I've been wanting a dog again lately, but there is the ever-present problem of paying for its upkeep. Because you know as soon as we get one, it'll break its leg or something.

So depressed lately too. I keep remembering every dumb thing I've done and it eats away at my happiness. Only Christmas spirit has kept me from plunging into utter despair.

We still have our expanded cable we aren't paying for, so I'm getting my non-money's worth by watching Animal Planet for hours on end. Soon they will probably take away the channels, but oh well.

Printed up my Christmas cards and I hate what they say inside. "Let it snow." It was all I could think of even after looking online for cool poems or holiday sayings and such. None of the stuff they had fit the tone of the card.
I did find this nice quote by Erma Bombeck of all people, and I like it: "There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child."

It's been all cold lately, reminding me that summer is close to being over and soon I will have to prepare for  fall and then the dearth that is winter.

I've even been fattening up for it. Like the other day I ate all this food, and today me and my man went to Denny's and I am stuffed to the brim with seasoned fries.

I've been watching the "Planet earth" documentaries on DVD and I stupidly decided to watch the "deep ocean" episode even though Underwater Things are one of my worst phobias. I was exposed to the sight of foot-long underwater pillbugs scuttling around on the ocean floor, snacking on a tuna carcass. GAH.
It's a really good series though. GO WATCH IT.

Also, got a new phone feature so I can e-mail myself my camera phone pictures. So that's good news.

That's all.

Gahh I am so frickin depressed. Scott's going away to Washington tomorrow, and I probably won't get to see him for months. No more brother. No more fun times. *Adds him to list of people who have abandoned me*

Watched Atlantis last night. Lovely artwork and cinematic effects in that movie. Plot SUCKS and is full of anachronisms and straight-out impossibilities.

Today, saw Stardust with siblings and Brian. A fun movie, reminded me of The Princess Bride in some ways. Plus, it had a cute mouse! And a unicorn.

Then, back at Kim and Amber's new apartment, we caught a bat! It was hunched in the corner, all dazed and scared looking. When I approached it with a bucket to catch it, he started screaming in his little bat voice and he bared his fangs at me. He had some scary teeth.
But then Scott managed to catch him and we took him outside. Scott says the bat flew off, which means he wasn't hurt too bad.

I'm so depressed. Blahhhhhhhhhh.

So today Scott comes over, and then Amber does too. We're all hungry so Scott and I go to the store to buy gryo stuff.
When we come back, one of my neighbors was crouching by the apartment door, poking at a crack in the sidewalk. She explains that she's lost her apartment key down the crack and can't get it out. So me and Scott try to help out and for a half hour we fish around in the concrete crevice. We had no luck, despite using a variety of tools to extract the key.
So we let her in to use my phone to call up apartment maintenance. And in the meantime, I must overcome my crippling social phobia and make some small talk until the key people arrive.

(In the meantime, my parents have come to whisk Briana away from her 3-night stay. It's weirdly lonesome in the house now. I had been used to having her here.)
Later, I'm talking to Amberose on instant messenger and she has a phone now, so she decided to call me up. It was weird. I haven't chatted on the phone in months, or maybe it's even been like a year.

On a side note, Amber brought me a new Sims expansion pack! Huzzah!

That's all.

Around noon me and Adam went to see the Simpsons Movie. It was pretty enjoyable. Then, he bought me a Cinnamon Melt from Smic. Plus, he had bought me carnations the night before, which I thought was very nice.
But then he had to go to work.

But then my siblings came! We sisters swimbled and had fun, and then we got food. I got a berry Icee thing from Burger King. Huzzah!

And then we assembled my new couch. Turns out, we need a new mattress for it. The new one is too poky to sit on.
Then Scott disassembled the old futon. That was nice of him.

So basically people were very nice to me today. I was kinda grouchy sometimes though....

That's all for now. Going to bed.

Gah, I don't even think I left the house today. Laaazy butt.

Finished my RP with Amberose today, so that was good, I guess. We plan to start a new one, a longer one. One with a plot.

Attempted to make a lovely picture with mixed colored pencil and paint, but it sucked big-time, and in despair I just threw it out. Will attempt another time with a new idea.

Also, I've been in the mood to write a pretty story, but nothing is coming to mind and I'm no good at writing anymore. I blame the Internet and my recent lack of attention span to read books.

Creepiness: I was eating a microwave panini thingie, and while I was eating it, a commercial for them came on! Not once, but twice, once for Lean Cuisine while I ate it, and a Stouffer's one right after I was done. Gosh sakes.

That's all for now.

So I stayed up til 1:30 in the afternoon, cleaned up some gerbil cages and went staggering to bed. This evening, my siblings call and wake me up to say they're coming over.

We went for a walk, and along the way see fireflies in abundance, and some sort of commotion involving a fire at an apartment building. The news crew was there and everything, but by the time we got home the news was over.
My feet still hurt.

Also, i find out that the couch is busted! One of the legs has mysteriously broken off and now it is saggy and uncomfortable. I don't want to buy a new couch. There are not enough moneys.

Art-wise, I've whipped up a batch of emoticons to use for my journal mood theme, but can't get it to work. Oh, well, I'll try again later. Making the emotes is fun in any case.

That's all for now.

Time to start keeping a diary *triumphant music*
I've decided to plop my musings here rather than on Myspace (due to the fact that I want this to be a daily update, and I doubt my acquaintances on said site want to deal with a daily blog update) or on Storm-Artists (slooooow site).

Today's thoughts on music: New Joy Electric album, "The Otherly Opus" is very good. Nice classic Joy E. Reminds me why I liked the band in the first place. "Ponderance Need Not Know" is downright lovely.
Listened to some Michael Card on Napster too, and it brought back some happy memories. I wish I subscribed to that site so I could have more music.

On my arts: Working on a picture for my IM friend Amber. It's over in my scraps at storm-artists, and anyone who wants to offer advice is encouraged to do so because I suck at digital coloring but I want this picture to rule. http://www.storm-artists.net/view/34730
I also made a picture of L that I'm somewhat pleased with, but since I'm no longer on dA it can't get the attention from L fangirls it deserves. Sigh. http://www.storm-artists.net/view/34624 (the mature content is for blood)

On the Internet: Having been banished from deviantART, you'd think I could cause no more trouble there. Not so. I posted a journal on Snark in dismay over an admin and it caused a small stir. I'm sure that comment woulda been noticed anyways, but still.... Yeah. I'm babbling.
Special shout-out to some awesome online friends: Draconicsoul, Amber, and ReallyAngry! I'm glad I'm better at making friends online than IRL.
Also, thanks to everyone who signed Draconicsoul's Un-Ban Arpie petition. I didn't even know anyone noticed me on that site. It was encouraging to see that people cared. And if you have any questions or thoughts regarding that particular incident, feel free to write and I'll answer.

Umm, that's all for now. Y'all can feel free to contact me here, on Storm-Artists (Arpie. storm-artists.net), or by email (chicken_nugget_with_ranch_sauce@hotmail.com)