The vids are out on Youtube.

Part one is here.

( bbl raging at how crappy it was )

otherwise good quality video I guess.

/icons.

And thank you eliarian bb for raging with me. It's 8 am I should go to bed, /headdesk

Also I've been iconing a lot of late. I wonder if I should actually try to run my own comm.

...

/lazy

derp.

/icon

( that one that everyone's doing )

...Yeaaaaah. probably tmi orz. o\;

And now.

( that other meme that everyone did 2 months ago about muse strength. 8|; )

;;;

asfkhjg I know I am late forever but.

First of all happy holidays to anyone who celebrate anything during this season. Because as someone who just celebrated her first Christmas this year, "merry Christmas" still has an awkward ring, OTL.

Second... ( This is where I rant about my computer troubles. Keep in mind that I've started ordering parts since SEPTEMBER, OTL )

What does that mean?

I have no fitting computer to even use PAINT on. Ever since I moved out I've been mooching off of my friend's old laptop that she rarely uses anymore, but the thing has... no power pack. It HAS to be plugged into a power outlet with a cord at ALL times when it's being used. But that's not the bigger issue - it has USB outlets, but no outlets for the old mouse with the green round outlets. Which is the one I have. My other roomies all have wireless mouse, which I find VERY awkward to work with, and any usb-port mouse's wires have been chewed through long ago by the cats.

So tl;dr... I'm sorry for all of you who requested MSPaint chibis. I'll do them! I'll get them done I swear, but... I have to wait more until my computer is completely put together. Which may... take some time yet, le sigh.

Sorry... /feels tiny and small and lame.

IN OTHER NEWS, THE RAFFLE! ...Only three people entered. So I'm saying 'eff this' and you're all getting a copy of Dragon Age PC. I just need to physically get the copies once work starts again in January and then take care of the shipping/keep them with me until I meet you face-to-face /stares at delusioland and rglaive. So my apologies again for the wait, but know that you're definitely getting the game.

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Christmas was fun. Roomie made... A LOT of food. And homg I love mashed potatoes because as an asian I NEVER get to eat those in my old place. *A* Got all my shopping done on Amazon on the Sunday before and gave everyone DS games, XD; Also got myself Star Ocean 4 bitches /o/ Gonna start playing that one soon. <3 Jen got me... Bathtubs products. Which confuse me greatly because I never, EVER take baths. Shower all the way. ...I guess I can use it, but I confess that the 'chocolate' essence theme... puts me off. Fruits? Sure. Flowers? Sure. Herbs? Sure. Cocoa candy chocolate? ........... It's the last scent I'd pick to wash myself with. OTL; Still, I'm grateful. The put-together christmas tree was pretty amazing and it was the first time living in a house with a tree with a huge pile of presents underneath, even if they don't really concern me.

EDIT: a-aajhfjkadfhjk another friend just gave me 4th Edition D&D Player's Hanbook 1 and 2. eeeeeeeep. /happy forever. /skips off flailing

So my apologies again people for not being able to get stuff done on the 25th ;-; I'LL DO IT AS SOON AS MY COMP MANAGES TO TURN ON! TOT;

I'm at work right now. Except instead of filling out checklists I'm testing this ONE game for save progression bugs and the like.

Level one is sort of hard but alright. I managed to beat it once with all my 3 lives.

LEVEL TWO IS IMPOSSIBLE. T_T

Which is why I'm tagging right now, hurr hurr. Feral I hope I'm not making any terribly fail mistakes with my Fateverse knowledge, OTL. I've STILL not played HF and am currently going off everything based on Fate/Zero, and... hopefully Gil doesn't sound like he's metagaming information too much. I just figured that. He'd know about all of this, since he asked Kirei to investigate and then report, and then Kirei became supervisor and they had an entire decade of time to kill, so... Gil would probably know all of this from him. ;;; Kariya WAS an interesting case and Zero!Gil drilled not-as-psycho!Kirei for his unconscious interest in the affair, after all. |D;;;

My roomies were putting up Christmas decorations last night, I was so confused - I'm very bad at Christmas since I've never celebrated it before. Your parents having a day off and inviting over all their azn friends for dinner does not count. I've never lived in a household with a Christmas tree before until now, so it feels really awkward.

