Saved By Grace's comments (member since Sep 30, 2008)

Saved By Grace's comments from the College Students! group.

Good luck with your Thesis, Lori!
Just try and not freak out. Though my saying that probably didn't help much ... um ... well yeah.

So, I got my brother's computer 'early'. Because he wiped the memory and all early and just gave it to me, mom will get the money out of my bank account tomorrow and give it to him, and it'll be officially my computer.
I'm super happy and grateful to him but at the same time kind of peeved because I went and did a bunch of stuff to kind of personalize it. And one of those things was to download the game I really like, but unfortunately as most online games seem to go, there are a couple images of female avatars to show what the characters look like and all. He said she looked like a hooker; and deleted/stopped the downloading (you thought I wouldn't notice? Yes, mi hermano, I had hoped, because I knew what your reaction would be). I disagree. Her outfit was a bit lowcut but ... unfortunately that's kinda the standard for marketing, it doesn't mean the GAME is actually awful. I enjoy the game. I just wish they had better/less 'revealing' clothes for the female avatars.
I just kinda hate that everyone in this family makes it seem like mmorpgs are of the Devil. >.>


Heh. Anyhow. Positive positive positive. :)

That's great! :D
I love cameras ... ^_^

Awesome! :D
That's really cool, Barbara.
My good news is more about hope/faith/believing that something good will happen. After a long while of applying everywhere I possibly could in my town, I moved on to the 'town next door' so to speak and applied at a hospital. Several people I listed as references have been getting a letter type thing from the hospital, so there's a high possibility I may have an interview soon. :)

My other hopeful good news is that I may actually get to buy my brother's laptop and so finally not have to share this one with five other people. My mom of course will be happiest since it'll be one less person taking over her computer. She's of course, very concerned that I wait until he actually buys another computer so HE doesn't have to use hers, and also that I get a job before I buy the laptop because I have very, very little $ left to pay off the monthly loan bill.

But yeah. Hoping and believing. :)
Although I do feel very ... well, guilty. Guilty and sad that having a laptop means so much more to me than it aught to.

XD
is like ... a superhappy-smiling/laughing face. Like 'that's funny'
or 'lol'
except a 'face'

XD

LOL... it sounds like the books you read and the movies you watch are sneaking into your dreams.

Well ... not exactly. Matt Damon and Vin Diesel happen to be two of my favorite actors ever. And Vin Diesel's Chronicles of Riddick movie is the one which inspired me to write 4 stories that began with a man similar to Riddick.
Let's just say I always dream stuff like that. :)

Too bad I can't remember them lately; I especially hate it that pretty much every time now, someone in my dream will start to say something important, or it'll get really awesome and then--my alarm clock goes off or someone wakes me up. And all I can remember is it was about to get awesome.

Don't y'all hate it when that happens?

I also have had a few dreams where everything will be completely random but in the midst of it there'll be one sentence that makes sense, or everything'll be symbolic--God telling me stuff. Which is always really cool.

Ariana--yeah I hate that, I've had that dream a few times. Can you feel them not being there? That's what happened to me and I woke up freaking out and then so, so grateful it was only a dream.

Unfortunately it seems of late I cannot remember my dreams. However, I did write down all the interesting ones I could remember a while ago.

1) Over a few months I had six or so dreams with tornadoes in them (two or more, even)
2) Now in just about every dream I can use the Force, sing beautifully with amazing lyrics I cannot remember when I wake up (sadly), dance, or fly. :P
3) I've had a lot of dreams where celebrities were my dads--Crocodile Dundee-once and was the best 'dad' we went on adventures and kicked bad guy arse, Jason Bourne/Matt Damon-twice, Vin Diesel-3 times I think he was my dad.

Oh and in the last dream during which Jason Bourne was my dad and he'd gotten lost after we attempted a rescue mission of some kids, Stephenie Meyer's face appeared in the clouds (because there was her/Bella's house and people were touring it). I was yelling at her about her whole Midnight Sun episode and telling her to grow up and just publish it already and stop milking people for money and some other stuff I can't quite remember. And then I realized I was sitting on caterpillar poop, and woke up.

Nano! :D
This is my first year, so far I've typed a little over 11k and my plot has not appeared yet.

Not exactly, though. I did a similar thing in a group I'm a mod of, I'm still getting replies and it was a while ago; and not only that ... but the only people who replied, the only 'answer' I got of any sort was from more active people. We have over four hundred members in my group, and I stopped deleting un-active ones because I had to do it one by one and those who never replied-most of them-I'm not sure of. It's very confusing.

So I guess I'm saying that method isn't as effective as anyone would hope. But maybe the people in this group will reply. :)

I discovered Perfect World Online ... it took literally a day to download but that's because my laptop was like 8 years old (but now it's trash and I use mom's).
I loved it. ^^
Mostly because of the amazing graphics though mine were set to the lowest, and the creatures they created and how you were able to chat with other players and stuff. I made some great friends.

I'm just really into games with out-of-this-world worlds and creatures and graphics, I love seeing the product of people's creativity like that, it's awesome.
...
which is probably why I love just staring at screenshots and marveling at how cool a game is. >.<

Well ... it may be just my brothers being brothers, but basically they think because I'm female I'm weak and that females in general, except for in movies, are incapable of fighting/defending themselves.

And also because I'm a girl, I should do the cooking. They're always asking me/telling me to make something for them when they could just as easily do it themselves. And not only do I hate cooking, I'm not good at it!
Simple stuff. But it irritates me nonetheless. >.>

I just changed mine for NaNoWriMo. ^^

Oooh ... yeah. I love lots of stuff about Fall too. But mostly just the scenery. Here, a feast for your eyes, taken by me last Fall. :D

Yeah, I heard about it a while ago. I know I couldn't handle it, but I'm not her. I just ... it's conflicting. On the one hand, it's 2 years (right?) by herself and she's only 13/14.
On the other hand, I think we're way overprotective; and in this age tend to think of younger kids as totally fragile and incapable of protecting themselves and withstanding harsh situations and other stuff--thus not enabling to take chances that would challenge them and everything.

I don't know how to explain it. One part of me says yeah it's a huge risk going sailing around the world, especially since she'll be ALONE and the other part of me says them blocking her from going and social workers 'fighting' to prevent it is stupid.
Just because someone's young doesn't mean they're incompetent and unable to do something like she wants to.

I think she was joking?... :P

Yeah, I'm feeling the same way, Kimberly, except slowly but surely I'm feeling slightly more included in things. Because I've been back from college for a while now and going to crews, so even if we don't do anything, I don't feel out of it so much.

But yeah. What both of them said.

I've always been afraid that people would read my journals, because over the years they've gotten really personal.
I think my brothers read a few pages once, but that was it. Mostly now they're about whatever comes to mind, and how my day has gone. I do realize I've been writing them as though someone may find them some day, or kind of like Anne Frank's. Except it's ironic because I start each entry with 'Dear God,' and end it with '<3 (my name)' and I'd never actually want anyone to read any of them unless I said so. I have actually read parts of my current journal to my parents and other people, on occasion.

Otherwise, no one but me is to ever read them. >.>

I was just confused.

:D
Congrats. :)

Oh yeah, I am sooo excited too! I can't wait to see The Princess and the Frog.

Nonetheless

(because there were no red squiggly lines under it)

No, I haven't heard of it I don't think. What's it about?