I'm the pretty Prince of Parties

Time:

12:04 pm.

Yay, Catriona! I'm really looking forward to figuring out how she turns into the tough, scary crazygrandma!Catriona. Granted, it might not actually happen in the course of the game, but I should at least get glimpses. That will be fun. :)

I like her font, too. It looks upbeat/hopeful/like it's going to fly away. (And the name makes me snicker.) Meaghan's is kind of the opposite - casual, but sinking down a bit... in a slightly cynical way, maybe? Cynical, but too lazy to bother with expressing it all the time? Her cynicism does tend to come out in off-the-cuff remarks. (Well, unless she's mad, but when you're mad I think all bets are off.) Corrie looks comparatively stable. Up-and-down, not a lot of leaning there either way.

Hurrah for impromptu handwriting analysis!

Three hours before Kit comes to get me. I need to finish packing (get my presents in there too) and update Renee. Then I can sit back and return to my Wimsey.

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Time:

7:47 pm.

I had this long, ranty post that I typed up at work about how work is Lame. Then I didn't post it and IJ didn't save it and it's all for the best because whatever, work. I finished Whose Body? today, and not only do I still love Lord Peter Wimsey even without Harriet Vane by his side, but I love Dorothy Sayers' writing. Gah! Amazing stuff. Trying to decide whether I should start reading The Unpleasantness At The Bellona Club too - I technically bought both of them for my stepmother for Christmas, but since she read the book I gave her last year through in about a day and then let me borrow it, I doubt she'll mind me getting first peek at these.

Anyway, she's pretty well-read. It's possible she's already read them. Or already owns them. But I don't know any better, so it's all fair!

Only eight, really? Okay. I need to figure out what Meaghan's up to and have Eric post about the plot re: Selwyn. And... then see what happens? I should reinstall Photoshop & Co on my computer (so I can fix the PB page!), but I don't really feel like doing that tonight.

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Time:

11:51 pm.

Alignments!

Eric: Lawful Good, as if there was any doubt.
Corrie: Chaotic Good
Renee: Lawful Neutral. I was thinking Chaotic Neutral for her, but it didn't really fit as well after I looked at it. And she definitely isn't that big on change, either. Actually, she's kind of Neutral Evil too. Hmm.
Mac: Chaotic Neutral? I'd say Chaotic Good, but he doesn't really have enough goals for good, or really even a strong set of beliefs other than HEY DON'T KILL ME and I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG! And he wants to move to America and hunt buffalo and camp out and carve a canoe out of a whole tree after school. The things he likes aren't really good/evil, they're just sort of there.
Teddy: A mix of Lawful Good and Neutral Good, with a bit more neutral. He does believe in the law to an extent, but... I don't know. It's hard to explain.

In other news, this reminds me of Meaghan, specifically at

91 since it's the right era. (Although she's never heard of the song, because muggle music, BAH.)

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Time:	4:37 pm.
Mood:	cheerful.

I FOUND THE BOOK! :D

Granted, I found it after I asked Dad about it and he remembered the title for me. He's going to give me his copy - he said he wanted to give it to someone who would appreciate it anyway, and we used to read it together all the time. I love my dad, he understands.

The illustrations seem way simpler than I remembered, but that's always the case, isn't it? Good thing I got him something else for Christmas already, though.

ETA: He found it and sent me the saddest email ever. He's giving me the book, and he's happy to give me the book, I do not want to be depressed about it! DAD. Be happy! :-/

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Time:

5:55 pm.

Corrie post, done! Eric post, done last night! Renee post, coming right up! Lucy, Corrie wrote to Rhiannon. (I should probably do something at

91, too. Marietta post? I shall try, I think. Speaking of

91, Someone wants to use Sean Bean. Sigh. Okay, looking for a different Ludo pb... why are burly blondish men in their late forties so hard to find?)

kat_bus,

katie_courtney and

venezia (katieandkatieandcarrah)! The Pyes and McCormacks are going to the Quidditch match on Boxing Day, it's a Family Tradition. I don't know if the Kings and Woods have any plans, but Meaghan would've invited them to come too and all sit together. Quidditch families unite, and stuff!

Catriona app to work on, once I have everything else out of the way. So glad I have work off tomorrow. Now remind me, I need to go shopping and do my laundry instead of just hanging out all day!

In other news, this makes me so stinkin' happy.

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Time:

10:01 am.

I had a dream last night that my landlord had died and was mummified and came back to my house, presumably to kill us all. But he stopped halfway up the stairs and just stood there while we tore through the place trying to find the scroll (?) that would tell us how to defeat him (because apparently mummies come with cheat guides). And he looked like Mark Strong. And then my mom was there to take me home where it was safe, and she may have offered to sue my landlord or possibly his boss (?) for not being honest about the conditions I'd be living in before I moved in. I'm not sure why "mummified landlord" would be an offense you could sue for. Maybe there was an ancient curse on the house. I do vaguely remember something about werewolves, too.

Because I am weird, I'm looking for PBs for Stubby Boardman and Ludo Bagman at

91. In case anyone ever wants to play them. I kind of want them to look similar, because no one's sure which of them is Meaghan's father and which is Kirley's (or technically if either of them are either, there's no proof). So if they looked too much like the kids it would be obvious. I'm kind of liking Sean Bean for Stubby.

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Subject:	On a Very Special Episode
Time:	8:12 pm.

I got horribly behind in watching Being Erica because I was doing that with my roommate, and she's having a rough semester. So I decided to just go ahead and watch them by myself.

Episode 7: "In a world full of problems, some of us are professional fixers."
I can tell this one's going to be just for me.

