Look. At. Kimberly. SHE HAS BOOBS AND A SKIRT. KIMBERLY HAS BOOBS. AND A SKIRT.

Okay, to understand my (somewhat creepy) excitement, put yourself in my freakishly large shoes, back in 1994. You're a 9 year old girl. Kimberly is awesome. She's just awesome. You want a Kimberly action figure so much you think you might just explode.

So, you go to the toy store. And you look at the Power Rangers toys. And you're like "OH GOD THIS IS SO-- kind of disappointing and suckish."

Basically, Bandai took one basic model, one basic muscular, barrel-chested model of action figure and painted it different colors. So, you get your "Kimberly" action figure, except she's built like a dude and has no skirt. And you play with it, and it's cool, but there's something kind of wrong. You feel kind of cheated. (Unless you got the Auto-Morphin figures, which kick ass regardless.)

But no. Like... a Pink Ranger figure that's curvy and sexy and LOOKS like a woman? Fantastic. Not just for fanboys, either. Though, sometimes, I feel like a fanboy. Like on days that end in Y. I fully admit that I like fanservicey action figures.

But it's more than that. The figure looks beautiful and graceful, LIKE THE ACTUAL CHARACTER! That's why she was the pterodactyl/phoenix (Well, "firebird", but fuck that shit)/crane. This figure does her spirit dinosaur/mythical beast/animal justice! At long last!

Another thing? The figures are blessedly free of the random dinosaur symbols on the chest. You guys remember that shit. The Rangers on the SHOW didn't have dinosaur symbols on their chests, but the action figures always did. You got so you didn't notice, eventually, but what the ass? Why was it there to begin with? Like you can't tell what dinosaur they were by their helmet?

In any event, wow. I just bought my big ass collection of original MMPR figures and Zords last fall, and I put them away recently, but I may have to bring them back out again and make room for some new additions, because if you think I'm going to be a 25 year old woman WITHOUT new MMPR merchandise on display, then you are mistaken.

Viva la 2010! And viva la our old fandom being made new again.

Dark, gloomy and cold day. Pouring rain. Nasty as hell.

The heretofore untold odyssey of the Tetris game is wrapping up. Short version: I stupidly bought what turned out to be a bootleg copy of Tetris DS. Soon after, the seller's eBay account was deactivated. I emailed them, then I filed a claim. Well, since the game arrived, I can cancel the claim. It was my fault that I bought a bootleg game that doesn't work on my system... I mean, I GUESS. And I guess they were good for it. They were good for the bootleg game that doesn't work on my system. :/

Well, it's a novelty, anyway. The case is super cheap, made out of clear plastic. The seams don't even line up when you go to close it. The manual is real, I think, but that's about it. Even the cartridge is flimsy. It kind of... feels like it's going to break. And the DSi is all "FUCK THAT SHIT". Gaw.

Oh, but... yeah. The outlaw seller included a free DS strap. I didn't even realize that there was a slot for a strap, but lo and behold. There is. So that was, um, nice? The strap is promoting some random Chinese discount electronics site. Oh, roffle.

BUT I did get my refund for my suits. $46. So I almost have eanouff for the phone bill now. The sooner I get that, the sooner I can buy my Dingoo A320, or the version on Thinkgeek, whichever. Actually, I'm not positive that the one on Thinkgeek ISN'T a Dingoo A320. It's definitely similar. Whatever, we'll see. YEAH BABY. We shall see!

It's so goddamn cold today. I woke up at 5 this morning and ran into the hall closet to grab ANYTHING I could use as another blanket. I literally do not know what I ended up with, but I have a sneaking suspicion it was the Sears Tower's scarf. It was the biggest piece of fabric I've ever seen, but totally useless.

And it's really not that cold out, but oh my god. I'm just dying of froze.

So, yeah. TOO COLD TO GO BACK TO BED this morning so I woke up at 9ish when my parents both went to their doctor's appt, and washed blankets so I could pile them the fuck up on my bed tonight and not have to go through that again. Didn't expect it to get SO cold SO fast. And since I was feeling shitty, I got behind on laundry. Blah blah.

Also, I got an email saying my order of Tomb Raider II was cancelled. Damn! Though, it's possible my PS2 couldn't read the damn disc anyway. It can't read Tetris Plus. I might end up just buying a PS1 system.

AND, I wanted to plug this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/user/mikeyspiky200

I was looking for a video review of Action 52, one of the most notoriously awful games ever made, and this guy covers ALL FIFTY TWO games in a hilarious fashion. I can definitely see the AVGN influence, but he has some really great comedic ideas of his own. Definitely worth checking out.

I got to the final boss in Final Fantasy III, and it killed me in one move, sending me back to my last save point, way the fuck outside the damn castle. There wasn't one single place to save or heal inside the whole castle. I would have had to go back outside to save. And I would have had to go back through that whole other tunnel just to get to the ship to buy more potions. It wouldn't have mattered anyway, but I was annoyed.

THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH.

Then, I got curious. I bought the game second hand, and there was already a save game on it, for what I assumed was somewhere at the end of the game. I never played it, though, but now, I decided to have a peek.

