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  <title>血まみれな エデン [bloodied (blood-stained) Eden]</title>
  <subtitle>その不完全な世界 。 [this imperfect world]</subtitle>
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    <name>Casey McCann</name>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:155737</id>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-12-15T15:33:00</title>
    <published>2009-12-15T20:33:39Z</published>
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    <category term="uni"/>
    <content type="html">With as much as I complain/have complained about my honors capstone project . . . I thought you guys might want to see some stuff from it I scanned today XD;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bloodied-eden.com/honors/"&gt;http://bloodied-eden.com/honors/&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:155634</id>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-12-13T02:25:00</title>
    <published>2009-12-13T07:25:16Z</published>
    <updated>2009-12-13T07:25:16Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Two days and I'll be done with another semester. ;lkj;alerjase;fkjsd;lfkasdjflksjdf</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:155317</id>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-12-06T15:37:00</title>
    <published>2009-12-06T20:37:56Z</published>
    <updated>2009-12-06T20:37:56Z</updated>
    <category term="art"/>
    <content type="html">The doodle I did the other day is inked.  Woot.  Now I need to do homework before I ever attempt to CG it.  I say attempt cause Tarot's hair is like an impossible color . . . .  (It'll be doubly fun to attempt to doll-wig it . . . which is partially my reason for making myself do a CG of him, I'll need something solid to reference the color from).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I need to tidy up his "bangs" a bit . . . that'll be my next thing I think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bloodied-eden.com/livejournal/tarot.png"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I draw big :x  This isn't quite full size.  And he so wears girls clothing.  Even did when I had him before as an MSD doll.&lt;br /&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:155006</id>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-12-04T18:11:00</title>
    <published>2009-12-04T23:11:53Z</published>
    <updated>2009-12-04T23:14:56Z</updated>
    <category term="lolz"/>
    <content type="html">My vampire characters never cease to amuse me.  Tarot, oh, Tarot. XD;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was doodling him and ended up having him with a cell phone and just imagined a text conversation between him and Jeremiah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think it went something like:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J:  Oh my god.  Sparkling vampires.  It's you.&lt;br /&gt;T:  I don't sparkle, I wear body glitter.&lt;br /&gt;J:  Well, it's still sparkly, close enough.  Gonna stalk little girls next?&lt;br /&gt;T:  If I recall correctly you were the one who did all the stalking.&lt;br /&gt;J:  . . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess if Jeremiah ever discovered Twilight? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tarot probably really does/would wear body glitter e_e;&lt;br /&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:154690</id>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-11-30T18:03:00</title>
    <published>2009-11-30T23:03:39Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-30T23:03:58Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">eat'kjearkldhgaefji;wke;flj&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why thank you eluts for sending me a shipping notice.  NOT.  I could have had someone pick up the package today if I'D KNOWN IT WAS COMING X__X&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, coin toss as to how easily I can catch it tomorrow, if I can at all.  I'm going to be out all day but am going to make an effort to pick it up before it goes out with the mail.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:154544</id>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-11-20T08:42:00</title>
    <published>2009-11-20T13:42:39Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T13:42:39Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I feel amazingly good considering I only got to sleep about three or four hours ago.  Killing a small amount of time before I have to head off to class.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why was I up so late?  Playing KH2 on proud mode, actually &amp;gt;_&amp;gt;  But I have to take a break from it at least a little this weekend and work on some school stuff again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got up to just past the 1000 heartless battle this morning, then decided it made for a good stopping point.  Demyx . . . wasn't too much more difficult for me on proud, but I did a few things before facing him I didn't in standard (such as the first visit to the Pride Lands), so I was probably somewhere between 5-10 levels higher &amp;gt;_&amp;gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still, took me two tries.  Once because I kept forgetting to de-equip an auto-limit with Goofy that kept getting in the way of the reaction commands, and two because I happened to be on the other side of the screen the first time I got to the 10-second trial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thought I was screwed second time through as well for a short bit.  I happened to start casting cure just as he yelled "DANCE WATER DANCE" . . . and lost a few seconds on the second 10-second trial as well e_e;  Pulled through it just barely and then pwned him, though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;. . . I've also apparently gotten really addicted to the gummi ships this time around too.  I've cleared all of the first and second levels with C or above, most with A or S ranking.  I plan to play with them a bit more later too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also considering making a serious run at Sephiroth.  Though if I were going to do that I probably should have just done it in standard . . . I think I live for making things more difficult.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;. . . speaking of which, proud hasn't been all *that* more difficult all in all.&lt;br /&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:154249</id>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-11-17T13:33:00</title>