In other news, hey! I got new jeans today. Finalllly.

RPwise, I need to figure out what my characters' family Christmas traditions are. Or collaborate with the players of their siblings to figure it out, more like. :) All I know so far is that Corrie's whole family goes to the Boxing Day Quidditch match together every year (including Crazygrandma). Or at least their immediate family, Catriona and Kirley (and Dizzy? she's sort of family, anyway). Not sure if Augustus' sister's family goes.

We now return to our regularly scheduled program.

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Time:

11:27 pm.

This guy I grew up across the street from, who is the same age as my little brother and good friends with him, was apparently watching the Nutcracker play that our elementary school did every year with the first graders. The year he and my brother were in it, obviously. This play was seriously lame, with the same dumb script every year, but adorable because every kid in the grade had a part. When I was in it, I got to be a dancing snowflake. When my little brother did it, he was a mouse, and our neighbor friend Dustin was a nonmagical partygoer. (He got to deliver the memorable line, "A cookie is a cookie and a cupcake is a cupcake.") My older brother was a snow guard and stood against the back wall, because there were too many kids and not enough parts that year.

Anyway, Dustin took a couple pictures of the screen and posted them on Facebook. So here is my little brother back in 1992!

( Cut for photoage, also they are grainy )

In other news, I'm downloading episodes of Meet The Browns because Renee's PB is in it. I already had one episode she's in, and I really like her hair - shoulder-length and curly, and her makeup is more natural-looking than in Bratz. I'm hoping to get some decent icons from it, but the episodes I download aren't really great quality, so I don't know how successful it'll be.

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Time:

11:40 am.

It's interesting to go back and read your characters' profiles after you've been playing them for awhile. There's always something you've forgotten, or that developed differently than you expected. For example, I always seem to forget that my characters have pets. Teddy has an owl named Georgia and a cat named Tom (it was a stray that adopted him). The owl is pretty old, though - he got it his third year, which makes it at least twelve. How long do owls live?

Eric has an owl named Noodles. Mac has Norman, of course, and I rarely forget him. Renee has a Siamese cat with pretty blue eyes like hers. Her name is Cleocatra, but she calls her Cleo. Corrie has an owl which Alex gave her for Christmas last year. She calls him her duck. I was going to have her name him Bruce, but I feel a little uncomfortable with that now. So she never really talks about him, because I'm not sure how to refer to him. (Maybe that's why, though - maybe she named him Bruce after Bruce, and so now she never refers to her ~~owl~~ duck by name because it's confusing and awkward and insensitive, and because she's uncomfortable thinking about human-Bruce anyway.)

( But anyway, more about Teddy )

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Subject:	I have too much fun with NPCs
Time:	10:31 pm.

whigsgottheparty: omg Sean is so scared of Harriet
QueenLasrs: ahaha GOOD
QueenLasrs: To be honest, she has pictures of everyone. Lots of them.
QueenLasrs: Is that more or less creepy?
whigsgottheparty: LOL in some ways more, in some ways less

QueenLasrs: I love Harriet. She's like... I don't even know. She's that person who's always standing right behind you when you're talking about her
secundahopes: YES.
secundahopes: SHE IS.
QueenLasrs: With a blank look. And you never know how long she was there.

secundahopes: and the award for creepiest person goes to...
QueenLasrs: ahaha
secundahopes: srsly sean look behind you ;]

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Time:

12:29 am.

todo
- ~~Corrie post? (setup at least)~~
- ~~Eric post~~
- ~~Meaghan post~~
- ~~Teddy/Victoire~~
- ~~Ephram/Meaghan log~~
- ~~don't be annoyed at roommate, it's silly~~
- ~~contemplate why someone would want to make a smutty Alice in Wonderland game (but don't think about it too long)~~

And you know, other stuff.

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Time:	12:02 pm.
Mood:	happy breaktime.
Music:	Travis - Funny Thing.

I would rather know which member of the PYE family I am! But there's no point in making a quiz for that since they only have three kids. No fair, Neville/Hannah! Just because you have fifty kids you get all these perks! My kids all have small/average families. Corrie - two siblings, one cousin. Renee - two siblings, no cousins. Eric - two siblings, no cousins (well, maybe he has some on the Moon side). Mac - one sibling, one cousin.

And Teddy, of course, is alone. I cannot join in on the wacky large-family hijinks except in real life.

Speaking of Teddy, I just responded to Victoire AT LAST, Alter! So sorry about that. (And even more sorry about Ephram/Meaghan. I will respond to that tonight.)
(Also Teddywise, I forgot I added pictures of his parents to his userinfo. I like looking at them and him and going, "Ooh, resemblance!"

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Time:	12:56 am.
Mood:	frustrated.

I think I know what to get my dad for Christmas, which is no easy feat. The problem is, I can't remember what it's called.

He had this book when I was little, and I loved it. It was about love, or hearts, or something... well, that might have been in the title. It was a picture book, with these awesome evocative illustrations done in pastels or oils or something like that, it was all color, and beautifully done. And I think it was about a man and a woman learning to love each other again, or learning to love in general again, and loving each other more in the process.

There was a heart on the cover, all blended, horizontal lines of color.

I swear I saw this book at the BYU bookstore a few years ago, when I was still a student. I wish I could just remember the name. Or anything more helpful than this. (Was there something in there like "and in the tree there was a bird, and on the bird there was a feather, and on the feather there was LOVE"? Or am I making that up? Something showing how everything connects, love and life is cyclical, SOMETHING.)

I'm posting this mainly so I don't forget by morning, but hey, if anyone knows what I'm talking about, that's great too!

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