And guess what? The save game was for the tunnel or whatever leading up to the castle. So it would seem that the former owner of the game didn't even get as far as I did before they, apparently, gave up.

I thought that was kind of funny. I assed around on their game for a little bit, and then saved it.

RIGHT ON TOP OF MY OWN GAME. D:

Now, granted, the only thing I really lost was the stupid character names (Drogyn, Walski, ThGirl and Foxii) and a bunch of levels and items I can get back, since I'm back to being 3 fucking dungeons away from winning the game now. But I'm still pissed.

Also, the difficulty of the final boss came out of nowhere. Out. Of. NOWHERE. I was dead before I even knew what had happened. And Walski-I-mean-Arc had been my party's golden boy right up to that point. No joke. I'd have him steal items in the first round of battle while everyone else fought, but it was only when he fought, too, that we'd win. He always, ALWAYS dealt 9999 damage.

Now, all of a sudden, DERP HERP, Walski-I-mean-Arc attacks the final boss and deals 0 damage. Wow, what a total waste. He was like a level 93 thief. I spend the entire game working on his job level and in the final battle, he can't do shit?! He even had the weapons I found in Eureka. What the fucking shit is the point of that?!

...I'm... not really sure what it is. But it's not a scam, because it deposited my earnings into Paypal, and I didn't even have to do anything.

So, it's called YouData. You join, you answer some very basic, brief questions about your home, your food preferences, hobbies, sports, electronics, etc.

Then, you go to this page where it will show you a bunch of banner ads. All you have to do is load the ads, click a button, and it gives you money.

I know it sounds like I'm making this up, but no. And it's not like Sendearnings or InboxDollars or any of these other shady ass companies that hold your money for 750 days or whatever. And it's not loaded with spyware. You simply click a button, load the ads, bam, there's money. Yeah, it ends up being about a dollar, but that's a dollar I earned by picking my nose and staring at a screen, and it took about a minute.

Now, the one problem I see is that I don't seem to be getting more ads. I'll check back every day until I do, but seriously. I'm used to it taking MUCH longer to make a dollar.

...That sounds really pathetic.

Anyway, as I said, it deposited my earnings into my Paypal account and I didn't even know it until I got the email. Yeah, it deposited all $1.05, but I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO SHIT.

Anyway, this site has potential.

http://www.youdata.com/join/celiloquy

Dude, I was thinking I should do a video review of The Sims 3 for mobile. At least, the version I've been playing on my Verizon Blitz. (I've actually heard that the iPhone version is better. Figures.)

Why?

It is the most frustrating/boring/pointless Sims game ever. Not to mention a huge letdown.

( The refrigerator is broken again )

YEAH BABY.

So, I let my FS settle down for a couple of days, but today, after watching the 1980 Flash Gordon movie (I downloaded it a few months ago, after it was on G4's "Movies That Don't Suck"... incidentally, the movie DOES suck, but in a delightful way) and popping in the Flash Gordon serial DVDs, I realized 5 minutes in that I was bored as hell and needed another action serial from the 30s whose main character had an oddly similar name. WHAT COULD IT BE?

( GOD, right now, shit is good in that series. )

...Because they're all at my house. That's why. :O

http://therealowner.com/adoption-rescue/left-behind-why-arent-people-adopting-black-cats-and-dogs/

But seriously, WTF. I can't really speak from personal experience on dogs, but black cats are awesome; they're like little mini panthers. Even the really dumb ones still have an air of intrigue about them. You can barely see their facial features! Most of them are like just... a pair of yellow eyes on a shadow. That's fucking cool. WHY WOULD ANYONE NOT WANT ONE.

And it also makes me LOL that "larger" black pets are the most unwanted. 3/5 of my cats are goddamn ginormous (or were at one time. Floater has shrunk a lot) and pitch black (Murgie is black and white, but whatever). I didn't know that they were so marginalized. D:



KURONEKO-SAMA SEZ, "NYAAAO". THAT MAY OR MAY NOT TRANSLATE TO "BLACK CATS KICK ASS".

Okay, so the Octopus used to be a member of the secret police, apparently.

I'm shocked that they replaced that guy I hate with a South American named Carlos who is apparently like... Clint 2.0, in terms of being insanely smart, tough and clear-headed. For once, the main trifecta is not composed of a smart guy, a kid and a thug. Now, it's composed of two smart guys and a kid. This may prove epic yet.

For being a radio drama from the 30s, what the hell! This shit is more racially progressive than Captain Planet.

There are also a bunch of characters from what I'm just calling "Season 2" that I really want to draw. And I may as well admit that I want to create a manga based on Speed Gibson, since I think it may be in the public domain and all.

So, you know, I sincerely doubt anyone reading this is going "GOD I NEED TO LISTEN TO THAT 1930s RADIO DRAMA CEL KEEPS TALKING ABOUT, IT SOUNDS SO AWESOME", but on the off chance, um, here's the link:

http://www.otrfan.com/otr/sg/speed_gibson.html