    <published>2009-11-17T18:33:19Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-17T18:33:19Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I . . . really dislike needles :&amp;lt;.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:154080</id>
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    <title>Meme meme</title>
    <published>2009-11-11T03:10:33Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-11T03:10:33Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;i&gt;Leave me a comment saying "rainbow"&lt;br /&gt;I'll respond by asking you five questions so i can get to know you better.&lt;br /&gt;Update your journal with the answers to the questions.&lt;br /&gt;Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. What is your favorite eating utensil?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chopsticks.  Though I don't actually eat very many things you'd use chopsticks for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Would you rather live with male friends, female friends, or a mixture and why?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't have any male friends?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uh, gender doesn't really matter to me.  I think this is probably because I don't identify with a gender myself.  So either or, all of the above, whatever? XD;  The most important thing for me when it comes to living with someone is that they can tolerate my messiness and my bi-polar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. Top 5 favorite activities&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[not in any specific order]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Photography/Inking drawings by hand&lt;br /&gt;- Video games/MMORPGs&lt;br /&gt;- Writing&lt;br /&gt;- Browsing art galleries, online or in r/l&lt;br /&gt;- Singing (though I'm not spectacular or anything . . . )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;. . . those come to mind first?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. Xbox, PS3, or Wii?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xbox?  I've never actually played the other two systems.  And I own none of them, just a PS2.  I think I decided that if I get another gaming system it'll either be a PSP (leaning towards cause they're re-releasing old games/rare games I'd like to play!) or an Xbox 360.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;5. Favorite weather.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunny, warm and a light breeze.  Partial cloudy.  Possibly even light (and warm) rain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news, this week has been eaten by my honors project.  Man, it's making me go art-block-ish I've had to do so much work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm tired, but I still have some more stuff to do before I can sleep tonight, and I have to get what I have together since I have a meeting with my project director/mentor tomorrow.</content>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-11-02T22:07:00</title>
    <published>2009-11-03T03:10:05Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-03T03:11:58Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Satoru and Eden's story will never get written.  Fail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm trying out another starting point for the story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the dialogue will probably get reworked some, because I'm not 100% sure on the sequence of events for this part yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;	Satoru was thoroughly unhappy with the entire venture, this was a conclusion that hadn't taken him very long at all to reach.  Orders, however, were orders and so he was stuck with the whole mess, even if he didn't like the way it smelled.  Unfortunately, he could assert that particular point &lt;i&gt;literally&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt; as well as figuratively.  The building that had been chosen to house their communications base was settled beside an alley that seemingly had been converted to a sizable trash dump by the locals.  Oh, the slums were certainly charming.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	Satoru examined the building with an impatient eye, as if trying to test its weaknesses by sheer willpower alone.  As he watched a breeze picked up, tossing his jet black hair about and making the windows rattle ominously.  He frowned, the twisting of his mouth emphasizing the scar which cut his lips in half.  He didn't like the look of the building at all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	He nearly winced as someone slammed the door to their plain, grey van a little too hard.  A quick glance behind affirmed his first suspicion&amp;mdash;it was Damien, and the man had a smile that was way too bright for the current situation.  He watched as Damien flashed him a thumbs up sign before he turned away sharply.  Another slam accompanied the first as the other member of their rag-tag team climbed out of the van.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	Satoru sighed, walking up to and into the brick building to give it a quick assessment.  Reports said that it would hold up well enough for their purposes, but he wasn't entirely sure he trusted the look of the building from the outside.  It had certainly seen better days.  Though it didn't really matter, so long as the foundation and the walls were sound he couldn't care less.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;He &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;wasn't going to be the one staying here anyway.  Fifteen minutes later he judged it sound enough and walked back out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	&amp;ldquo;So what's the verdict, boss?&amp;rdquo; Damien called out, his brown eyes glinting merrily.  Clearly he was aware enough of Satoru's opinion of the building.