The Blogtastic Blogfest That Is Getmeoutofthis.net!

CHECKLIST GO.
Mom: Check!
Dad: Check!
Jonathan: Check!
Grandpa: Check!
Grandma: Check!
Shauna: Check!
Brer: Checked a long while ago.
Friend Gift Exchange Victim: Check!
Kale: Check and sent out!
Festivus Gift Exchange Victim: Check and sent out!

That’s right! I win at Chrissymas Shopping! I am the best! And technically I was done much earlier in the week than this, so I was like… double the best! Maybe even triple!
Hopefully I got everyone something good. I try. I’m pretty happy with most of what I bought. There are a couple risks in there, though they are educated risks. Of course, we’ll have to wait until the Christingmas to see how those play out. Still, it’s nice to be prepared and not feel like I am all desperate to find something. Even with all my work, I managed to get all the shopping done! And, honestly, a lot of that was due to Amazon, with Prime shipping. Thanks, Amazon! I am sure as hell renewing my Prime membership.

But yeah, shit, Christmas is even starting tonight, as we’re doing a little Christmasing with Shauna before she leaves. Craziness. It’s so close. Here we go.

As a twitter user, I follow tweets from people. A lot of these people are internet personalities I like, or people on Talking Time, or even some people I know in real life. However, every once and awhile, a novelty twitter feed comes along that is so consistently entertaining, I must follow it, and laugh all the time. I will show you two now.

Brer recently showed me Friend_Computer, and it is pretty completely awesome. If there is anything I always wanted, it is a twitter feed direct from Alpha Complex, where I can interface directly with the most helpful friend I have, the computer! It answers questions helpfully! It provides useful information! What more could one ask for from our friend, the computer! I love you, Friend Computer! It’s a tweetfeed in its early stages, but I am already smiling at it.

The best one, by far, though, is Fake AP Stylebook. I am a complete nerd for such things, I know, because it directly affects the work I do. But man, it is so funny so often. There is nothing quite like editing jokes to brighten one’s day, let me tell you. Here are just a few samples of recent useful information. Follow it. Love it. Use it. Well, if you’re using AP Style in your publications, anyway.

Yeah, hopefully those feeds can brighten your day just a little. Laugh and be merry! It’s, you know, December and all. That’s what people do in December, right?

This is the picture in question.
But yeah, so, internet pornographer, fellow Talking Timer, and all around neat dude Momo was doing these tiny little thanksgiving commissions on FurAffinity. I rather like his art style, and I dig his comic, UFO, even though it’s very silly and doesn’t update often. I bet his pornography is pretty cool too! So I was kind of wanting to do it. I was all waffling, though, because I know him from Talking Time and I thought it was weird.

Then Brer told me that was the stupidest worry ever. And he was right. So I went for it.

And that was the result.

I really like it. I look really neat in his style! I do always wonder, though, why I always end up blond in these sorts of things. I’m not, last I checked. I guess I just seem blond? Or it just looks a whole lot better in contrast to reddish brown fox fur? At this point, it’s almost completely part of how things look, so I have no issue with it, but I just have to wonder sometimes. Heh.

Anyway, there. That’s my picture. I showed it off. Whee! Less lame furry things to come tomorrow. Maybe.

I have so much shit to do, oh god.
I mean, I guess it’s to be expected. One week of school left, you know? But man, I have papers, journals to finish, papers to grade this time around, an entire book to read… it’s… crazee!

But I can do it.

At some point I became someone who gets everything done on time, and does it well. Fuck if I know when that happened. But it happened. I know I can do it.

Doesn’t make the process of doing it suck any less, though!

So yeah, uh, I guess this is a warning for, you know, if you get more kind of bullshit posts like this over the next week, then you know why! I’m not going to miss a day, but I may fill a day with something stupid. I’m that awesome.

Have a great last week of school, everyone!

Chrissymas Holiday Shopping Update!

Mom: No Check
Dad: Check
Jonathan: Check
Grandma: No Check
Grandpa: Check
Shauna: (Forgot to put her on the other list, durrrrrrr) Check
Brer: Checked and Delivered!
Kale: Check
Essner: Check
Spants: Planned, but currently unchecked.
Cris: Still no clue how to approach that one.

As you noticed, I got shit bought! And I did it through the power of a little website you might know called Amazon.com. Yeah, I seriously just bought like… EVERYONE’S gift on Amazon over the past day or two, and of course I had every one shipped individually, because I have Amazon Prime and I can. More cardboard for me! Whoo!
So yeah, I’m going to have stacks and stacks of boxes showing up at the door over the next few days, and then I’m going to have to build a fort out of them in my room to hide all the gifts in or something.

Of course, I still have the hardest person to shop for, Grandma, left on that list. The shopping challenge is far from over! But, you know, at least I’m on top of it, even while I’m busy. Or maybe I’m just shopping instead of working on my end of the semester stuff. You never know.

