WHOAAAAAAH, NEW UNFORGOTTEN REALMS...and I have a new icon!! I was going to have it at just being amazed at the awesome sorcery of Abraham Lincoln--but that would be too close to Gaia's icon, sooooooo.... Originally I was going to have it replace my LazyTown "Squee" moment, but I still had one slot left, so, you know!

Enjoy Groundbolds and PLOT TWISTS!!11



P.S. FUCK YOU ILLINOIS AND YOUR DAMN HUMIDITY!! I MEAN, SERIOUSLY! If you were a person, I would punch you in your chicken salad sandwich...seriously....

Okay, so I had this comic for awhile sitting on my hardrive and I finally decided to go and read these letters


All I can see is...WOW! The same man who wrote Ulysses and The Dead and all this crap I read last semester is obsessed with poo and farts and a bit of a masochist.... Then again, the end of The Dead was pretty sexual...I guess it all makes sense now! I SO wish I knew about this last semester when I was studying about it--I so would have asked my Prof.! LULZ.
I really can't get over how pornographic it is--it cracks me up, but still embarasses me (besides the fact that I had to look up some definitions on urban dictionary.."friggin'" *cough, cough*). Then again, these were meant to be private letters so... As a side note, all of her responses "mysteriously vanished," so all we get to read is his creepy side with no response--it really does make him seem like a stalker. Although, you do see him get more and more ambitious and open with his fantasies as time goes on, so he must be getting some kind of encouragement. I suppose it's sweet....in a really creepy way...but sweet. Also, they got married shortly thereafter--d'aaaawwwwww. (still doesn't erase the "WTF???!!" faces that Liz and I both shared while we read them!)

As a side note, would this be too creepy to cosplay as? Most likely...and I'll probably never do it--but dammit it looks so cool! *v* I love my killers, and I'm so happy they did a video to this song--it's one of my favorites off of "day & age." (apparently though, it was a huge homage to David Bowie that some thought was too obvious and overdone--meh, whatever, they gave a bunch of artists the oppurtunity to go bat shit crazy on the costumes. JUST TAKE A LOOK at some of them...even the guy in the back thinks it's weird!)

~Tori

Okay, normally I am not one to parade my grades around. I am content with saying I do "alright," or "well," most of the time (unless my intelligence is called into question). I am very concerned about my grades and always strive for A's--it upsets me to no end when I get one B a semester. This has been a recurring theme my entire career in High School and College (except I think for one semester at Parkland)--that I will always get one B and the rest A's. Imagine my surprise and joy when I checked on my Spring grades and found straight A's!! It's one thing to get good grades, but I consider it a high mark to do so at the U of I.

Sorry, I don't want this to be a conceited post or anything, but you have no idea how upset I have been unable to break this streak of "one B," semesters. Wilma can attest to the fact of how down I was about it. Now, I get to be part of the cool club and on the Dean's list and everything like back at P-Land. I'm just ecstatic and wanted to share my joy.

/what appears to me to be a very self-righteous post

~Tori <3

I'm studying my butt off now, so I don't have too much time to post something EPIC--but I wanted to know how much I love you and how sorry I am that I have to miss out on your big day. *GLUB GLUB*

There WILL be presents....at some time....

*EXTREME HUGS AND LOVE AND EVERYTHING GOOD*

~Tori

Yep, it's my 21st birthday. I suppose I would be more psyched for this if I hadn't have spent the entire weekend getting well XP I was planning to get my license changed today, but I forgot that the DMV is closed today...great... Well, it's valid until August, and the date's on it, so if I want to get some booze I can.

I haven't really come to grip with the fact that I can't be stopped anymore for my age. Everything is open to me now...hehe cool! Well, there is the presidency that bars me, buuuuuuuuuuuut....

Thanks a lot to everyone for all the well wishings and the hopes of getting well. I really appreciate them--it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to know I have such nice friends T^T THANK YOU!

~Tori <3

Ok, so I got food poisoning on Tuesday. Originally, no big deal right? Not necessarily--I had a presentation on Wednesday and I had to skip all my other classes that day just so I wouldn't risk BARFING in the middle of lecture. About two weeks ago I was out sick with a TERRIBLE cold (from hell, btw). I detest missing class and I never do unless I'm deathly ill--Wilma can attest to this--I felt embarrassed having to e-mail my prof. again and telling them I was sick again. Their responses weren't very nice--they weren't rude they just weren't helpful or really understanding. The first time I got "Oh, you're doing great in the class, don't worry about it!" Now I get along the lines of "Well, you'll have to make it up in the final." Fuck you, ok? I don't make a habit of skipping class ever and it's not my damn fault if I get sick. Would you prefer I come in and spew all over you The Exorcist style? Jerk...