/derp

/goes back to testing

/cries because she's been on the same game for like 3 shifts now this week - it's NOT a bad game, but holy cripes it was hard on the SEGA Genesis and it's still hard now - and this kind of game is NOT MEANT FOR A TOUCHSCREEN PHONE TYVM, DX

...I had more to say, but then I forgot.

._.

Blackberries and Sonic Ericsson are terrible. If you have one, you are a bad person and you should FEEL bad.

This also applies to Nokia phones, but Nokias = GODS comapred to Ericssons. Blackberries just take 5 years to load and are complicated as ****. :| /haets. Lae why you thought ripping off Blackberries was a good idea is beyond me. Give me a good Samsung or LG any day.

Also during the week I WAS going to remind everyone of the RAFFLE & XMAS REQUESTING HERE but with overtime and stuff I forgot. OTL;

So far I've only got two people who signed up/expressed interest; rglaive and iolites, for the PC version of Dragon Age: Origins if I recall correctly. If there's really no one else interested, then you guys are default winnars, but I'll just make a last shout-out to anyone else who may be interested - this Sunday's the closing date for realz.

...Also kinda hitting an RP slum, but I think most people on my f-list are. >_>; Me getting dieas for the weirdest of muses don't help, either... /babbles on to self

OTL

1. NEW LAYOUT/HEADER GETTO!1!1 ♥♥♥ WHY IS FATE/ZERO SO AWESOME.

...Do you even know what the moonspeak on it means, Ruki? >_>

Nope! I just found it on one of the older image sites I bookmarked and ajkrhgajkh Iri, Zero!Saber, Maiya, Zero!Gil and Kotomine? SOLD. Sides, Tokiomi ain't half bad himself, SO. /brb dorking about Fate/Zero forever, :Db

At least if you think it's hard to read, the comments page's custom style has been disabled? o/

2. TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PLAYED UMINEKO NO KAKU KORO NI

( ...A favor to you all, if I am not being a bother. )

3. IF YOU OWN A WII AND HAS YET TO GET POKEMON RUMBLE

BUY IT NOW. I stayed up until 4 in the morning playing it with roomies this morning and I got up at 7:30 for work today. :Db

Ugh bad day.

( Upset stomach and not working new computer parts? uuuugh. )

RANTING SET ASIDE! I think it's about time I bring back something I've been doing for two years straight now, ne? :3c So here it is!

RUKI'S CHRISTMAS REQUEST GIFTING '09 is back again, after Xmas 2007 and 2008. I actually wanted to put this up since November 25th to give myself a month, but f-fff. 8D;;;

As always, this is open to any and all people on my f-list! So please don't be shy and request away! o/ The request forms are as follow, just as they were from last year:

Form:

Request: Please list three (two min?), in order of your most favorite to the least favorite. For the sake of flexibility; I'll try to comply to your #1, but if it's not working out, it'll be nice if I had other options. ^_^; Variety is loved!

1. [Fandom] - [Character/s(1~3 max)] - [Prompt (optional)]
2. [Fandom] - [Character/s(1~3 max)] - [Prompt (optional)]
3. [Fandom] - [Character/s(1~3 max)] - [Prompt (optional)]

Media: Just as before.
+MSPaint Chibi - see examples from last year, or just the misc: kurisumasu tag of my journal; they're very dorky. :3c ...And will likely be done with a mouse. The reason why I was so eager to get my new comp set up is also because then I could use my tablet too, but looks like this'll take a while... /sigh
+Pencil sketch - a pretty big hit last year! ♥ ...Haven't drawn much this year, yes, but it's still around.
+Drabble - I draw more than I write, but I can still write. 8D; If this is a surprise to you, then maybe you would like to request a drabble to check it out?
+Iconing - No, I'm not that good, but I has some basic Photoshopping skills. 8D; It's still an option, though it goes without say that you will have to provide the picture. ^_^;

I'm not putting a limit to them because I never saw the need to, so please ask away! o/ It'll give me something constructive to do during the holidays, so I look forward to this, too!

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2. Since I just found out about this at my job recently... I am also holding a raffle contest this year. :3 For what?

