SecureInsanity

So, first off, I got tagged by to do a 75 Questions thing, so if you just want to skip the update and go read that, it's going to be below.

In other news, I've got a house! So, those of you who aren't familiar with mine and my family's situation for the past couple of years, almost two years ago now, we got a forclosure notice. We packed everything up while my parents tried to save the house and/or look for a new one, but almost EXACTLY a year later(like, maybe a FEW days off) we got the news that we were going to have to leave by a couple of days later or else there would be a forced eviction. So, frazzled, we worked day after day, moving things out of the house and we moved into our sister's(and her husband's) tiny house. We have lived here, very stressfully might I add, for roughly seven months now, and we have FINALLY found a home for ourselves.

We were hoping for a three bedroom at most and maybe a TINY bit of living space and some space to store boxes. But you know what we got? A freaking TARDIS house! Yes, the house that I mentioned in my last journal entry is, in fact, the house we're moving into. If you haven't already guessed. I just didn't want to get your guys's or my hopes up in case it didn't work out.

But, yeah. We got the keys yesterday and moved in some boxes, and today my mom left to go sign some papers and look around the house with the landlord/lady to look for things that could be fixed in exchange for rent(and there is a LOT of things that need to be fixed, so fingers crossed, everyone!). We're hoping to be fully moved in by Sunday, and by that time be able to get a tree. As I'm hoping to get a camera for Christmas, I'll probably take a video of the house and post it on... YouTube or something and give it to you guys. Though, the camera I want doesn't have sound when you record, so there's that.

So, don't expect me to be on, like, AT ALL for the next few days. Maybe even a week! I don't know. Just expect me not to be on, okay? Bye guys!

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1. Do you snore?
Or so I've been told.

2. Are you a lover or a fighter?
A lover, but don't underestimate my will to fight.

3. What's your worst fear?
Being alone and/or unloved... And ants.

4. As a kid, where you a lego maniac?
Nah. I occasionally brought out our TINY tub of mismatched lego pieces to play with my sister, but I'd have to say that I'm MUCH more of a legohead now than I was as a kid.

5. What do you think of "reality" tv?
It's idiotic and most of it is legitimately scripted.

6. Do you chew on your straws?
Even ones that aren't even mine.

7. Were you a cute baby?
Hmm. Personally, I don't think so, but to other people I probably was.

8. Is the single life for you?
To quote a random fact, "When you're single, all you see is happy couples, and when you're in a relationship all you see are happy singles." That answer your question?

9. What colour is your keyboard?
Well, my KEYS are black, but the little area around them is a sort of grayish blue.

10. Do your sing in the shower?
If I think I'm relatively alone, yes.

11. Have you ever sky-dived before?
No, but I think it would be fun.

12. Any secret talents?
I'm fairly bendy, and the songs I sing best are really sombre and are usually slow-paced.

13. What's your ideal vacation spot?
Somewhere with a forest AND a beach. Ehm, but as long as I'm with my family, then it's all good. I guess I can't really give an educated guess because I've only ever been to a nearby beach for vacation.

14. Can you swim?
I used to take swimming lessons and everything! But I haven't swam for a long time now, so I wouldn't know how well I'd do.

16. Have you seen the movie "Donnie Darko"?
No, but I've heard of it.

17. Do you care about the ozone?
Obviously.

18. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
I once heard that, on average, it takes 1,320 licks to get to the center. Huh. Who knew.

19. Can you sing the alphabet backwards?
Lulno. I can barely sing it forward. XD

20. Have you ever been on an airplane?
Nooooo... But I do wish to someday. *Sigh* Someday...

21. Are you a single child?
Nah. I have five sisters, a brother-in-law and a brother-in-law-to-be.

22. Do you prefer electronic or manual pencil sharpeners?
It really depends. There are certain manual ones that work just like electronic ones except that you have to crank it, and I liked those quite a bit. So I guess Manual?