So, fastforward to yesterday. I hadn't been eating much trying to work up my appetite and I thought I was fine last night so I ate some fried chicken left over. Wow, bad idea. I think it's the grease that did me in, because later I felt all nauseous again. I thought I was going to puke, but I didn't have any time to worry about it, because I had a paper to finish off for today. So, I'm taking like thirty minute naps from 9 pm to about 2 in the morning off and on writing a bit, fighting back the urge to spew, and trying so hard to concentrate. I couldn't get anywhere T-T I ended up going to bed after Wilma came in and showed me her cosplay progress (<3). I woke up at 6 and picked it up again. I bullshitted the rest of it and turned it what I believe to be the worst paper I've ever done. It was an extension upon a paper we wrote earlier in the semester--I had six pages and I needed to tack on another three. The comments on my rough draft were nothing--just "good job," "talk about this more," "cut this," final grade: A. I went to talk to my TA yesterday and he couldn't suggest anything to really improve upon it--thanks a lot buddy, help me like NOT AT ALL. So I was walking blindly with this and just started spewing off crap. I don't ever want it back.

Well, the topping on the cake this week is that this morning I woke up and discovered I had diarrhea. Sorry for the bluntness and possible graphic nature of relating that but I just feel awful. I can't eat anything, I don't want to drink anything, I don't want to go anywhere, but had to go to all my classes today because I didn't want to miss any more class. I feel like crap, I look like crap, I went without makeup and don't give a shit. I have more stuff to do this weekend and I have to go to work for 7 hours tomorrow. Wake me up in June when all this shit is over and I feel better ..... *cries*

~Tori

Yeah, I know Wilma and Liz will get that title, but for everybody else: SQUIRTLE TIME!!

This last weekend, Liz, Wilma, and I all worked together and made some serious progress on the Squirtle Squad. As a cumulative group, I think we are forced to thank Miri for reinstating our faith in hot glue. Seriously, hot gluing all the fleece worked so flipping well! I couldn't believe how strong the bond was. I suppose as a rule I have come to not trust any glue except Welder's glue, because they have all failed me in the past -_-;

The shells looks so great and I'm so excited. We got the outer shells done and the front/underside done as well. I hope Liz will take some pictures and POST THEM, like I asked earlier because they are seriously bosanova. I am so psyched--I wish I was a Squirtle instead of a trainer... The only real hurdle left to jump is the head--the arms and legs will be no brainers, but we must get the heads right. Good luck Wilma and Liz!

IN OTHER NEWS:

We went to see Miss March...It was awesome! This was the film done by and starring the two main writers for "The Whitest Kids U'know:" Trevor Moore and Zach Creggor.  I don't think Trevor or Zach could do anything that wasn't funny. "Now you fucked up! You have fucked up now!!" 
Actually whilst Tubing, we found out what they did with the other "whitest  kids" since they weren't in the film. I suppose it was weird to not have the other guys in the movie, but Wilma and I were talking about it, and there were few charactesr in the film. It was really just about five main characters needed for the story and two of them are women. I think it was easier to keep the charicatures to a minimum when doing a comedic film, and I bet the other guys were cool with not being in it. I hope they all do a movie in the future, I'm sure it would rock! 
If you haven't heard of or seen the "Whitest kids u'know," take the time---there are bunches of their skits on youtube, they're hilarious!! I didn't even know they did Live shows,--I wish they'd come to our campus T^T

Sorry for the over-hyperlinked post, but just watch some of them, they are so funny.

~Tori

If you can complete that lyric you win....nothing, but my admiration :D

This is really a pointless post, I just wanted to show off my first icon--so nerdy, I know! ANYway, how is everyone doing? Life treating you well, likin' the extended sunlight, wishing ACEN was further away so you could complete costumes? 