I will be giving away 2 BRAND-NEW COPIES OF EITHER DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS/A SIMS GAME/SPORES CREATURES CREATOR to two lucky people on my f-list. 83. For either PC, XBox 360, or PS3, or idk - it's your choice - whatever that's out, obv. I am also aware that there's like 34986790 Sims game, so which one am I talking about? Why, any! Just let me know which one you're interested in, I'll then go check it out and confirm whether or not it's available. Odds are that it will be, so I could then jolt down your demand. So how does this work?

Please us the following format:

[The Game's full name] - [Console of choice]

That is all. I originally thought of just offering Dragon Age: Origins, which despite for its rushed release and numerous bugs, is EXTREMELY immersible and a HUGE change from the usual JRPGs I think many of us are so used to. But then again not eveyrone may be interested, so that's why I'm also including SPORE Creatures and The SIMS. Though to be honest I have no idea how many SIMS games there are and for which system they're for, so if you've got an eye for these, you'll be the one who has to give me the full name and console. ^_^;

And unlike the Xmas artsy requests, this is open until December 3rd - one week from today. Once the time is up, I'll tally the requests of all the people who expressed interest, and do a draw. The two people whose name and desired game come up will get their copy mailed as soon as possible. That is all. ♥

...So you're giving away 2 games? What's the catch, Ruki? :|a
Of course there is one. ...Two in this case, actually. 1. I was hoping that the gifts would get to their destination by Christmas, but it still takes my workplace a while to process the order, and with the holidays coming and all... I may receive the games myself anywhere from 2 weeks to a month from the day that I place the order. So... you'll have to be patient. ^_^; As for the second catch... Well, if you win, you will obviously have to let me know your home address, by either PMing me on LJ or sending me an e-mail, which is publicly displayed on my profile. ♥

...Why?
Because I've got some good discount. :|b So pick a good game like Dragon Age! I don't really have any good answers for that other than I want to give stuff. If you can accept that, then we're cool, but if not, um... You don't have to participate? >3>;;;

So that is all! ♥ I know a lot of people have finals these days, so good luck with that, but if you're interested and got a minute, please fill these out!

So about these Vesperia PS3 Anti-hero/villain costumes.

Is it just me or Judy looks WAY hotter in Richter's shirt than HE ever did? 8|a

A bunch of tl;dr trivia/useless information under the form of memes, yoinked from several friends such as manlidere, kyio, feral_phoenix and meowzy_chan! ... I think. I forgot the exact order. >_>;

Onto things no one really cares about! o/

1. ( The TMI meme )

2. A meme that's like...
( Did you know this about me? )

3. That meme that I'm not gonna cut since everyone does it.

1) Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/bands that you've had an obsessive fannish love or interest in at some time in your life.
2) Have your f-list guess your favourite character/member from each item.
3) When someone guesses correctly, strike through the item and put the name of your favorite character next to it.

1. Tales of Phantasia - Suzu Fujibayashi, feral_phoenix. One more, :|b
2. Tales of Destiny
3. Tales of Eternia - Farah Oersted // Reid Hershel, kurai007
4. Tales of Symphonia - Zelos Wilder, kurai007
5. Tales of Legendia - this may be a hard one. I want to hint but then it'll be too obvious - a cookie to whoever who gets this. :3c - Merines!Shirley. Dam you're guud, Krii. 8|b kurai007
6. Tales of the Abyss - Regret, kurai007
7. Tales of Vesperia - Judith, kurai007
8. Fire Emblem 7
9. Fire Emblem 8 - more than one. /o/
10. Fire Emblem 9
11. Fate/Zero - I adore so many but I'll put it here anyway. :|;
12. Fate/Stay - GiggleGilgamesh, feral_phoenix
13. Fate/Hollow
14. Shaman King - Hao Asakura, rglaive
15. Hunter X Hunter
16. Golden Sun
17. Persona 3 - Aigis, rglaive
18. Persona 4
19. Eternal Sonata
20. The World Ends With You - Joshua, kurai007

Ugh I often have a hard time picking favorites, but here goes. /o/ Yes some of them are GLARING OBVIOUS but as a friend has already said I am shallow k. :(

...Going to bed at 10:30 am is probably something I should just never do again but will end up repeating anyway, OTL

gdit neon_moment.