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	&amp;ldquo;It'll do well enough,&amp;rdquo; Satoru finally said.  &amp;ldquo;It's not going to fall in on us at the least.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	Damien nodded and turned to grin at the other member of their team, &amp;ldquo;So Matty, how do you feel about your new real estate?&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	&amp;ldquo;I'm going to kill Arman,&amp;rdquo; Matthew muttered, sweeping aside some of the woolly curls from his face.  &amp;ldquo;This is a dump.&amp;rdquo;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	&amp;ldquo;Yes, yes it is,&amp;rdquo; Damien said gleefully.  Damien knew he wasn't going to be staying here either so of course he could afford to be all smug about it.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	Matthew rolled his eyes and tugged on Damien's braid in retaliation&amp;mdash;hard.  Elementary school vengeance somehow always felt right, at least once you were old enough you didn't get lectured for it.  He was more than satisfied with Damien's answering squawk of pain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	Damien winced and held up his arms, &amp;ldquo;What gives?  What did I ever do that merited, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;that, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;Matty?  How cold, you hair abuser!  I think you may have even pulled some of it loose.&amp;rdquo;  Damien ran his fingers through his hair, tugging a few loose strands of brown away.  &amp;ldquo;See.  Look what you did.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	Matthew did not look at all repentant, so Damien gave up his farce with a grin. &amp;ldquo;Seriously though, it's not exactly a place anyone's going to stumble upon by accident.  Looks like they've mostly been using it as a landfill of sorts.  It's perfect for the privacy we need.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	&amp;ldquo;This does not make me feel better,&amp;rdquo; Matthew muttered.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	&amp;ldquo;If you two are finished,&amp;rdquo; Satoru cut in dryly, &amp;ldquo;get to work unpacking the van.  We don't have all day.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	&amp;ldquo;Yessir,&amp;rdquo; Damien said, giving him a mock salute.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	Matthew shook his head, glancing at Satoru.  &amp;ldquo;He's certainly in high spirits.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	&amp;ldquo;He's just overjoyed the Commissioner actually approved of his harebrained plan,&amp;rdquo; Satoru muttered.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	&amp;ldquo;Oh, I dunno,&amp;rdquo; Matthew said.  &amp;ldquo;I had it figured he was excited you guys got to hang out with a girl.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia, serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;	&amp;ldquo;And he gets to flirt with a girl,&amp;rdquo; Satoru agreed.  &amp;ldquo;She's going to be more trouble than its worth.&amp;rdquo; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;br /&gt;</content>
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    <title>Thoughts on KH 2</title>
    <published>2009-11-01T19:54:15Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-01T19:54:15Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Which I'm playing through the first time (well, technically it's the second, but the first time I only got as far as the struggle match in the intro).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did give up on ever playing the first game all the way through, because I absolutely am pwned by breaking barrels in a certain time limit.  I doubt I'll ever get bored enough to try that again, but I suppose you never know . . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, the rest of this will be behind a cut . . . though I doubt anyone on my FL who ever intends to play this game hasn't already . . . .  Still.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gameplay and Difficulty&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I've remarked before to a few people I'm really not that fond of the battle system.  This is actually because it doesn't work well with the particular weaknesses of my style of gameplay--that is I'm horrible at both defense and watching my HP.  Though I do tend to go out of my way to buy extra restorative items because I know my HP takes a lot of abuse.  And the low-hp alarm does help some, when I'm not in the middle of a mob of monsters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm finding KH 2 to be fairly easy though, which makes me glad I didn't actually put it on easy difficulty.  I put it on the middle one . . . normal or standard or something, I don't actually recall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I rarely play any game on easy mode, it's probably a matter of pride.  I can only recall doing this for Dirge of Cerberus (because that was a game I knew I'd be even worse at than KH when it comes to the battle system) and Tales of the Abyss (this was because I was initially playing it as a speed play through for research, so easy difficulty made it possible to play through faster.  I currently play it on the hardest difficulty mode, though).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I'm pretty much finding it easier to play than I'd anticipated.  Though I feel that Roxas is an easier character to control than Sora.  Thinking on it, I think that Sora *might* have a slightly more delay in reaction time than Roxas.  That's usually what makes characters awkward to control for me (it's why I won't play anyone but Luke and Guy if I don't have to in Tales of the Abyss).  I've started to get a bit more used to him 40 hours into the game, though &amp;gt;_&amp;gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Plotline&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eh, there's not really much to say here.  I watched my sister play fragments of the game before, so I know the major spoilers of the game -_-;  It takes a *little* of the "wtf" factor out of the events, since you're anticipating them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though on that note I *am* still missing enough from both the games that I can't quite form a neat little timeline in my head, as I usually try to do for plots to games.  