I swear, turkey haunts my dreams now. oAo;; I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving ♥ Everyone who celebrates it, anyway. xP If not, then I hope you're having a good weekend. xDD

So on Friday, my parents and I went shopping and I got the first two seasons of House on DVD *A* OH HO HO~♥ ♥ I spent such a long time at the GameStop, seriously considering getting a PSP so I can play Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology and the bazillion Final Fantasy games, but in the end I didn't. u_u They have to be less than two-hundred for me to buy it, srsly. If it came to that, I would have just gotten a Wii instead. xD

Then I went to go see Enchanted with a couple of my girlfriends. Seriously, I have not seen such a charming movie in SUCH a long time. DISNEY MAKES GOOD MOVIES AGAIN REJOICE!! \o/ Disney does a good job of poking fun at itself without losing its dignity. The musical portion was hysterical, and I really want the soundtrack now. o/ Let's see...they parodied Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, a bit of the Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, and...King Kong. Yeah, random. But in a lovely way. They casted everything perfectly. Patrick Dempsey was a damsel in distress. 8D I haven't seen that one before. AND IDINA MENZEL!! *A* -fangasm- Holyshit she was so great, even though she was in a relatively minor role. All of us being RENT-heads, we were screaming when she came on and everyone behind us shushed us. It was great :'D I saw Michaela Conlin too, so I gasped loudly and obnoxiously.

...and having now just finished downloading the soundtrack, I'm watching the music video for Ever Ever After and LOL they animated Carrie Underwood. xDD The music video is very charming too. ...Just...the whole thing is CHARMING. Seriously. Go see it--it's a wonderful film, really. Maybe I'll upload a couple of tracks to share the sheer amazingness ♥ ♥

[EDIT] And because I'm honestly a whore like that, new icon post up at chantillyeden ;D

After reading my f-list, it seems that everyone is getting snow where they are except me. xDD GDDMMIT I WANT SOME SNOW. ENOUGH SNOW SO THAT SCHOOL WILL BE CANCELED TOMORROW AND I'LL HAVE A SIX-DAY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND. \o/

...har har, like that's ever gonna happen. xP I really do want some snow, though. It just makes everything seem less...wintry. I know that sounds contradictory, but snow = warm, fuzzy feelings for me. For the first three days, anyway. Then I start longing for summer.

For our final project in International Relations this year, our class will be partnering with Invisible Children though Schools for Schools to help raise money to rebuild schools in Northern Uganda, a cause that has become incredibly close to my heart. We'll be selling tee-shirts and bracelets, as well as organizing school-wide events to raise awareness and generate donations. Our goal is $20,000. That may seem like a lofty amount, but according to my calculations, if every student in my school donated seven dollars, we would have made it no problem. If you all can, I totally encourage you to get your school involved too--this is a great cause and you'll feel good knowing that you've changed someone's life.

...god, I love sneaking back onto the computer at ridiculous hours of the night 8Db

ANYWAY. I have decided that I am completely OVER this. I don't need this kind of stuff in my life right now as my life is going just fine. I'm happy, I have my friends who really and truly care about me, and I am ready to shave off the extra baggage. o/ Seriously. I haven't felt this good in a long time. See, I'm the kind of person who resists change in situations like these because at heart, I am a people-pleaser. It's just that I don't seem to think enough about myself these days. So once I did, all the weight just kind of...fell off. And that's good.

So to celebrate, I made some D.Gray-Man icons. 8DD HAY 'SUP I'M THE GIRL WHO'S ONLY READ UP TO THE SECOND VOLUME. LOLOL I FAIL AT FANDOM. But we're gonna have to wait until I have enough for a good-sized batch. I want to icon some Air Gear, and anything that's...not Tales. xD Because srsly--my last, like, half-dozen batches at chantillyeden were composed of Tales icons. TURN AND FACE THE STRANGE CHA-CHA-CHANGES -shot-

Also hilariously, one of my best friends is now being stalked by someone she thought she had gotten rid of a long time ago. Hope she doesn't find me too. oAo;; Soooooo~yeah.