I REGRET NOTHING. (scroll down. Second half)

This. Is what happens. When three Servants who should fight each other to pretty much DEATH. End up living in pretty much the same house. And you just don't stop with your crack because Som is laladreamland. I swear to god you abuse it sometimes.

I promised myself I wasn't going to touch that thing until I get a good night's sleep. And then Aria was on AIM.

I HOPE YOU'RE PROUD OF YOURSELF.

Cause I sure fucking am.

.../sob

One thing I always awesomefaec'd about would be the fact that I like... Never, ever get sick. I get sore throats and runny noses maybe 3 times per year, but that's it.

...And while yes I did kind of just catch a common cold - I cannot remember the last time I had a fever for two days. Woke up both days with my hands and feet cold stiff while the rest of the body, throat and nasal areas and neck especially, super hot. Had to cancel from work today too, sob. I love my Sunday leads and now that I've started working with BREW phones, Sundays are the only day when I'll get to see my beloved J2ME again.

/cries

/brb popping more Advils

On the bright side I've been playing Munchkins with my friends. IT'S SO FUN WHEN YOU THROW DOWN EVERYTHING AT EVERYONE TRYING TO FUCK EVERYONE ELSE UP WHEN EVERYONE IS LEVEL 9.

Speaking of tabletop games, I've been in a campaign my roomie Tristan has set up on Thursday nights. Just that this time around, instead of being typical like I was and try to imitate a Tales character, I decided to try to make a character based on Fate- or loosely so.

WARLORD SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD CLASS FOR FSN SERVANTS. So I ask Tristan who's a DnD veteran, and he was like.

"For Warlord you have three branch-offs. Inspirational, Tactical, or Bravado. They're pretty much as they imply - Inspirational, is you inspire others with your cheers so they fight better. Tactical is you have such leet strategical planning that people follow you, and Bravado is like. You do shit so crazy that people go "holy crap the stuff this guy does are so crazy that he is AWESOME. LET'S FOLLOW HIM.""

And then he gave me a round-down of which stats you will need for those builds, but he's already said enough.

Inspirational?

RIDER CLASS ALEXANDER PLZ.

Tactical?

Beat me over the head if you will, but SABER CLASS ARTURIA MUCH?

And Bravado. LOL BRAVADO.

ARCHER CLASS GIL, KTHANKS. Except I'm pretty sure that he's so broken that trying to scale it down to DnD proportions would be impossible anyway.

In the end I ended up with a Tactical Warlord using a two-handed spear LOOSELY based off of Lancer. >_>;;; It's kind of sad that RPing characters in an actual tabletop RPG is more difficult than doing in it an online LJ game, >_>;;;

So yeah. I'm probably gonna put internet on the back burner until at least my fever subsides and I get better in general, orz. I probably caught this at work too, but I'd honestly scoff if anyone dares to suggest it's Swine Flu - people at work and everyone are paranoid enough as is already. So fffff that.

EDIT: I was actually in an okay mood despite being sick. But then I got another email from dad trying to guilt trip me that the only reason they came to Canada is for me. STFU plz. I don't want to reply to it at all now, though. Gdit I hate my folks so much. =_=

So.

I went to bed at 4am this morning not because of the Halloween party, sad enough, but because I restarted Fire Emblem. I finished Lyn - Hard and began on Hector - Hard.

I have work at 8:30 this morning like it has been for every Sunday of my life for a while now. I should be out by 7:35 to catch my bus - just in case there's another one at 7:40.

I miss both, for the first time.

...Kay, let's take it to the other direction. If my calculations are correct, the 54 will take me to the other terminus at 8:16 (that's what the printed schedule says, too). Then catch the 45 at 8:17 to the Island, and walk. I should be late by 10 mins or so tops?

Cool. I'm usually 10 mins early, so I'm sure my lead will understand.

Except at the other Terminus for some reason the 45 did not pass even if when I got there the Terminus clock said 8:15. So I had to wait in the cold until 8:32.

...Alright. This is the first time I walk to work from this station, but I've done it once (albeit from work to station and not the other way around) before. Let's see...

/gets lost for 5+ minutes

...

Fuck this I'm hungry.