Also, since I haven't really played the first game all the way through (or Chain of Memories, which I also own), I can't really talk much about the plot in comparison XD;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Keyblades&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hmmm, I find it kind of interesting that Sora gets all the different keyblades.  And I definitely prefer fighting with two in drive mode (not because of the power boost, though that is welcome, but because it makes the character control feel more balanced to me).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hadn't actually had a favorite until just at the end of my gameplay last night, mostly because none of the designs in particular really grabbed me, but eh . . . I like the one you get after Axel "saves" you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which I have equipped because it's the strongest one I've got so far.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;And Randomness.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... has anyone else noticed that the Nobodies all have similar body language?  I find it faintly disturbing, though I'm not entirely sure why.  Not the fact that it's similar, but just the language itself, though I can't quite identify what it's ringing off in my head.  And they contradict themselves a lot, though I think it's sometimes unconsciously (and sometimes because they're lying).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And speaking of body language, I was impressed by their rendition of Jack Sparrow.  They definitely got that body language right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;. . . Atlantica scares me.  It really does.  I am like . . . scarred for life by their version of Ariel's singing.  Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.  But hey, Sora can sing . . . who knew?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... and I think that's about all for now?  I'm currently at the first time you go to "The Town that Never Was" (I think that was it?), if anyone was curious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, for some reason I seem to recall people always complaining about fighting Demyx?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;. . . he was so FREAKING EASY X_________________________X&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that really is all for now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is really just because I wanted to write something with length for once ._.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:153112</id>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-10-27T11:15:00</title>
    <published>2009-10-27T03:15:21Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-27T03:15:21Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I've just been feeling like a real failure at life lately.  There's not any particular reason for it, though.  Not anything legit, it's all in my head.  But gah.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:153031</id>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-10-23T00:51:00</title>
    <published>2009-10-23T07:04:34Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-23T07:04:34Z</updated>
    <content type="html">You see, I'm really in this stage of wanting to draw a webcomic again.  But there's two problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.) Lack of time at the moment (really, this is probably a good deal of the motivation, I always want to do things when I don't have the time to do them).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.) My seeming inability to write a webcomic script.  I cannot write in that form it seems.  And if I'm going to have to write it out as a story I may as well just write it as a story and be done with it :/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's also the fact that the only ideas I can seem to come up with are like . . . epic sagas X__x;  And that kind of thing is intimidating for someone who has yet to finish any sort of comic project (except the like . . . two pieces I did as SCHOOL projects, those kind of deadlines are good for spewing shit).  I'd definitely rather start with some shorter works before I tried for anything ambitious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I'm sort of back to wanting to work with the comic industry somehow, though I'm thinking being something more like an inker or a toner might be more up my alley.  I still have problems composing backgrounds and drawing many things (like animals).  Granted, it makes sense to just practice those . . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But yeah, doing some webcomic work to see how well I could throw something together would be a good way to see if I'd ever be cut out for something like that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And UGH.  My computer dies somewhere between 5-10 minutes after being started up now.  So I can't get the photos transferred from my camera :&amp;lt;  And I had some awesome doll photos too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;. . . not to mention I can't get anything productive done either.  I had to use my mom's computer to do some school work earlier -__-;  And this entry was restored from a saved draft I typed *hours* ago, but then the computer died before it was finished e___e;</content>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-10-22T02:13:00</title>
    <published>2009-10-22T06:14:30Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-22T06:15:03Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Lately, as within the past handful of days, I've started to get anxiety attacks when I try to sleep if I haven't done any work on my honors project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This could be good, as it insures I'm actually going to get work done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it's also kinda bad, because this work seems to be occurring when I should be sleeping, not during the day, when I don't seem to feel this same pressure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geeez.</content>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-10-22T00:22:00</title>