I'm just letting my brain rest after two midterms--it turned to moosh :( 

~Tori <3

Okay, as many of you know I work at JoAnn fabrics and like any retail job have my fill of customer stories. The ones that I normally pass on are those that center on our University's (the same one I go to) Toga parties and the students who come in to buy fabric for said togas. As a refresh and to see my thoughts on the matter: http://dali-lamb.livejournal.com/10401.html

Now, several days ago we got some GIRLS in. I knew they were coming for toga stuff, because we had some girls coming in over the weekend and they were getting things for a toga party THIS weekend. As a sort of time management for our store I asked if there were going to be a lot of people coming in. As you saw in the other post, toga parties really can drown us out sometimes. They'll come in late, spend a long ass time getting their things and then come to us not knowing how much they need or even WHAT they need. Their fabric choices are hilarious as well, as you'll see. So, here's the scene:

Four sorority girls, wearing sweatpants hair pulled up, blonde and brunette, wearing way too much makeup and carrying blue charmeuse, yellow lining with yellow tulle, and green confetti fabric. The first girl I helped had the blue charmeuse and she also had black ribbon.
Me: (putting all of these fabrics together) Are you guys doing the Disney princesses?
Cheerleader: OMG, yeah! It's for our toga party, the theme is Disney!
Me: Let me guess (confetti fabric:) Ariel, (blue charmeuse) Cinderella, (yellow) Belle?
What's her face: ....OH MY GOD!! YOU'RE RIGHT, I SHOULD DO BELLE INSTEAD!
Me: O.O (What ELSE were you going to use that yellow for???)
....whilst checking out...
So and So: What should we give her as an accessory for Ariel?
The Ugly One: Didn't she have like something in her hair??
Me: Yep, it was a flower. She had it in the "Under the sea," song.
So and So: YEAH! But, that'd be too much work....
Me: Just give her a fork.
All: What?
Me: Well, remember she brushed her hair with a fork? (HAVE ANY OF YOU BITCHES EVEN SEEN THE LITTLE MERMAID? /my childhood T^T)
Cheerleader: That's right, she was obsessed with always brushing her hair with a fork, that was hilarious!
So and So: No, we should give her a crab! (A crab, or just crabs? *rimshot*)

Admittedly not as funny as adventures of fagballs and dumbfuck, but why are Toga parties THEMED now? Wouldn't that make them a costume party and not a Toga party? WTF is wrong with my school???!?! Also, it pisses me off that these girls weren't real fans of Little Mermaid. That is my heritage bitches! Anyway, what about Sleeping Beauty? Snow White? Cinderella's a classic but it was reissued in the early 90's which is the ONLY reason these girls know about it. They probably only watched them several times when they were kids.
Wow...I kind of sound pathetic here.... I suppose I just like my Disney princesses and don't like posers. But, still they're only a damn cartoon....wonder where my affinity for them comes from...

I digress. Anyway, Wilma thought I should post it so voila!

~Tori

So, yesterday I had the day off and went to visit Liz. Whenever I visit Liz I end up huddling with her around her compy, which apparently hates me and almost never wants to work, and we either work on editing a video or watch movies or play games. Basically we chillax to the full extent of that ridiculous word that I somehow find cool. SO, what did we do yesterday? We watched Disney movies. Several Disney sequels to be exact, so, what were my thoughts?

( Somewhat Image heavy )

I don't agree that Lincoln's rolling in his grave, because I'm sure he's rolled enough in his afterlife on behalf of this state, but I'm sure he wiggled a bit more. So, Blagojevich finally got caught in his corrupt state, surprise surprise. You know how he was discovered? Wire tapping! "But wire tapping is wrong, it trespasses on people's rights!!" Shut up, it helped this damn state, so screw you. (btw, that particular wire tapping used to discover terrorists never once infringed upon a civilian's right, but don't get me started on that one)

I can't believe how long this has taken, he has been royally screwing this state from the get-go. He's ruined our small businesses by raising minimum wage, he's destroyed our roads by still refusing to use better materials, he's wasted away our economy, forcing us to close STATE PARKS as opposed to cutting back on the endless amounts of personal pet projects held by the overwhelming amount of politicians in this state. If I wasn't so upset I would laugh. Where was this a year ago? Where was this before Middlefork was threatened, where was this before the Lincoln museum was forced to be open only three days a week?? Where was this before we were all screwed? What the hell is wrong with this state? Why is it that Chicago is being allowed to vote in our state governors and senators? Look at the voting statistics of this state and you'll see a big difference in what we all vote for. I'm not just talking about Republican and Democrat here, I'm referring to the fact that the Chicago political machine is producing these candidates and forcing them on us with fraud. How many of our recent governors have been imprisoned? Too many in too few years. This is getting beyond ridiculous, this is approaching obscene. Why is it no one is seeing this corruption? Why is it no one is doing anything about it? I know once Blagojevich goes off to jail we'll get another Chicagoan in office who will continue this downward spiral that this state is going in. I just can't express how pissed I am that he was brought into custody IN CHICAGO! Chicago is NOT our state's capital, why wasn't he in Springfield (why isn't he even living there??)? Why isn't he EVER in Springfield? What about Ryan? (I think he was arreasted and tried in Chicago as well).