/wastes another 5 mins or so choosing food (I ended up with a cinnamon apple bun. It was good. yum.)

/gets there at 9:10

/calls my Lead.

"...I'm sorry for being late. My bus screwed me over, actually, and when I tried to call, the answering machine for the company kept picking up..."

"Oh, I see.

...

Did you enjoy that extra hour of sleep?"

"...wat"

What are you talking about. I slept even LESS than usual because I'm dumb and can't sort my priorities. 3 hours? I'll probably pass out at my desk later unless I down 4679870 coffee. Thank god there's free coffee at work.

"? Well, you're quite as bit early, actually. Daylight saving hours. :Db"

"...... ...... ...... ......

So you're telling me it's 8:10am now and not 9:10 am?"

"Yeah :D"

"... /brb getting two coffees."

FML.





New neat tagging system 'borrowed' from expletives, All Rights Reserved. (c)

( Monday morning was the most terrible one I've had all my LIFE. )

( And the rest of the day was pretty terrible too. /fails more )

My photo project is apparently due this Thursday. I spent two hours at the dark room today and only finished the contact print. I have 6 more prints to make, and an essay to format. The sculpture is due next Tuesday. I still have a wooden key to cut and sand and paint, and the door to finish. The chain links need to be glued together, all the other spare pieces need to just be PUT TOGETHER, I may need to cut out and make a display stand for it, and that should at least be 6 hours more of work on that. /babbles on school things no one understands

FML.

GDMIT LABOR DAY.

1. ( Work - mostly venting, orz. )

2. ( UNLIMITED CODES WOOO /O/ )

...

gawds, bitching about work and fangirling over Unlimited Codes. I lead a sad life clearly. THIS IS STILL SO WEIRD, WITH WORK AND SCHOOL I HAVE PRACTICALLY NO TIME FOR ANYTHING ELSE. IS THIS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A LIFE D8 because if it is then I don't like it, /cries T-T

I'll probably need another nap later today before class, orz...

YEAH.

...

Sorry for disappearing off the face of the planet for like 2 months for people who know me outside of ar-pees, orz. Work was pwning my ass. I literally worked 8~10 hours per day and 5 days per week, so it's exhausting and stuff and I can't keep up with my f-list, much less make an entry of my own.

This is just a heads-up that next week, SCHOOL STARTS.

Bad? Notrly. NOT looking forward to 8 am classes, since I'm getting up ALWAYS after noon, but baw. WELL IT DOES MEAN THAT I'LL BE WORKING MUCH LESS NOW, SO I IN FACT WILL GET MORE FREE TIME ONCE SCHOOL STARTS THAN DURING ACTUAL SUMMER VACATION!

...my youth. ;-;

BUT YES with rent and stuff I can't slack, +o+ last semester in all retrospect WAS pretty terrible, so gotta make up on this one. :|b

ANYWAY let's try to kick this off with a ship meme, y/y?

YOINKED FROM manlidere.

Six ships you're into right now:
⒈ Zelos/Kratos - Tales of Symphonia
⒉ Gilgamesh/Saber - Fate/Stay Night
⒊ Collet/Presea - Tales of Symphonia
⒋ Minato/Aegis - Persona 3
⒌ Rita/Estelle - Tales of Vesperia
⒍ Kiritsugu/Irisviel - Fate/Zero

My fandoms are so limited, >_>; orz.

( SHIPS MEME )

Also, Tales of blogcrew! /o/ None of the ones I'm interested in are taken - obv, since I pay more attention to the more obscure Tales entries, |D; I'M TORN BETWEEN SUZU AND SOMEONE FROM ETERNIA, THOUGH. T___T Reid, Farah and Meredy, namely. D: Then again it's not all that big, so maybe I'll make a claim later.

IT'S 5 AM AND I SHOULD GET UP AT 11. BRB BED.

( Oh yeah, reminder to self to do concerning ar-pees. )

AND OH YEAH ICON KEYWORD RESET. 8|b Got rid of some old ones, put on new ones, and new keywords. Yey. \o\

1. Siiiiiiick

Uuuugh. My stomach hasn't been holding down anything for like 2~3 days now. I've never had a solid stomach, and depending on when and what I eat and the temperature, it tends to start telling me it hates me by start aching, but nothing's coming out if I go to the bathroom directly. I have to bide for it before dumping the load - it's diarrhea too, every time.