    <published>2009-10-22T04:24:24Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-22T04:24:24Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">As background, my sister's friend has Southpark on in the other room while reading manga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which is the setup for the latest "whaaa?" moment I walk into.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I'm leaving my room I hear my mom say:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I think little kids should dress up as them for Halloween.  It'd be totally inappropriate, but it'd be so cute!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*hasn't seen the TV yet, has no idea what she's talking about*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Whaa?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then she repeated herself while explaining she was talking about Southpark XD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Something about their being short and having round faces making it perfect.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:152081</id>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-10-21T03:28:00</title>
    <published>2009-10-21T07:29:13Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-21T07:29:13Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I can't sleep.  But I'm not awake enough to be able to do anything either X___x;;;  Though I was able to get some school work done before I went completely brain dead.</content>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-10-10T00:46:00</title>
    <published>2009-10-10T04:47:51Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-10T04:47:51Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Oh gods, long day.  Tomorrow will be too.  I may actually be back from the dead on Sunday, though.  Just in time to go back to school on Monday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers.</content>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-10-09T00:35:00</title>
    <published>2009-10-09T04:40:34Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-09T04:40:34Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">School has been eating me lately guys.  Ugh.  Mostly running around to get graduation paperwork done and my independent project.  You &lt;i&gt;think&lt;/i&gt; those independent projects will be *easy,* until you get into them.  And you start putting them off for other classes, or other things that come up in life, until you realize--oh shit, I don't have time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lucky for me it's an artistic project.  If there is one thing I can pull out of my ass it is art.  It's not always the best, but I can pull it out of my ass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That said, I am anticipating things slowing down a bit since I have the grad stuff done.  That will lower my anxiety, and so my sense of organization should slowly come back.  Which helps in actually managing my time.  I've also finally found a direction to take the independent project, so I should make decent progress on it.  When, you know, I actually work on it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel so dead these days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the positive side, though.  One of the classes I thought I'd have to retake I don't.  And I managed to pass the computer competency test of doom (it's seriously the final for one of the computer classes X___x), so I don't have to take a computer class either.  This means I only have to take *two* classes next semester.  The 480 class [that's basically my major capstone] and the continuation of the honors capstone I'm already working on (that's my independent project).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;480 isn't nearly so hard as it sounds.  You basically take this test and keep taking it, till you pass it.  And they take out the questions that you answer correctly.  So you just study what you miss.  And you pretty much have all semester to do it, if you need it.</content>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-09-28T02:03:00</title>
    <published>2009-09-28T06:07:53Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-28T06:07:53Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">My god, Iplehouse bodies are too thin X__x;  Yukio looks anorexic shirtless.  Which is one of the reasons I don't do it much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I did a shot after playing around with a fail wig I'm trying to whip into some sort of shape?  I still have really bad frizz/flyaway problems though . . . bleh.  Probably just going to have to trim them all individually or something.  Ewwww.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But here, have a Yukio in blonde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.house-of-glass.net/gallery/photoshoots/fail/01.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.house-of-glass.net/gallery/photoshoots/fail/02.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.house-of-glass.net/gallery/photoshoots/fail/03.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.house-of-glass.net/gallery/photoshoots/fail/04.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.house-of-glass.net/gallery/photoshoots/fail/05.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.house-of-glass.net/gallery/photoshoots/fail/06.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.house-of-glass.net/gallery/photoshoots/fail/07.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.house-of-glass.net/gallery/photoshoots/fail/08.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.house-of-glass.net/gallery/photoshoots/fail/09.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-09-17T12:12:00</title>