I suppose I shouldn't speak too soon, the Chicago machine will probably just make Chicago our capital pretty soon. Ha, still looking forward to the oppurtunity of hosting the Olympics? Never gonna happen here buddies!

~Dali-Lamb

For everyone that's going to watch and make fun of Twilight with us tonight:
We're going to the Beverly. I get off work around 10 o'clock, so I was thinking either the 10:15 show or the 10:50 one.

This will be EPIC...fail -_-;

~Tori

Well, so far this day has been pretty sucky (not just because of the election), but I'm determined to get through it. I was emo this morning, but I've prayed my way through it, feeling much better. Also, the remembrance of today's date has brought a smile to my face.

"Remember, remember the fifth of November--" no, don't remember it for Guy Fawkes (sp?) sake, but, rather, remember it as the day that fifty-three years ago, time travel was invented. It is also the date upon which the whole space time continuum revolves....or it's just a major coincidence....

Happy "Election is over," day! And may all your time traveling be awesome!

~Tori

Between yesterday and today, the only feeling I can feel is pure frustration about religion, about politics, about my way of life.

To begin with, yesterday we had these radical "Christians," on campus with huge signs and banners basically saying "Repent, the end is near~" First of all, I do not support this way of scaring people into becoming Christians and finding God. I agree with the Bible here, to be a shining example and personally relate to others your experiences and faith. You are supposed to be a good person and amiable so that people are attracted to you and if they find out you are a Christian, perhaps they too will want a relationship with God after you share your testaments, faith, and personal stories. Yelling at students about how they are going to hell will only fall on deaf ears until they have formed a relationship with God, because they won't understand what hell is: a vortex devoid of God and love. So, they had great fun alienating everyone from Christianity. However, the straw that broke the camel's back for me, was when one of them wanted to hand me a pamphlet. I politely declined, adding "I'm already a Christian, I don't need that." To which she replied: "Psh, yeah, that's what EVERYONE says." I was infuriated! You stupid jerk, how dare you doubt my sincerity! You aren't here to witness or even help, you were hoping I wasn't a Christian, so that you could argue with me. Not only was your message screwed up, your heart wasn't even in the right place, shame on you for doubting another Christian. As if that wasn't bad enough, I had to spend the rest of the day hearing from others students in my class about the crazy radicals on campus with them "spouting their holier than thou gibberish." Yeah, way to go buttheads, way to once more further the stereotype of "crazy Christians."

As for Politics:
This might be more infuriating, though I doubt it, because I'm sure I'll feel better after today, when it's all OVER. I understand that I am an extreme minority on campus and the state, however, I am a Republican (I know the blatant Christian Republican stereotype, huh? lol) and being as outspoken as I am on issues and the like (you all know me XD) it upsets me to no end to see our party so weak in these recent years. I am sick of hearing President Bush torn apart for being a "bumbling idiot, without any brain cells," stemming from what I believe is an oppression of accents, with any southern accent immediately being labeled as coming from a fool. And I'm exhausted from having to defend my own intelligence when my party affiliation is brought up. It's even worse, however, when Professors fall into this propaganda. My Geology professor took it upon himself to make his party very clear, by going on a quick rant about our President's "stupidity," and then going on to bash Mt. Rushmore, calling the presidents carved upon it "tyrannous, oppressive, and just plain evil." I did not sign up for this course to hear America torn apart by a jerk, which he was. How can you call Lincoln tyrannous? Stupid jerk.
So, like I said I know I'm out of my comfort zone here, but to see these vicious attacks on my party and myself because of it, just makes my blood boil. What, because I don't agree with you I'm evil, oppressive, and stupid? Fuck you! I can have my opinion, thank you. What pisses me off so much is how our party never stands up for itself. People sling disgusting and terrible insults at us and we never fight back--we weakly accept what they're saying and doubt our own beliefs. We decide that since we're in the minority maybe we should be part of the majority--social life would become easier. We wouldn't have to worry about disagreeing with most people and could have more fun. At least, that's the way I've been thinking lately, that wouldn't my life (only at the moment) be easier if I could agree with these professors and fellow students. I wouldn't at all have been offended when I saw the Green Party and the Democrat party represented on the Quad last week, without any nod towards the Republican. Now, I'm not saying my entire life would be wonderful, because "everyone everywhere is so terribly evil to Republicans," but it would make many things easier. Whether or not you agree with the sentiment that mainstream media is slanted to the left, I think we can all SEE that Hollywood, comedy, and sitcoms are. If there are any Republicans they are made fun of, cheapened, and just bashed on. I don't like being beaten up so publicly with no one in charge who wants to fight back. As Republicans, I feel we need to stand up for ourselves, and stop letting the Democrats blame us for SOME of their blunders. The idea of fairness takes a quick hold on my thoughts, but I know life isn't fair, and I do know that I am in a predominately blue state. It's just aggravating when you're in the group that (seemingly) EVERYONE makes fun of and degrades. Thank God today's election day, despite what happens, it'll be nice to see everyone calm down and put their fighting gloves away for awhile.
/rant