23. What's your stand on hunting?
I'm fine with it as long as it's not for sport. Someday I hope to be able to hunt deer and the like, not for sport or for fun, but for the meat and maybe even the skin/antlers(because I don't like to waste, and we can make some neat shit out of that).

24. Is marriage in your future?
I hope so.

25. Do you like your handwriting?
I once practiced my handwriting for a week so that I wouldn't suck when I had to sign for my ID... My sisters called my handwriting "cute" and "like a child's"... Thanks, Bekki. What a bloody confidence booster YOU are.

26. What are you allergic to?
Ehm, actually, when I drink non-herbal-natural-hippie tea, my throat will sometimes start to close up. Like, if I gulp it down thens sometimes I just need to STOP and wait until I can start breathing easily again before I can continue drinking it.

27. When was the last time you said 'I love you?'
...I think it might have been yesterday, to my mom.

28. Is Tupac still alive?
Ehm, who?

29. Do you cry at weddings?
I've only ever been to two, and the first one I can hardly remember, so... No? I usually get yelled at for walking off or doing something I'm not supposed to, and God knows that brings me to tears sometimes.

30. How do you like your eggs?
Over-medium(NOT sunny-side up) or scrambled. Though, I'm not too picky as long as it's thoroughly cooked.

31. Are blondes dumb?
Uhm, no. Your hair color doesn't determine your intelligence.

32. Where does the other sock end up?
In the floorboards. (I'm not joking. When cleaning my room, I once found a HOARD of missing socks in my floorboards.)

33. What time is is it?
Pelvic thrust time.

4. Do you have a nickname?
Yes. Let's see... Snickers, Lastryric, Crystal, Finetta, Finn, Jo, Jo-Jo, Josie(don't ever call me that, bw), Joy... Among other things.

35. Is McDonald's disgusting?
Yes. Well, their chicken poppers are good, and if you get their fries either REALLY early in the morning or late at night, then those are good. Otherwise, yes. I really don't like them.

36. When was the last time you were in a car?
Last night. WHEN WE WERE MOVING BOXES! *fist-pump*

37. Do you prefer baths or showers?
Showers, though nothing can beat a good bath every now and then.

38. Is Santa Claus real?
Nah. My parents never raised me to believe in him... though I have had some VERY vivid dreams involving him.

39. Do you like having you neck kissed?
I've never had my neck kissed, so I wouldn't know.

40. Are you afraid of the dark?
Only sometimes.

41. What are you addicted to?
Many things. So many things. You have no idea.

42. Crunchy or creamy peanut butter?
CREAMY, DAMMIT!

43. Can you crack your neck?
I cracked my neck once or twice, but it's always been by accident.

44. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
No... Well... No, no, actually.... Well... I don't know, honestly. Probably not, but I've been to the hospital so many times that it IS possible.

45. How many times have you brushed your teeth today?
*awkward cough*

46. Is drug free the way to be?
Unless it's drugs that you honest to God need for some bodily... thing.

47. Are you a heavy sleeper?
I thought I was... But then I had to sleep in the living room of a very busy house for seven months. Turns out, I'm not.

48. What colour are your eyes?
Blue-gray. :3

50. Do you like your life?
I guess. I mean, there are definitely some things that I would curse to hell, but I do have a pretty good life.

51. Who's better: Stone Cold or The Rock?
I... what?

52. Are you psychic?
Yes.

53. Have you read "Catcher in the Rye"?
I actually have, surprisingly enough. I mean, I never finished it, but I still read a few chapters, and it was the most BORING thing I have EVER read in my ENTIRE life.

54. Do you play any instruments?
I used to be able to play the guitar... I also used to be able to play the piano... No. I don't.

55. Have you ever stolen money?
Eeeh, yeah. But I gave it back.

56. Can you snowboard?
Haha! No, you silly person.

57. Do you like camping?
I've only ever been camping in mine and my friend's backyards(though, to be fair, their backyard is HUGE and quite camp-worthy. They even had a creek and a tree-bridge over said creek to a mysterious field with a single, tiny shack in it that looked strangely like Hagrid's hut), so... I guess? Does that even count as real camping?