But I kinda got used to that one - it just happens every once in a coupla weeks, and I'm good after.

...Well it kept going and I made at least 7 trips for the last two days. Couldn't hold down the bagel I had this morning, and I had my class registrations to boot too - ugh. Maybe I shouldn't have put on that garlic butter. I DID manage to hold down that one muffin from the cafeteria, though - sigh, 1.05$ is expeeensive. D8; My roommie ninzake has been nice enough to toss a few packs of porridge oatmeal thingie my way, though. I'll probably be having those for supper, orz.

2. Work and finances and life and etc

Speaking of being cheap and money - going back to work this Saturday. Which is also another reason why I'm really wishing for my stomach to STFU. I'll probably be closing, which means that we'll be done at about 2~3 am, go crash at my manager's, and get home once the subways open. My sleeping schedule has been ALL OVER THE PLACE for the last coupla weeks - I typically go to sleep from 9am~3pm, will nap until evening, and just... IDK man, tag, waste my time, checking out the anon rp memes, etc. So going at work from 5~6pm until the second day is perfectly fine. :|b I need to pick up my uniform from my parents', though. D: Orz, I don't want to go back. My mom threw a HUGE fit 2 weeks back when I went to bed at 4am, +_+ But at least I'll be getting munies again! o/ ...I'm starting to run low on rent funds, and god knows I'm not interested in moving back, even if my parents are practically begging me to. >___>

So tl;dr for this - I'll be around less? ... Though granted I rarely use my personal journal now that I actively R'p, :D;;;;;

3. Speaking of RPs. F-fffff I made RP!S with rainbowmancer yesterday. I'm not sure who was stalking us being retards with our muses in the OOC community (of all places), and this'll probably never reach the anon who made it anyway... But we're glad that we made you lol! o/

4. Gaeming (this is misspelled on purpose 8|b)

The black and white TV still discourages me from playing anything non-portable, but I've picked up ToD PSX again on my PSP (my friend haxxor'd it for me). F-fff I'm getting similar vibes I got when I played Eternia - meaning that despite PSX, it's quite enjoyable and I should really finish this ASAP. -w-;;; And maybe bring in to luceti a Destiny muse, :D;

5. ...General RP things

I've been feeling lazy and tired and kinda blarg in general these days, so none of my chars are as out there as much as I would have liked them to, D8; manlidere's alien octopus plot is amazing, but I'm just going ffffffff and flopping over the futon in the living room, half-dozing off most of the time and only posting in places where it would seem as if it'll take the least amount of effort. ...I'll try to comment more later today, orz.

Speaking of which, Zero, can you let me know just how much would you like to app this cycle ;;; I-I can probably get it done by the deadline if I push myself lies, watch me fail anyway, so I'll do it if you really wish so. Otherwise, if you're fine with it, will next cycle be okay? >>;;;;;

...

I don't think I'm quite done but I suddenly ran out of things to say. /blinks.
...f-fff. I-I guess I'll edit moar later, if I remember.

Orz, srry for a sorta pointless post, o\

OH RIGHT THAT ANIME NORTH POST.

...

/lazy and tired, >_<;;;;;

/will shortly stop flooding your f-list, sorries D8;

So yeah, the character icon expression meme is running around, so I'm doing it for my two paid accounts. I'd do it for Farah too since I do like her icons and colored them all by myself, but I don't have enough to fill it up. Out of 28, I may be able to fill 20 max... FFFFF did it anyway - I just have repeats and took out the last row. Also got some explaining to do, but saving that for her section. Including a small note for every one of them - it has been fun. /o/

The Character Expression Meme
Character: Suzu Fujibayashi
Journal: sweet_shuriken
RPG: luceti
( Suzu Fujibayashi - a loli ninja's adventures )

Character: Gilgamesh/Archer
Journal: babylon_douche
RPG: somarium
( Gilgamesh - I did it for the evulz. )

Character: Farah Oersted
Journal: omelets_of_fury
RPG: luceti
( Farah Oersted - Spread the Sunshine )

lol, my RP journal's icons are so much prettier than my main's. :D;;;