Crazy Crazies on Campus "preaching" with the mantra: "You deserve Hell."

Up front, you all know I'm a Christian, so it pains me to hear others make us look insane, and trust me, this guy did. It's never right to group everyone who isn't a white male, and perhaps a Christian, into those on he hell wagon. The crap this guy was saying thoroughly went against everything in the Bible, misquoting passages and misinterpreting them to push his own insane message. You couldn't go to heaven if you were in any ways a sinner, and that included the color of your skin, your sexual orientation, and even if you were a Catholic or Protestant. WTF? It has often been said, and is true, that the Christian society is full of sinners. We're not all perfect, and that's what makes God so amazing--he can forgive us if we TRULY repent. His forgiveness isn't like a "get out of jail free," card, because the repentance that you do, has to be honest, and he KNOWS if it isn't.

When jackasses start spouting this shit that no matter what you do, if you aren't white and male then there's no chance you'll get to the Promise Land, it just irks me to no end. Yeah, way to turn people off of Christianity, and make us all look bonkers. To top it all off, he brought politics into the fray. Thanks a lot guy, not only are you putting a putrid smell on my religion, you've also managed to spoil my political affiliation. -_-

Elyse and I thought it best to quickly leave him, before God's lightning struck him....

~Tori

Oh yes, my life is complete: meancuisine

Think I oughtta join? Yes, gosh darnit, George JOIN! Who's comin' with me?

btw, I solved my need for a new icon X3

~Dali-Lamb

Alright, let me start this off by saying LIZ BEAT ME TO THIS!! Also, this post has everything to do with Life on Mars, so if you haven't seen it you can stop now...or if you like to hear me rip the crap out of something, as my nerd raging requires, then you can read on.

First start by watching this, if you can stomach it:




 

Just a quick post for any Torchwood lovers out there. So,  I was on deviantart a while ago and found these ADORABLE renderings of Life on Mars:
http://awabubbles.deviantart.com/art/Life-on-Mars-babies-numba-1-78959628
http://awabubbles.deviantart.com/art/Life-on-Mars-babies-numba-2-78959982

Apparently they were influenced by something called "Torchwood Babiez" and, so, immediately, I was intrigued. I find out that it's a community here on lj, so if you have some time check this out, the comics are great!
http://tw-babiez.livejournal.com/

Liz can attest that it's ADORABLE. It's just so cute, I loved it! XD 
So, there, I've brought a little happiness into your life.

ASIDE: Ok, so I was guarding the house by myself this week 'cause everyone else went to Gettysburg, and so after work I had to make several stops to Wal-Mart over the course of a week. This was at least at 10:30 P.M. Why, oh why, were there so many CHILDREN there? And I'm talking about six and seven year olds here, even infants--like it was some family trip?? At 10 at NIGHT?? WTF?? What parent thinks that's a good idea? It wasn't an isolated event, either, every time I went I saw at least five families. -_-;;

~Dali-Lamb

As Wilma posted awhile ago, beside my rekindling love for my Wii (THANK YOU SENMURV) with games like Smash Bros. Brawl and Trauma Center (maybe we'll give that back to you 'murv...eventually) About two weeks ago I started playing, if you can call it that, "Wii Fit."


Also, I found this little story and it really REALLY motivated me. Now, I understand that this game/board isn't going to change my shape and make me a supermodel, but it will get me back in shape and improve my posture and that's all I want. Still, the story wants to make me change my life ;-;

~Tori