58. Do you snort when you laugh?
Sometimes.

59. Do you believe in magic?
To a point.

60. Are dogs a man's best friend?
Sure, yeah.

61. You believe in divorce?
Not really, but I guess it's much better to divorce your partner instead of staying together but hating each other and/or it all turning into domestic violence. Though, I also think people should think about the person they're about to marry and whether or not they want to spend the rest of their lives with them BEFOREHAND, instead of hating them in a year or two and wanting a divorce.(That's right, I'm looking at YOU, celebrities.)

62. Can you do the moonwalk?
My friend Carlye tried to teach me once, but I can't really do it well.

63. Do you make a lot of mistakes?
Well, duh. Everyone makes mistakes, and at the end of the day they usually mount up to a lot.

64. Is it cold outside today?
Extremely. It's almost winter and the skies are clear, which means EVERYTHING IS FREEZING!

65. What was the last thing you ate?
A slice of tomato.

66. Do you wear nail polish?
Not usually, but if I was actually capable of putting it on without having it go all over the REST of my finger, and if I didn't constantly chew my nails down to stubs then I would imagine I would quite enjoy it.

67. Have you ever been kissed?
Yeah... Though I was, like, four or five and I don't remember shit of it. But apparently there's a picture... somewhere.

68. What's the most annoying TV commercial?
Most TV commercials are annoying, so I would never be able to decide.

69. Do you shop at American Eagle?
Nah, but I imagine that if I ever went there I might want to get something.

70. Favourite song at the moment?
Uh... Various Christmas songs... And, surprisingly enough, rap. Like, for some reason, lately I've been listening to a lot of rap. The Mac N Cheese rap. Ridin' Dirty... There was one more, but I honestly don't care enough to remember.

71. Do you like your job?
I don't have a job anymore...

72. Do you like your classes in school?
I don't go to school, and I don't think I ever want to.

73. How do you like your meat cooked?
Depends on the meat.

74. Do you like these surveys.
*Shrug* They're fun enough, especially when you're bored/don't have anything else to do.

75. Do you know how to tag three peoples?
Obviously. I mean, I've only been on this website for like a year.

BONUS!
76. Why did the Chicken Cross the road?
How would I know? I'm no chicken, and as far as I know, no one has yet been able to communicate successfully with one.

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I'll also be doing another Questions thing in a bit, so look out for that.

So, let me start off by saying EVERYTHING HURTS. My fingers, my elbows, my knees and EVERY MUSCLE. It's even hurting to TYPE this right now.

The source of the hurt and GREAT accomplished feeling?

SECOND STAGE DEPAVE!

I assume you've read my last DePave post, and let me just say that the soreness that accompanied hauling asphalt is NOTHING compared to the soreness that accompanied various digging, hauling, shoveling, planting, crouching, dancing, hopping, posing and all-around good times that was the DePave planting fiasco.

It was SIRIUS FUN, LIKE UHAZNOIDEA!! Me and my dad went(Esther chickened out), and we got there early. I helped set up, I was a part of a pre-mission pep talk, I was assigned to a team(which ended up falling apart until it was just me and another lady, Liv), I spend a good majority of the time trying to get this tree out of it's over-filled pot so that we could plant it, everyone kept praising me and I have no idea why, then I kinda took charge and planned out where to plan some of(most of) the stuff that was in the area that I was assigned to. It was very hard work(and I took pictures!), but it was insane fun, and a lot of people kept saying stuff like "I like a woman with authority" and then calling me "Woman With Authority". And I'm just there like "I direct a few people and take charge where it's needed, and suddenly people are acting like I'm a part of the official DePave team?" XD

But yeah. It was actually really fun, and I met a few really cool people. One of the main DePave guys came up to me and was all like, "Hey, were you taking pictures?" and I was like, thinking I was in trouble, and was like, "Uhm, yeah?" And then he gave me his card and told me that his email was on it and that he'd love it if I would send him the pictures I took. XD So I stuttered a "Yeah" and we went our separate ways.

