From the Edge of Reality

I will not be returning to school next semester.

Instead I'm opting to finish High School online using the funds my godmother has been sending me for education. Maybe she intended them for college, but with my sleep disorder it's unlikely I'm going to make it through highschool unless something changes. This set up will give me more free time and I might even graduate early. I could even get a job and finish studying for my driver's license.

So I'll probably be on a lot more starting the week after next. I'll probably be a bit busy studying for Finals and for some Credit-By-Exams, but school lets out week after next and then I'll be free.

I have to say, that as much as I love my school, it's a huge relief.

YES!

NOW TO PASS OUT!

Also:

84 wordsSpeed test

I am at 800 words every 15 minutes in Write or Die. I'm probably going to keep this up until I pass out. I am almost to 20,000 words, but I refuse to acknowledge defeat.

I will win, or pass out trying.

Give me your encouragement.

I need it.

And coffee

Mr Watterson wants us to have a list of books we've read before the AP Test. I wonder if I can even manage that. I'm reading a new book practically every week.

I just finished 'Through Violet Eyes' by Stephen Woodworth. It made me smile at times because the mediums in my NaNoWriMo novel have violet eyes too. It's quite a good book, and I do so love a good mystery novel, especially when supernatural elements come into play.

Week's been normal, otherwise. Usual whirlwind of medicated teenage hormones. Caused me to get sick a bit earlier this week.

And today is my baby brother's twelfth Birthday... No. Cannot be happening.

Medication is regulated, my mood is back up to annoyingly optimistic, the guy I've liked for three years has finally told me he likes me (though he has a girlfriend, it's okay, I've waited three years and I can wait a little longer), I raised money for charity on halloween night, got home at 3:30 AM and only had a single sip of alcohol (it was cold, we were waiting around doing nothing and I was curious). My brother ditched me, so I didn't dress as Persephone, I just dressed as a gypsy (I was helping Lauren at the Gypsy camp at Scare for a Cure).

It's so great to not be depressed anymore. Glad mum took me out of that horrid group counseling program, though it was nice to meet the other girls, and now I've made more friends!

Had Roleplay club today. Peter, Lyndon, I'm never letting you guys make me my character ever again. I can't believe you gave me four strength. I have to roll max damage to do half damage now!

But my fanfiction is getting popular. I havel ike 115 reviews and I've never even dreamed of getting fifty before! I feel so amazed and flattered about this...

I haven't fallen behind in NaNoWriMo yet, and the nine year old side MC is friggin adorable, I just want to hug him. Poor little guy... I almost feel bad that his beloved sister had to be kidnapped for the plot's sake. But that's kinda the key factor that starts the entire chain of events.

I've finally come up with a NaNoWriMo plot for this year. It's about ghosts, because I can't seem to manage anything else right now, but I kinda like the plotline. The basic idea is that there is this missing girl who is a seer and a medium, and a telekinetic girl and her friends have to find her. The missing girl's best friend/love interest has the ability to project his spirit out of his body, but he's in a coma, which turned his spirit part-way into a ghost, and he's slowly weakening because his spirit was grounded by the missing girl, so he's trying to help the telekinetic girl find the missing girl, except he has that little problem of nobody can see him.

So here is a little drabble I wrote that won't appear in the story, because I was feeling a bit inspired.

I've been drawing for years, why is it that I only noticed NOW that I mimic the expression that I am drawing?

Also, I am full of rage today. I want to maim or maul this one kid, who annoys me in good fun every day but is oddly annoying today. Shredding paper is not satisfying enough.

I finally passed the Chemistry Credit by Exam!

This means that I finally have played the Sims 3 game I bought ages ago and was grounded from playing.

So far, I have three games going. One standard sims game, one involving several school friends and myself (and their quest to take over the world in different ways while living in the same house), and my personal favorite...

My Danny Phantom characters game.

Danny Fenton has become a playable ghost.

He has white hair now.

XDDDD

MY COMPUTER WORKS AGAIN!

IT WAS THE SOUND CARD THAT WAS KILLING MY COMPUTER.

YAY!

My computer still refuses to function, so while I have been sneaking onto the downstairs computer when possible, I still have rather limited time. As soon as I find my copy of photoshop, I will dedicate what little time I have to art.

School has gone well enough. I have been sick three days, but I missed nothing vital. My schedule this year is AP English, Drawing III, AP U.S. History, Japanese III, Pre-AP Physics, Dance I, and then Pre-AP Algebra II. Next semester, instead of dance, I have literart magazine.

