...to the point I'm creating an Amazon wishlist full of 'em in hopes that I get them for my birthday. Seriously. Just a wishlist dedicated to the books :D

http://amzn.com/w/2NH9SM6N2VXCJ

For those who haven't been exactly following me on Twitter and Tumblr and aren't facebook friends with me:

SILVER AND I GOT MARRIED YESTERDAY AT THE HOOVER DAM!!!!

So happy!!! :D

Still have not finished the game because:
( lots of issues! SPOILERS SPOILERS STOP DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THE GAME COMPLETELY!!! )

Now my transparent bits for my layout is broken ;_; I can't fix it because I don't have the css code which I got from Nova, arrrgh.


ETA: EAT IT, LIVEJOURNAL.

Fixed the damn thing.

At least this should force me to draw more often.

Pictures under LJ cut.
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*coughs*

Kaidan Alenko.

ETA: HEY, I'M A MORON. I READ THE QUESTION AS BOYFRIEND. Anyone from Mass Effect except for the Batarians (they hate everyone), Kai Leung (asshole), Udina (asshole), that reporter with long name (basically a twit)...

I'd just really limit my choices to MGS: Snake, Raiden, Otacon, pretty much anyone who's guaranteed not to have a Compulsive Backstabbing Disorder (which LEAVES OCELOT OUT.) I really would not like to be friends with The Fury because he'd just set me on fire and turn into a burning face of doom

Year of Topcow and Mass Effect, apparently. (Oh, and Portal 2.)

Though, Mass Effect part is going stronger, I have relaxed on buying Topcow TPBs because of my unfinished bookcase.

Mass Effect has shown me that I can be a part of a major fandom and not be afraid of people.
Mass Effect has shown me that I can be a part of a major fandom and I can be accepted by my peers.
I have made a lot of awesome friends! :D (Granted, mostly Kaidan fans but still!)

I actually have been able to write fanfics and draw pictures again. (Though, of course, both artist's and writer's block quickly reared their ugly heads :P)

I want to thank Zaff (for buying me the first game) and Silver (who got me the second game) and Sion (who suggested I start playing the first game but I wouldn't be surprised if he regrets having said that.)


Speaking of Sion, I'm kind of a bit pissy with him because he has this casual fan stance and bitched at me to the extent of "Please don't ruin the comics for me." I was taken aback at that because I've never gotten such a vicious comment like that. (I consider it vicious because how the hell can you be the person who gets me into a series that I like right off then act like everything I touch is poison. He's welcome to contest this, but that was how I felt.)

Which is why I barely mention Topcow except in tweets when I'm randomly commenting on having read a recent comic without spoiling. ("Just read Artifacts #10, that was awesome!")

Seriously though, I've seen weird shit in Mass Effect fandom and you know what? DIDN'T RUIN THE GAMES FOR ME. (A random manga-style picture of FemShep breastfeeding a bunch of Krogan babies, FOR EXAMPLE. People were disturbed by it enough to keep claiming it was Kelly.)


2011 also saw my dad survive a crazy event. He was trying to help a woman stopped on a bridge during a very icy sleet in last week of February. Her car had veered and gotten stuck, Dad hopped out to help and I'm not sure what exactly happened, but he couldn't get back in his truck (locked) ... and there was an coming car that was veering towards them. The woman was able to get out of the way but my dad's options was limited and he chose to jump.

The bridge was roughly 20-25 foot drop.

He landed on the sand and thanks to his coat being padded with down, he was able to survive the fall. I didn't get the message -- I had been at a bar with my sister and friends, celebrating the fact that my best friend finally came back to Wichita after so many years of being gone (like 12 years.) My sister and I immediately cleared the hell out and I apologized to my friends about needing to leave.

The wait sucked. My phone died.

Finally, we got to see dad and he was in considerably bad shape but hell, he didn't have any MAJOR life threatening injuries and I think we got more of the full story?

Right now, he's doing so much better and I think he has completely healed from all of his injuries -- building me the bookcase has been something of a therapy for him considering he usually has summer projects but due to the injuries not being 100% healed, he wasn't able to get it finished in 2011.

That's okay, the best part of 2011 is that my dad survived the jump from the bridge.

Tonberry got me Arkham Asylum because he was all "WHY DO YOU HAVE PEGGLE NIGHTS ON YOUR WISHLIST?!"

I know that Zaff is currently working on a Shenko picture for me but I did tell her to take her time for me. :3 (I think she was also stressing out about trying to get a picture for another person done in time, hence why I wanted her to take her time. When it's ready, it's ready. :D ... like she was telling me with the scarf I knit for her but GOD I AM SO HAPPY I GOT IT DONE FOR HER. 'cause it's a badass N7 scarf like yo)


...and I apparently got sinus infection last week of 2011. Hooray, still sick right now >_< (already on antibotics.) I'd complain about how lame it is to be sick first week in 2012 but uh, well, if I get sick in March, I think I would definitely be more miffed since I already have vaction time scheduled for that month for both Mass Effect 3 and possible Las Vegas trip.

I'm only partially miffed about the sinus infection because I haven't really relaxed during my time off from work because I have been hacking and suffering constant headaches x_X and having a headache at work isn't exactly fun, but I can bear because I WILL ENDURE.

• Spaceballs from Tabby <3


• Sam Flynn lightcycle USB stick from Scarab :D


• Hellsing v5 and v6 from Gelg! You are awesome.


• Dracula: Dead and Loving it from Mags (IT'S A MEL BROOKS CHRISTMAS.)


• Witcher 1 (steam) from Tam! Thank you!


• Duke Nukem Forever (steam) from Jared! This was a surprise XD


• Deus Ex Human Revolution DLCs (steam) from DesertBell (fellow Kaidan fangirl), thank you! (she later got me Alice: The Madness returns today! THANK YOU AGAIN :D)


• Humble Bundle 3 and Renegade Ops (steam) from Silver!

From Family:

• A new Sony LCD tv (mom hated my previous tv so much that she got me the new one and I gave my old tv to a neighbor because he had a really outdated tv and was so short on money. He was VERY happy with my old tv and that made me feel good.)


• Two Rick Riordan books (the author of Percy Jackson series which I really liked): The Throne of Fire (second book in Kane Chronicles. I don't even have the first, oops) and The Son of Neptune (I do have the first book in this series: The Heroes of Olympus -- something of a sequel to Percy Jackson series)


• A small magnetic refrigerator calendar/note thingy


• Crayonla metallic color pencils (I admit I have a thing for metallic colors so you'll randomly find pens and pencils in metallic colors all over my house)


• A sparkly purple I <3 K-State shirt. (:D)


• Rest of the Harry Potter movies on blu-ray from my sister (Jen, I know that we fight like stupid sometimes and I get mad at you a lot, but this really does help me, thank you.)


• $25 Amazon gift card from Greg and Dawn.

Whoever got me Spaceballs (blu-ray), thank you very much! <3

*goes to go plaid*