    <published>2009-09-17T16:54:26Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-23T04:39:50Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Haven&amp;#39;t posted in awhile.  Somehow I seem to have gotten a life this semester and it&amp;#39;s eating me whole.  Between finding time to work on my independent project, volunteering to staff the museum at &lt;a href="http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/sw06/index.shtml"&gt;Fort Hill&lt;/a&gt;, on call to volunteer for special events at &lt;a href="http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/sw16/"&gt;Serpent Mound&lt;/a&gt;, going to SAS [Student Anthropological Society] meetings (and eventually working on their website, since I&amp;#39;m a co-webmaster for them now), doing general homework, and just being so tired [I totally fell asleep early last night without meaning to, I think I even left AIM on] . . . yeah, I just don&amp;#39;t do so much anymore ^^;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am finding bits of time to procrastinate and do some other things, though . . . just not as much XD;  But this is why there hasn&amp;#39;t been much to write about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And because I feel like procrastinating a bit before I go continue studying for a test next week (this test really does need me to be studying NOW and not LATER, even though it&amp;#39;s not till Monday):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10 Random Facts Meme, taken from &lt;span class='ljuser ljuser-name_onnawufei' lj:user='onnawufei' style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://onnawufei.livejournal.com/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://onnawufei.livejournal.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;onnawufei&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; XD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.) I didn&amp;#39;t start writing till I was in Junior High.  I didn&amp;#39;t like to write before then.  It&amp;#39;s a long story why this is, a few people have heard it, I&amp;#39;m not going to waste space here about it.  And although I&amp;#39;ve doodled ever since I can remember, I didn&amp;#39;t start seriously drawing (as in teaching myself proportion and other skills) until High School or even University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;. . . somehow these are the talents I feel I&amp;#39;m best at.  Though I&amp;#39;ve not been doing them my whole life or anything so dramatic as that. e_e;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.) I cannot visualize things mentally.  At all.  This is rather odd for someone who is even moderately artistic.  This is actually the reason I often have trouble really planning pictures and usually just end up with whatever I end up with.  I just can&amp;#39;t get a mental image that is anything but fleeting and is largely more just a really good description than a picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a way this makes drawing more interesting (and definitely more spontaneous), though . . . as I&amp;#39;m literally creating my image as I go, instead of trying to recreate something I can already picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.) Porcelain dolls really creep me out.  As in I cannot sleep in the same room as one.  This is because they look dead to me.  Alternately I&amp;#39;m just fine with my creepy Asian dolls that look and to a certain extent even feel [I&amp;#39;m not referring to the sense of touch here] alive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&amp;#39;s the no. 1 reason, btw, I get for why people feel the ABJD are creepy.  Because they look alive XD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.) I cannot write short stories.  Or so it seems so far . . . .  I can write drabbles, I can write drabbles that are really 10x the length of what a drabble *really* is, but any time I start a story with the idea of it being a short story it ends up morphing into this epic novel length idea.  Yeah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only time this hasn&amp;#39;t happened to me was when the short was a school assignment and was either very very specific in guidelines or had a short enough deadline that I couldn&amp;#39;t.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actually, that&amp;#39;s not entirely true, the most specific guidelines I ever had was when we had to write a "gothic" story for a 10th grade assignment.  I mean, it even had steps that we had to go on . . . "this basic premise happens" at each step.  . . . the minimum was 8 pages.  Mine was like 35+.  And the ending was horribly rushed because I ran out of time, and then edited because at that time the Internet had already begun twisting my mind and the *original* idea was not even vaguely appropriate for school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.) I have two modes when it comes to talking.  I&amp;#39;m either fairly quiet, though I do respond as is appropriate (now anyway, I used to talk in monosyllables for a bit in High School).  Or when I&amp;#39;m a little nervous (or a lot nervous) I tend to babble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In both cases you will find when you really look back that I don&amp;#39;t say very much with actual content at all &amp;gt;_&amp;gt;;  [I actually follow this pattern online too . . . except I tend to babble even more because silences can come off even more awkward to me over text.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m most comfortable I think, with listening to people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6.)  I prefer books to movies, or alternatively manga to anime.  This is in part because I have a very short attention span when it comes to watching something.  This goes for listening to things for very long periods of time as well.  Which is why I hate movies in school or why I hated when teachers would read aloud (unless we could follow along in the book . . . and then I&amp;#39;d end up whole pages ahead anyway).  I can grasp things a lot better on paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That and I like challenging my brain.  I don&amp;#39;t feel it works enough watching things, even if I am an active watcher.  I analyze things as I go and make predictions as to where the plot will go based on the clues I&amp;#39;ve been given (and am actually correct with a startling degree of accuracy.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7.) Oh, now we&amp;#39;re going to get a random anecdote in continuation of #6.  Although this both will not make sense and be kind of spoilery if you haven&amp;#39;t seen the series Get Backers (so beware?