As part of my new resolution to be more confident and active, I auditioned for one of the school plays. Obviously, in the face of the talent of the theatre majors, I didn't make it in, but I am proud that I tried. It probably would have been too hectic at the moment at any rate. Instead I'm going to join the rock climbing club, and Lyndon has decided that we are to start a roleplay club in order to be allowed to advertise. We are only one step away from official club status.

I have much homework, and too many binders. I have also come to one simple conclusion:

Textbooks are too heavy to exist, they should be banned before my backpack breaks.

Sending me My Immortal quotes while I'm attempting to write a horribly boring essay about a horribly boring book is not very nice! If you weren't so awesome, Sierra, I would be angry right now! My Immortal is worse than Twilight, and that's saying something! I have no idea how much mind bleach with will take to rid myself of those foul memories!

I still have... about a quarter of a page of essay left to write. But it's double spaced.

School starts tomorrow. I hope I actually have classes with people this year.

I have yet to have a single class with Peter...

So yesterday was the plane ride. Not too much trouble, aside from me not knowing what to do. But I got on alright. I met up with grandfather after I got off the plane in Houston, and we got on the plane for Florida. Grandfather got carsick, but surprisingly, I was fine... I got carsick on the car ride to my aunt's house, though. I guess I'm more of an air and water person than a ground person. I did get a little dizzy on the plane when it was changing altitude, but I always get dizzy on elevators too.

So I got to my Aunt's house and hung out with my cousins a bit, and went swimming. I went to sleep aroiund 11, but woke up at 5 because of grandfather's tv. After it went off, I fell back asleep... Until 12...

I hung out with the older of my cousins, Madison, who is seven, until her five year old brother came back. My aunt took me and Grandfather to walmart, best buy, a discount clothing store, and JCPenny...

I found a pair of comfortable sandals after the revelation that I'm not really supposed to be wearing adult shoes...

I wear a five in (older) kids. The ones right below adult shoes... That made it much easier to find sandals, because people insist on giving women high heels all the time. Actually, I bought boy's shoes... Girl's sandals tend to look pretty but be a pain to wear. I just wanted some comfortable shoes that wouldn't be too hot.

... So yeah, my feet are small enough to fit into childrens shoes. How sad is that?

Anyway, I helped Maddy read the first three pages of Matilda and then read a few chapters to her and Tanner. We had dinner, showered, I read them another chapter, and now everyone is going to bed.

So ends day one of my week in florida.



It was really interesting, though, to see all of the inherited traits in the family. You see, everyone related to grandfather has a red birthmark on their forhead. My brother and cousin Tanner both have two hairwhorls, and they stick their tongues out during sibling fights. :)

Since parareality mentioned Harry Potter and Slayers crossovers and vanishing cabinets in a comment... I ended up finally getting around to writing a crossover with Slayers.

So this is totally all parareality 's fault, not mine. :P

Not much Slayers in this part, but there will be!

Title: Of Broken Teleporters
Pairings: (HP) Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione. (Slayers) Zelgadis/Amelia, Lina/Gourry.
Spoilers: Up to book 6 of Harry Potter, up to Evolution-R for Slayers.
Summary: While trying to destroy the vanishing cabinet, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny end up in a forest in the middle of a totally different world, with no idea how to get back.( Perhaps Draco didn't fix it properly? )

Yes, I beat Persona 4 (Both the bad and normal endings). I had maxed out social links with the entire party except Naoto (who is a pain to befriend, D: I'd had maxed knowledge for AGES but the courage? That took forever) and Chie (who is always on the roof so I keep forgetting about her). I ended up beating the boss with Kanji, Teddie, and Naoto in my party... not because they were particularly good in the bossfight, but because I'd been neglecting Chie, Teddie was better at healing than Yukiko, and I left Yosuke behind too often... Naoto still died almost as much as Yukiko, but not quite as often... That silly detective needs more powerful single target spells, it's SUCH a waste of spirit points to use the almighty spells on the boss.

Actually, mum was trying to kick me off the PS2 for bed during the 'final' boss. I told her "Just give me like two minutes, I'll probably die again. I haven't level ground enough and I'm playing on expert." and then she came back several minutes later to complain that I was still on...

My response: "Well, I thought I was going to die... and then I didn't... I think I'm going to win in a few minutes."