Come to think of it, I was still my awkward, stuttering self for a lot of the day.

So, we then sat down and had chili and garlic bread(the people serving kept yelling "Come and get it!" and "Help yourself!"... while they keep people in a line and scoop the bowls for them. XD), I talked to a woman, who I learned was named Nancy, about the Go Pro camera. It's fantasmal, go look it up. And I totally got away with drinking alcohol, too. XD Everyone I meet thinks I'm so much older than I am(my mom says it's a mixture of how tall I am, but also how mature I act), and so when they were ending lunch and I hadn't gotten any of the organic, locally made, donated, fancy shmancy apple cider that they were serving, I sort of fought the crowds to get over there before we had to get to work. So I was almost alone next to the cider, and I quickly picked up this shot-glass-sized cup that was filled with it and downed it. And then I was like "Hmmm, this tastes alcoholic. Maybe there's a DIFFERENT kind that ISN'T alcoholic." And so I was kinda looking around for a fresh cup to pour myself some with, when this random guy pours a cup and slides it over to me. I take it and drink it and, whatdya know, it's alcoholic. XD After checking the labels, I realized that it was rum apple cider and that I just got away with under-aged drinking in front of my church pastors.

So then we took a couple group photos(the camera guy is the EPITOME of safety. XD He stood on an upturned wheelbarrow so that he could get a good shot) before returning to work. I pretty much did a bit of EVERYTHING, y'know? And I knew that a lot of the people who had come later didn't really know what to do, so I kind of directed them and gave them jobs, and I think that was the main people people kept calling me "Awesome" and "woman with authority". And I'm not gonna lie, I felt pretty awesome when people kept calling me that.

So, there were these "rain gardens" that were to help with water... stuff. Anyway, they were lakes right then so we weren't able to really do anything with them, so we're gonna go back eventually and finish it all up. And, so, we worked a bit more and finished up the other spots before ending it. I stayed behind to move the unplanted plants to a safe spot(I was with this one guy, who was pretty cool but since we had to stand on the other side of this brick wall[and one side of the wall the ground is a lot higher, and so since we didn't want to haul everything up and down the stairs, we had tall people down low{AKA me and a few guys} and other people on the other, higher side just handed the plants down to us], every time he was handed one and set it down, he'd say "Awesome." Which, I meant, wasn't BAD, but it was just a tad bit annoying.) and to clean everything up, and after everything was hauled off and the parking lot sprayed and swept, it had started to rain so I stayed off to one side and waited for my dad to finish talking with one of the Pastors. Needless to say, it took a while. -.-

So, the above was 10am-2pm, so we had spent most of the time doing this. THEN we headed out to this house, that was pretty cool and that was up for rent. Our old friends are actually renting it, and it took us forever to realize that the people who were renting that house and were moving out, where the same people who were Esther's and my mom's friends who lived in that area and were moving to Seattle. XD And we spent TWO HOURS there, waiting for them to get home(supposedly, someone was supposed to be there all day, but no one WAS and it was apparently just because "Saturday was crazy"). We knocked and rung the doorbell and waited, then we went on a walk, then we knocked on the door and rang the bell and waited, then we went to Fred Meyer, then we went back and knocked, rung and waited, then we explored the park that was nearby and went walking down on of their bike trails, then we finally just left after checking ONE MORE TIME.

And when I got home, my mom forced me to take a shower because I was dirty and miserable. :\ Her fantastic rosemary chicken made up for it, though.

So, after today(which was torture, because I had to walk around a bunch and get up early and shizz, and I HURT SO BLOODY MUCH ICAN'YEVENBEGINTOEXPLAINTHEPURETORTUROUSPAINTHATIWASBEINGPUTTHROUGH), we actually WENT there and looked around(which was awesome), and we talked with the family a bit.

But, the house isn't the main point. It's the woman's SON who is the point.

His name is Gunnar and he looked like a young Peter Parker. The New Movie Peter Parker.