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In one of the episodes (I forget which one), Ban has used his jagan skill once on the opponent for the episode.  And is then in another situation where he can&amp;#39;t use it, but as the series not-so-subtly has the opponent comment [though I doubt anyone but the watcher could hear it] he&amp;#39;s already used it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So then these birds fly by. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I commented to &lt;span class='ljuser ljuser-name_mauribot' lj:user='mauribot' style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://mauribot.livejournal.com/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://mauribot.livejournal.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;mauribot&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, who was visiting at the time, that he "hadn&amp;#39;t used it on the birds yet."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, this was my first time watching it.  But she&amp;#39;d seen it before and was anticipating I guess me being surprised by it? XD;  So she like spazzed on me.  And then I was like:  "What?  You mean he &lt;i&gt;does&lt;/i&gt;?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;. . . and then he did XD;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And this is how random my insights can truly be.  I also had a habit of at the very last second reading the Death Note manga getting insights on where things were going and getting it right 9/10 times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;. . . all I really think this really means is that I think like the type of people who write these things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8.) I tend to be frugal when it comes to myself.  I really hate to buy things for myself, I have a hard time justifying the costs.  And when I do buy things, I rarely buy more than is necessary.  Which is why I have one pair of shoes, for instance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(This isn&amp;#39;t to say I never buy things for myself.  Satoru I bought for myself, and his original incarnation is the most expensive doll I&amp;#39;ve ever bought.  The Pinky St. figures were for myself.  And I could think of other things if I tried . . . .  I just don&amp;#39;t do it often.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alternatively I love to spend money on gifts for other people.  (And related to this I&amp;#39;m somehow in the mind set that buying stuff for the dolls is buying gifts for them, including often times even buying other dolls e_e;  I&amp;#39;m not sure if this is good or bad.  I could make a few theories on this, I won&amp;#39;t at the moment, though.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9.) My room was recently proclaimed as being "cool" by a 15-year old boy.  I am not sure what to really think of that.  &lt;span class='ljuser ljuser-name_house_of_raila' lj:user='house_of_raila' style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://house-of-raila.livejournal.com/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://house-of-raila.livejournal.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;house_of_raila&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; thinks it was the "Japanese swords" (I use quotes because I am unconvinced they are actually authentic).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10.) I collect dictionaries/thesauruses/general books like those that have to do with writing.  I have NO IDEA WHY.  I really like dictionaries though *pet*.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:150850</id>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-09-12T18:26:00</title>
    <published>2009-09-12T22:28:26Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-12T22:28:26Z</updated>
    <category term="everyday"/>
    <content type="html">Volunteer job fried brain.  Will be functional tomorrow.  On the upside I got lots of homework done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, and happy birthday on the appropriate day &lt;span class='ljuser ljuser-name_mauribot' lj:user='mauribot' style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://mauribot.livejournal.com/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://mauribot.livejournal.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;mauribot&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, though I wished you HB yesterday just in case XD;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think I may go crawl into bed now.  Even though it's early.</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:150663</id>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-09-10T22:12:00</title>
    <published>2009-09-11T02:16:43Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-11T02:16:43Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">So I took Eden apart (he has totally weird stringing to go with the weird lanyard-like hooks btw) to wash him up.  I figure he'll be dry enough by the time I get home from school tomorrow to restring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway.  He totally had black-grey spots on his ass (and a bit on the ball joint of the corresponding upper leg) that *totally* looked like bruises.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;gt;____&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.house-of-glass.net/gallery/singles/sato01.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Satoru:&lt;/b&gt; What the hell makes you think this is my fault, woman? &amp;gt;__&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And just what have you two been getting up to, Satoru?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Satoru:&lt;/b&gt; *rolls his eyes*  Whatever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;. . . and now to get to bed.  Bleh, lectures tomorrow.  Oh, I finally did get Leslie together.  Just used the new string.  I hope I don't run out before I get everyone who really needs the new string done *sigh*.  (At least he just needed it in his body.  And it looks like I have a length left that was close to what I used in his body, so I *think* I'll be okay.  I'll need to buy some more soon, though.)</content>