I always forget to level grind. I keep spending all my time on social links, and then I totally neglect the optional dungeons. But I started a second runthrough, so I should be able to manage both, because I won't need to spend INSANE AMOUNTS OF TIME on upping my stats... Friggin diligence. I still haven't maxed it out yet, but luckily it's only needed for finishing that bowl of meat in Aiya and for fishing.

I'm going with Kou for strength and Ayane for Sun this runthrough, and having insane amounts of money, access to overpowered persona, and the beginner level (I beat the game already, I'm NOT going through that again on expert) makes winning the game soooo much easier. I'm already to Kanji's dungeon.

And I'm thinking of starting on Tales of the Abyss tonight. Though I'm not sure I'll have time...

See, I'm going to florida to visit my aunt for a week starting on saturday. And then like as soon as I get back, I'm apparently going somewhere with my dad... Argh... So tiiired. (But hey! This might be my chance to FINALLY see Disneyworld!) Mum needs to take me to buy a swimsuit, because my extreme dislike of sunlight and skimpy clothes mean I really haven't bought a new one in a while, and the one I had for vacation got ruined in the wash.

Oh! And my stepsiblings dad called for mum today. It took me a few moments to focus when I heard his very, very strong british accent over the phone and then I was like "Oh! OF COURSE!" I haven't heard from him for a while, so that was nice. Pity mum is currently with my brother at football practice... Hmm... I think Connor left watermelon downstairs...

ANYWAY! I actually have the sketches for those pictures I owe mostly done... Now I just need my computer to work again! I'm thinking of begging someone to take it to a shop, because I tried uninstalling things, system restore, and then ANOTHER system restore and still nothing! GRRRR... I miss my tablet and photoshop! T_T

So camp was, to put it simply... Completely exhausting. Monday involved a lot of running around, copying schedules, and making puzzles with adorable children. Tuesday was... A bad time... And I stayed home because of agonizing pain. Wedmesday was bowling after classes, and all the teachers were completely relieved to see me. Apparently, I'm a calming person to be around... Erin and I didn't bowl, but instead talked to an upset kid who wanted to go home, and we cheered him up. Thursday was a museum, and I completwly exhausted myself by patroling several floors...

Friday was the 'feast'. My new secretary dressed as a dementor and visited the class that was doing patronuses. Meanwhile, we gave points and last year's 'headmistress''s daughter ended up sitting in my lap while in the astronomy dome because the noise of the setup for the feast was scaring her. She also sat on my lap while the kids watched a movie...

We also got rewards. The prefects each got 5 dollar giftcards to halfprice books. I got two of them, a deathly hallows necklace, and Andi gave me a portable easle and a case of various paints that she didn't use.

At this point, I'm about to go to bed, Lauren has gone home, and it's not even nine yet but I'm about to pass out.

You know, I've been mostly fine for weeks. Which is odd for me, because I'm always sick with something or another. Sure, I had a fever for a day or two a week back, but it wasn't too bad.

Of course, I would wake up the morning of something I've been looking forward to all year with a temperature of around 99.5... at a time when my temperature is usually close to 97... My throat feels iffy and I have a slight cough... Luckily, it's not too bad, so I should be able to work, still, as long as I don't run around too much.

On the bright side, all the banners are complete. I've just got to wait for the paint to dry on Slytherin's banner.
 

Guess who decided to volunteer to make brand new banners for camp this year?

If you guessed me, then you would be right. I decided "Hey, Allegra, instead of me going over the old banners every year, how about I make new ones?" Her response was along the lines of "Sure, Luna, if it's not too much trouble."

I probably wouldn't havw been, if I hadn't accidentally used the super elaborate version.

Here's the mostly-finished gryffindor banner that I've been slaving away on. Still need to do the outlines and the actual house name, but I'm stupidly proud of it, considering I don't paint.

And, of course, going over the old banners every year is both my job and a pain, so it will probably be worth it in the end.




Edit: ...

You know, if I had slept at all within the last twenty hours, I would have realized beforehand that painting in my room, on my carpet, was a bad idea.

On the bright side...

How many people have gryffindor crest shaped stains on their carpets?

I found my paints! I had been looking EVERYWHERE for my paints ever since mum moved them, and I finally found them! Not just my acrylic paints, but also my missing watercolors! FINALLY I CAN PRACTICE PAINTING!

I'm absolutely dreadful at painting, as Lyndon knows quite well... (He said I was killing the paintbrush when we did watercolors in art class...) but I wanted to practice, which... was made difficult by mum's cleaning attempts, which never fail to make my stuff impossible to find. But yay! Now I can finish the banners for pottercamp, and hey, maybe I can even get some watercolor practice in!