He has the FACE, the FACIAL STRUCTURE, the AWKWARD AIR, the HAIR, and the FREAKING GLASSES.

And damn was he cute.

I just wish that he didn't have to move away, because he seemed pretty cool.

Anyway, yeah. That was my day. I'll eventually put a link to the DePave website up here once the new photos are uploaded so that you guys can see them. Adios, amigos!

So, yesterday night, I spilled an entire mug of hot tea all over my laptop. It was unresponsive and I turned it off, flipped it over and laid it on a towel. I had a huge anxiety attack and read until I could turn it back on and check it. Aaand it kept freezing and I had ANOTHER anxiety attack and walked around outside in the freezing air with no shoes or socks on and then holed myself up with my mom. They eventually fixed it.

Well, sort of.

It freezes up as random times and I have to Ctrl, Alt, Delete it, the  right mouse key clicky thing is borderline unresponsive(it only works if I click it JUST SO, and then it registers that I DID click it at random intervals), my keys are less responsive and the Recently Closed Tabs thing is gone. I haven't even tried watching videos or using GIMP or anything, either, so I feel like this is a ticking time bomb.

Now, I always knew that I'd have to replace this thing eventually. I mean, it's OLD, I got it USED, and I never was that good at taking care of it(the cracks and scratches, not the mention the MISSING KEY is enough to prove that), and so it was hardly functioning as it was. Still. I've gotten attached to the old thing. I mean, I used to have this black one(I spilled apple juice on it and, since the computer contract thingy was still valid I got it replaced for free), and I was really attached to THAT, but I've have THIS longer, and just... IT'S MY TWO FAVORITE COLORS, TOO! THE KEYBOARD AND PAD ARE OUTLINED IN THIS SHIMMERY BLUE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS SILVER OR BLACK! FAVE CULURZ MUXCH?!?!

*sigh* Well, my plan is to borrow my sister's external harddrive and backup everything on there. I mean, other than the DOZENS OF BOOKMARKS I DON'T WANT TO LOSE(more like hundreds, to be honest), there are also PHOTOS and stuff. I mean, HALLOWEEN PHOTOS THATIHAVEYETTOUPLOAD, ANYONE? I deleted the email they were sent to me in, so if I lose the ones on my computer then they are LOST! *cough* And then after that, I'm going to... *takes a deep breath* Spend my hard-earned, hard-saved, meant-for-a-desktop money on a new laptop... I mean, I'll have to ask for the rest of the money for Christmas, because I haven't even calculated all the gifts I'm gonna have to buy into it all, so it's not like I'll be able to just go out TODAY and buy it.

*sigh* Just...

*sigh*

Tagged by . Nothing else to do, so I thought I'd do it. XD

Have you ever…


[X] smoked
[X] consumed alcohol
[X] slept in the same bed with someone of the opposite sex 
[X] slept in the same bed with someone of the same sex 
[X] kissed someone of the same sex
[ ] had sex
[X] had someone in your room other than family
[ ] bought porn
[ ] tried drugs
TOTAL: 6

[X] taken painkillers 
[ ] taken someones prescription medicine
[X] lied to your parents (not proud of it. )
[X] lied to a friend (A long time ago, I promise!)
[X] snuck out of the house
[X] done something illegal (And boy was it fun! )
[X] felt hurt
[X] hurt someone
[X] wished someone to die
[  ] seen someone die
TOTAL: 14

[ ] missed curfew
[ ] stayed out all night
[ ] eaten a carton of ice cream by yourself
[ ] been to a therapist
[ ] received a ticket
[ ] been to rehab
[X] dyed your hair
[ ] been in an accident 
[ ] been to a club
[X] been to a bar
TOTAL: 16

[ ] been to a wild party
[ ] been to a Mardi Gras parade
[X] drank more than three alcoholic beverages in a night (beer, wine, champagne.)
[  ] had a spring break in Florida
[X] sniffed anything
[X] wore black nail polish
[X] wore arm bands
[ ] wore t-shirts with band names
[X] listened to rap
TOTAL: 21