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    <title>Cute is cute.</title>
    <published>2009-09-11T01:20:18Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-11T01:20:18Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;img src="http://www.house-of-glass.net/gallery/singles/couple01.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Awwwwwwwwwww.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;(Ignore the mess.)&lt;/small&gt;</content>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-09-10T03:48:00</title>
    <published>2009-09-10T07:54:13Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-10T07:54:13Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Ai yai yai.  [And this post is about dolls, just so you know.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somehow putting yarn into Leslie's hair via macrame knots (still not sure if I'm actually going to do this) then turned into tightening his string.  But it was in that in-between thing where you really have to take him apart to do it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This turned into finally stripping the scarring from the body (it belonged to Satoru before).  I managed to ruin a toothbrush doing that it got so gunked up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then this turned into taking him completely apart and doing a full body wash since I couldn't keep the joints from getting wet and so he needed to be taken apart to dry anyway.  Well, he'll be squeaky clean tomorrow when I can put him back together?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;. . . I need to do this for Eden and Yasuo as well.  And see what I can do about Eden's hands/feet.  The hands still occasionally fall apart, and the feet still have the lanyard-hook things which will have to be swapped out with whatever temp fix I can come up with.  I still think I need to buy some S-hooks from one of the doll sites, they're smaller than the ones I can get at a hardware store so they'd be more likely to actually work.  Hmmmm, maybe I'll try some of the volks ones in him while restringing him and Yasuo to see if SD size will work or if I'm gonna need smaller ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Damn you newer CH bodies.  So weird &amp;gt;_&amp;lt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;. . . hmm, Satoru['s body] and Mikoto are still new enough I don't think they'd need a bath.  Yukio could use one too, though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That will not all get done this week.  In fact, I'm sure no one but Leslie will be seen to.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:149982</id>
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    <title>Two Things.</title>
    <published>2009-09-10T03:31:37Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-10T03:31:37Z</updated>
    <content type="html">1.) This independent honors capstone of mine is going to blow my brain.  So much paperwork/research so far (and that is completely my fault since I'm the one who designed what I was doing!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On that note.  &lt;span class='ljuser ljuser-name_hokuton_punch' lj:user='hokuton_punch' style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://hokuton-punch.livejournal.com/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://hokuton-punch.livejournal.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;hokuton_punch&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, know where I can find some *good* examples of Medieval illumination?  I'm not having much luck and our University lacks a classics department, so sadly I won't be able to really get an in-person view of any (that would be best, but I shall settle for photographs).  UC technically has one, but my only UC contact is in the Science department, so that does not help at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.)  This is probably more to &lt;span class='ljuser ljuser-name_kisekinotenshi' lj:user='kisekinotenshi' style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://kisekinotenshi.livejournal.com/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://kisekinotenshi.livejournal.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;kisekinotenshi&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class='ljuser ljuser-name_lunarkissed' lj:user='lunarkissed' style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://lunarkissed.livejournal.com/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://lunarkissed.livejournal.com/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;lunarkissed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (due to location).  Though this offer is open to anyone . . . it's just more of a Cinci area thing so most of you are kinda far away XD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The campus is putting on &lt;i&gt;Much Ado About Nothing&lt;/i&gt; soon and being a Shakespeare nut I kinda want to go see it.  Anyone want to go with me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.nku.edu/~theatre/performances/current.php"&gt;Here's the list for the current line up for this season&lt;/a&gt;, let me know if you guys would be interested in seeing anything else.  Though the Titantic musical kind of scares me.)</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:bloodied_eden:149686</id>
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    <title>bloodied_eden @ 2009-09-08T02:08:00</title>
    <published>2009-09-08T06:10:36Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-08T06:10:36Z</updated>
    <category term="video games"/>
    <content type="html">Somehow, over the weekend, I got the urge to pick up Suikoden again (the first game; I will never own this whole series because one of them is rare/hard to find and I'm not *that* into the series).  This is bad.  I do *not* have time for video games right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I'm telling myself to stop and actually do the work I need to tomorrow instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can start my vampire hunt later.  When I have more time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Now, we shall see what I really do.)</content>
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