...I also don't think I've sounded this high in a long time. =|b

Also. I almost forgot to mention, but I'm committing suicide, having entered the third round of talesof_battle. I almost wish I didn't because ohgod everyone else is so, so good and the competition is so insanely fierce. oAo;; Wish me luck ♥

AL;SKDJFAL;SKDJF My email service is being stupid AGAIN and I have about a dozen comments from el-jay...so I'll just have to use my intuition and manually check the places where I know people will be commenting. xDD

orz my dad is on another business trip to Minnesota this week. ... This is, like, his second trip in a month in all six years he's been working with my parents' company. Why are they suddenly sending him on business trips? He better get a big fat bonus for it. =|

And my IR schedule has apparently just been moved up from the 30th to the 20th. Which means that everyone is suddenly behind by approximately a week. Oh geez. At this rate, I'll have to send out my resolutions and figure out a country to form a treaty with by tomorrow. I hate this. Seriously.

LOL so my best friend left her wallet in my bag on Sunday, which had her school ID, check cards, AND driver's license in it. Crap. I better get it back to her soon. It's...kind of important. OAO;;

Welcome discover to my journal~♥ It was spontaneous, but I'm so glad to have you and I hope we'll become great friends. :D

And lastly, a lot of people on my f-list are renaming, so I want to wish everyone the best of luck with that~! I told heartfell this, but hey, some things bear repeating: I love you all 'cause of who you are, not because of your name, so either way, it's win-win ♥

If this is what being blissfully happy feels like, I need to be blissfully happy more often. xD

See, I had this best friend named Jennifer when I was in grade school, but we went our separate ways in middle school and she eventually moved to California. It's been about four years since we've communicated, and then today, I'm browsing around Facebook and HOLY SHI--THERE SHE IS.

So we reconnected and it's freakishly uncanny how alike we became, even though we were half a country away. We're both cosplayers, graphics designers, and just..geez. xD I'm amazed. Life is funny that way, I think, and that people you're meant to know you'll meet with again. ♥ ♥

So yes, lots of warm and happy feelings from Annay~and coincidentally, playingly has tagged me for this meme as well!

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I tag artishlyruin, dead_stock, soranosaurus, glasscap, kiku, imaeatchu, japan_girl16, karyu, mukoto, and relares~! I know that most of the people I've listed are new to my f-list, so I'd love to get to know you better! ♥

And speaking of NaNoWriMo, I admit to being a last-minute participant. xD I'm 2237 words in, which is a good start. \o/ When I last did it, I got bored and stopped at 4k. xD Hopefully I'll be able to go further this time. Wish me luck!

Also. People who have requested icons from me~PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BOTHER ME ABOUT IT. I need to get off my lazy ass and actually do it. xD I know they were made in early October, but I've just been plain lazy. SO BUG THE HELL OUT OF ME. I NEED IT. kthxbai ♥

[EDIT] acquity acquity acquity <--Sorry, layout plug--it was a fast change. xD Kept the same format, just changed the banners and colors a bit.

It's...er...very monochromatic, sorry. =x

orz my internet conked out on me halfway through, so here's a belated happy birthday for the lovely, lovely kimivalkyrie~


I'm sorry it's so ugly ;;

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIMI ♥ ♥

P.S. Italian lesson for the day: Largo = wide. LOL.

Much love to Largo-papa~ 8Db

Well, I'm glad everything's been sorted out...for the most part, anyway. Turns out my friend wasn't angry at me and that our trust is still strong. She was actually really happy I went to talk to her this morning, and seeing her happy made me happy so my mood has improved considerably since yesterday. We dumped Cool Whip on our waffles during lunch together 8DD

I'm so thankful of all the support you all gave me yesterday when I hit a rough spot--it meant so much to me. ;~; I'm so lucky to have friends like you and I can't thank you enough ♥

...We now return to our regularly-scheduled programming in which Annay continues to spit stuff out and complain about her life~

orz orz it's suddenly SO. EFFING. COLD. Yesterday, it probably broke eighty degrees outside. Today? High of fifty-five. My parents agree that its cold out, but apparently not enough to turn on the heat, which is actually good because heating costs a crapload of money now. What's bad, however, is that for some odd reason, they also decided to open all the windows in our house.

...I don't understand my parents sometimes, but the cold makes me sleepy and cranky. And it seems that since sunny, warm days are over, it's time for a layout change! YAYY~ For me, at least. I have layout ADD, so sue me. xDD Does anyone have any favorite layout designers they'd be willing to share with me? 8DDb;; I've mostly been using layout templates by refuted and snubbly, so some variety would be great! ♥

Aaaand now to finish my analysis paper on the 'Joy Luck Club'...oi. To be honest, I like 'There Are No Children Here' a heck of a lot better, even though my being Chinese causes me to be biased. xD