[X] dressed Gothic
[X] dressed girly
[ ] dressed punk
[ ] dressed grunge
[X] stole something 
[  ] been too drunk to remember anything
[X] blacked out
[ ] fainted
[X] had a crush on a neighbor
TOTAL: 26

[X] had a crush on a friend
[X] been to a concert
[  ] dry-humped someone
[  ] been dry humped
[  ] been called a slut
[  ] called someone a slut 
[  ] installed speakers in a car
[ ] broken a mirror 
[ ] showered at someone of the opposites sex's house
[X] brushed your teeth with someone else's toothbrush
TOTAL: 29

[  ] considered Ludacris your favorite rapper
[X] seen an R-rated movie
[ ] cruised the mall
[ ] skipped school
[X] had surgery
[X] had an injury 
[  ] gone to court 
[  ] walked out of a restaurant without paying/tipping
[X] caught something on fire 
[X] lied about your age
TOTAL: 34

[  ] owned/rented an apartment/house
[  ] broke the law in the police's presence 
[  ] made out with someone who had a GF/BF
[X] got in trouble with the police (Don't ask. >.<)
[X] talked to a stranger
[ ] hugged a stranger
[ ] kissed a stranger
[X] rode in the car with a stranger 
[ ] been harassed
[X] been verbally harassed
TOTAL: 37

[ ] met face-to-face with someone you met online
[X] stayed online for 5+ hours straight
[X] talked on the phone for more than 4 hours straight
[X] watched TV for 5 hours straight
[X] been to a fair
[ ] been called a bad influence
[ ] drank and drove
[X] prank-called someone
[X] laid on a couch with someone of the opposite sex
[ ] cheated on a test 
TOTAL: 43

If you have 00-10 ... write [I'm a goody-goody]
If you have 11-20 ... write [I'm still a goody-goody]
If you have 21-30 ... write [I'm average]
If you have 31-40 ... write [I'm a bad kid]
If you have 41-50 ... write [I'm a very bad influence]
If you have 51-60 ... write [I'm a horrible person]
If you have 61-70 ... write [I should be in jail]
If you have 71-80 ... write [I should be dead]
If you have 81-90 ... write [I got a ticket to Hell]

*coughs awkwardly into hand*

You know that moment where everything is going good on the day before Thanksgiving? Where all the prepping is going smoothly, and everyone is working together, and the bitch of the house(in this case, Hannah) is actually a nice person and helps out, but then the bitch-of-the-day decides to be bitch-ish and snaps as the resident bitch, causing everything to go to hell?

Well, that just happened. ^^ And I was, once again, caught in the crossfire.

Wow. I feel like the only times I make a journal post is when my sisters do something horrible and/or bitchy to me. *sigh* I just... Everything was going SO well. We had almost everything ready for tomorrow except for the can't-make-a-day-early-or-else-it'll-turn-out-bad, I actually did something significant to help, my sisters(minus Beth, but she wasn't home at the time) were being nice and we weren't fighting(well, define fighting), my mom wasn't stressed as hell, and Bekki wasn't here to make 'accidental' comments about things that make us all want to slap her.

And then Beth loses it and now Hannah's off moping(Note: When Hannah mopes, she goes to play one of her M-rated games and turns the volume all the way up so that it bothers EVERYONE ELSE), and I feel tense and I just want to smother Beth with a pillow because she's STILL silently bitching. Seriously. She couldn't hold her tongue THIS ONE MOMENT? All Hannah said was "Yeah, you can move my yarn wherever." and she decides to go off? ARELJGNLWRKGN

Oh, and I forgot to mention last time, but I've kinda taken a "Don't Lie" vow to myself. Yeah, I still sometimes lie about not snitching food from the prep or about scooping the litter boxes, but the real big stuff I try not to lie about.

Yeah, so, Happy Rant-Post everyone! And have a better-than-mine Thanksgiving, if you even celebrate it.