There have been a lot of posts since I first mentioned being ill?
I’ve been sick the whole time.

At some point I managed to get all those other posts cued up. I can’t even remember when! But yeah, I’ve basically been in bed the whole time since. Though I took a break to pretend I was well on Tuesday, and did a lot of work, and then, you know, only made myself worse and much, much more sick.

So yeah, I missed Thanksgiving, so I finally said I’d had enough, and I went and I went, with my mother as backup, to the doctor on Black Friday morning. Apparently I did not have pig flu! But I did have bronchitis. What followed was a whole, whole lot of prescriptions being written, and me trying to deal with some comically huge pills. Also, I think my health insurance didn’t work for no reason? I dunno, future battle.

The point is, it’s been a few hours since I took those pills, used this inhaler, etc? I already feel tons, tons better.

I always hesitate to get doctors involved and stuff. I don’t really know why. I can’t say I have a good reason. But man, if these drugs keep working like this? Maybe I should give up on my pride and just go the moment I get sick, you know?
Then again, nobody can remember a time when I have been more sick than this, so…

Anyway, hopefully I’ll be back on my feet soon. Yep.

As is my stupid whatever the fuck, it’s time for my holiday shopping list post! Yay yay! Let’s see how I’m doing on this, the first major shopping day of the Chrissymas season.

Mom: No Check
Dad: No Check
Jonathan: No Check
Grandma: No Check
Grandpa: Check
Talking Time Festivus Victim: Check
Brer: Check (and delivered!)
Kale: No Check
Friends Gift Exchange Or Just Friends???: Reply Hazy, Ask Again Later.
Cris: I’d like to, but I’m unsure how we stand on such things.

Yeah, I don’t know what we’re doing with the normal gift exchange thing I normally do with my friends… there’s been no talk of it. If we don’t do it, I’m still probably going to buy gifts for people, but I’d like to know what’s going on with that so I can make some decisions. I should probably get that discussion going soon!
But yeah, I made some decisions ahead of time, and got some things bought. I was especially proud that I came up with something creative with my hard-to-buy-for Festivus victim. I need to send that out at some point, probably with a card and a poem, but I’m otherwise covered. It also was a no-brainer to go ahead and get Brer Dragon Age so he didn’t miss out on that on release. He seemed to like playing through it, so I guess I succeeded there? And I bought my Grandpa something on a whim awhile back, which I hope he enjoys.

The rest… well, I’ll have to think about them! I’ll have to go shopping soon! Or… maybe after the semester is over. I dunno. Sometime.
I’m so stupid busy.
Anyway, CHRISSYMAS IS HERE. Enjoy this horrible song they started playing in Kohl’s. It may be the worst Christmas song I have ever heard.

It’s Turkey Day! Thankful Day.
Yeah.

I’m thankful for all the standard things: My awesome friends, my nice family, all the neato things I have, THE INTERNET, life, etc. And I really am thankful. If I take them for granted… well, I shouldn’t. I try not to, but I probably do.

But today is the day where I don’t. So…

If you’re reading this, know that. Know that you’re important to me (because let’s face it, if you’re actually reading this blog, I know you personally, right?) and know that I care and know that… well… I probably owe you a hug! Or a hearty handshake of thankfulness. Or a turkey.
Though probably not a whole turkey. Maybe some deli-sliced turkey. I couldn’t afford whole ones. But the good type of sliced turkey! Honey-glazed. Something like that.

Okay, anyway, have a happy Turkey Day. I’ll be off doing… things. Probably schoolwork. Something boring like that.

So every time I start a blog post, I want to start it with the word “So.”
Normally I will edit it out and rewrite it so it doesn’t start so stupid. I obviously didn’t this time for effect. But it kind of bothers me that I do that literally every single time I attempt to write something. It’s always “So I was playing” this or “So I went” that. Surely I’m a better writer than that?

Then again, I guess I am, because most of the time I change it. I keep on doing it, just to get me writing, but I make sure the end result is just a little bit better than that, I guess. That indicates something about me as a writer, right? Maybe?

I guess it’s almost the stupid way I kick-start myself into writing something. It isn’t always easy banging these things out, although like most things, once I get rolling, then I go and go and it’s no issue whatsoever. It’s a habit, and gods, do I fucking love habits. I guess it isn’t a surprise I do things in a habitual way.

Still, if you ever see a whole lot of posts on here that start with the word “So,” slap me.

Out of nowhere, I am insanely ill. Like, seriously, one minute I was fine, and then five minutes later my throat was in pain and I couldn’t stand up.

So I’m out of it.

This is bad.

I’m probably pushing myself too hard…

Anyway, more actually significant bloegs when I can write them.