Also... In an attempt to stay awake longer to fix my schedule, I sewed some more, despite the pain in my fingers. I have now hemmed the sleeves and am almost finished hemming the bottom. After that, all I need to do is add the hood-thingy and sew up the sides. I think it's turning out quite well, especially considering that I've never used a pattern in my life and I'm making this robe with only my own vague knowledge of clothing...

Well, at least I'm definitely getting better. Mum says so too.

Persona helps you to learn random facts! Did you know that the male platypus has poisonous claws? I find it very interesting all the random, educational things you learn from that game. It's also a pain sometimes. But Souji (Yeah, I used the manga name) currently is top in his class, his expression has (finally) been maxed so that he could continue socializing with Nanako, and he is close to maximizing his understanding (so I can get the tutoring job). Eri and Yumi have maxed out social links, though... I ended up rejecting Yumi's love confession, because I'd set my sights on Rise, who is now going out with Souji (and she's at social link 8). I still need to become closer friends with the rest of the party, but I'm worried that Yukiko is going to end up confessing to me or something... Oh well... Time to beat Naoto's part of things.

Connor has started playing Persona 4 as well, though he is playing on the beginner difficulty, and he's already decided that Yukiko is hot. It'll be interesting to see the differences. He also insists that only one save file is necessary, unlike my five save files. Oh well.

My robe for Harry Potter Camp is almost ready. The sleeves are sewn on and ready, and it's been pinned, so I just need to hem it now. My fingers look all discolored from constantly poking myself. Why don't I ever use that darn sewing machine? I would save myself so much pain... On the bright side, my hand sewing is getting very neat and even now from all the practice.

Now time to stop typing, because my fingers are killing me. I've pricked myself so many times today... And my back hurts too. D: And I've still gotta study for my chemistry credit by exam and I've got to make the banners for the house tables. T_T

The internet decided to be fast today on the downstairs computer, so I'm hurriedly checking email and such before I go to bed.

I've been playing Persona 4 obsessively, as one might have guessed from my cell phone entries... Since I can't play Diablo in the morning while my computer is being mean, I've been trying to beat Persona 4. I've actually played through the first dungeon twice, because I realized right after saving Yukiko that I had been playing on a normal setting. I quickly switched memory cards and switched to an expert file, because I don't ever play anything less than the hardest available difficulty (It's a pride issue). I am now on the fourth dungeon, the video-game theme one, which is pretty awesome, though I'm only on the second floor (I decided to go level grind in Rise's dungeon). I finally have a love-interest for my character, because I am thoroughly uninterested in being anything but friends with Yukiko or Chie, but I do like Rise. Kanji continues to be my favorite character, though... I mean, a punk gang-type guy who sews bunnies for small children and beats up biker gangs if they're too noisy for his mum to sleep? Kanji is just plain awesome, and his weapons are hilarious.

I saw the latest Harry Potter movie on sunday. It was well enough, I suppose. I'm at the point where I can deal if it's not exactly like the book. The hilarious thing though, was that my brother was complaining that Ginny and Harry weren't getting enough screentime, while I was miffed about the lack of epic battling going on towards the end. I suppose my brother and me must compensate for the other in some matters... Connor fangirls about romance if I'm too busy with the battle. It has gotten me psyched for Harry Potter camp next week (Yes, I AM that geeky) I need to perfect my Luna act, and I'm sewing a new robe... By hand, because I have this strange irrational hatred of my mum's old, cruddy sewing machine. My fingers hurt.

There are going to be less kids at camp this year. At the safety meeting, our new 'headmistress' was saying "We have about fifty students this year, instead of the seventy or so last year-" and I blurted out "Eighty-two." and everyone looked at me and started laughing.

I've been recruited for house-banner duty again this year. I'm going to try to make cloth ones this year, so we don't have to go over the old ones with oil pastel every year (which has been my  job for the last two, because after the person who made them left, that leaves me as the most artistic.) I am going to be SO TIRED next week, because an incident two years ago when our mcgonagall dropped a can of beans on her foot and caused the prefects to take charge ended up with me being Head Girl every year. Yay me, I get to look after the prefects AND the kids. And our technology expert isn't staying in the afternoons this year! What are we going to do without him?!

Okay, time to watch FMA and go to bed before my brain IMPLODES! YAY LING AND MEI!

Edit: *Sniff* Animation makes these episodes just that much more tragic!