Crossover Chick

I think what happened is that I really want it to be the weekend already (even if we are supposed to get thunderstorms of doom) and thus school feels like a prison -- especially when I have a bunch of RP replies and suchlike to do in my free time. Caught up now, at least, except for one message that I may or may not complete this evening. We'll have to see what happens. (Person has been duly warned reply may be delayed.)

I'm actually doing the housesitting thing right now -- surprise night out on the owner's part means surprise night in for me here. Been pretty quiet, at least. Last thing I wanted today was an emergency situation. Not when I'm feeling a bit twitchy, kthanx.

Things of note today:
-->My morning RIpta bus? Got in early. I'm serious -- somehow, we managed to get in a full ten minutes before I had to get my other bus. I was in absolute shock. And very worried this meant I'd have to deal with a really late afternoon bus. Fortunately, this was not the case -- though we got the weird little trolley bus again, and there were periods of worrying beeping on the way home. (I've come to associate beeping with bus breakdowns -- happily, nothing of the sort happened on that ride).

-->Weyr Wednesday happened, so we have lots and lots of pictures of dragons. Current and Firework, Pearl and Jade egg, Jade and Sulfur egg. The Jade is named Tai, after Jason Tai, lead composer on A:MR -- there's a track called Jade in the soundtrack, sooo. . . I also hatched a Nightshade, which I have named Solanace after the scientific name for the nightshade family of plants, Solanaceae (whole thing wouldn't fit). Current attempts are Wisp and Ruby, though I gotta wait for the Rainbow/Gold to enter the nursery before I can try again for the latter.

-->Got in one Hearthstone win after my shower today -- Valeera (Rogue) win against THE SLOWEST MALFURION (DRUID) EVER. I swear, there wasn't a turn that my opponent didn't let go to the fuse (the hurry-it-up alert when your time's about to run out). I dunno if they had lag or were just not paying attention, but damn it was annoying. Felt good to kick their ass. And fulfilled two quests while I was at it.

-->Finished up Chapter 9 in "In the Land of the Dead" and started Chapter 10 -- which is the Bumby-centric chapter. I've actually got some good chunks of this written already, but it'll be nice to link it all together. Then I can start proper editing and maybe get that up sometime this century so I can move onto "Remembering You."

And now I should get back to answering tags and at least starting to draft a reply to that one message. . . G'night, sleep tight!

My nose has been annoyingly runny all day. Constant getting up to blow my nose. Eeeeggguh. I hate getting sick, I really do. At least it's just a cold and not norovirus, like was threatened earlier this year. Meeeh.

Not too much to say (largely because I have other stuff to attend to), though I will direct you to these posts for a few of some of my dragons. I've also hatched a Fungus (Shroom), a Spark (Tesla), and a Ruin (Insidious). I've got one of the Fire/Dark hybrids currently in my nursery -- and fun times, I've got Jabber and Wocky together for breeding. XD

Another win/loss day in Hearthstone, by the by -- I got beaten by a Garrosh who managed to survive my initial attacks and got a bunch of good cards in play (also, I stupidly didn't take out a minion that I could have). However, Anduin weathered the storm of a Gul'dan and managed to defeat him -- or, rather, managed to get the guy to concede after he realized smashing me with his minions meant nothing when I had my own lethal minion on the board. XD

And now I've got a bunch of stuff to take care of on both tumblr and Dreamwidth, so I'd better get to that. G'night all!

Finished the third Science of Discworld book the other day. Again, good stuff, even if the higher-level math stuff kind of made my head spin a bit. The wizards were in truly fine form with this one -- and I liked their defeat of their enemy.
( Some Spoilers )

All in all, good stuff, and I hope I can get my hands on the fourth eventually. Right now, having finished off all my Pratchett, I'm rereading an old favorite: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Silly fun with a penchant for fine literature -- what more could you ask for?

Been a pretty good Friday overall, I have to say. Class went well, the weather started off kind of rainy but actually got rather nice, and I managed to finish up the new chapter 3 of "In the Land of the Dead" without incident. Got utterly creamed by both real-life person and the AI in Hearthstone, though. Still have some deck-learning to do. Ah well, at least I unlocked some of the Druid's basic cards.

As for DragonVale, I went ahead and upgraded the Epic Breeding Island to the Epic Breeding Sanctuary -- I have the gems for a change, so might as well use them. Still no sign of the Emerald, but I'll keep trying. I did, however, get a pleasant surprise when I got my Snowy Olympus egg last night:
( Picture )

So yeah, that was nice. :D

And now I should take care of my tags and suchlike. One final picture for anyone wondering what my new haircut looks like, though -- I took a selfie for posting on tumblr earlier:
( Short Haired Me )

Later!

Not quite as warm as the last one, plus kind of windy, but still! :D I got out three times today -- cashing my paycheck, looking for Cadbury Mini Eggs (couldn't find a small bag, ended up settling for a pack of M & Ms), and going out for just a plain old walk. Felt good to be out in the sunshine and fresh air, let me tell you. :) And I believe it's supposed to be in the 50s from this point forward, so that's a hopeful sign of spring.

Today was mainly a day about catching up on stuff online -- RP tags and YouTube videos. I also finished first pass editing on the first chapter of "In The Land of the Dead," so hopefully that'll be able to go up soon. Tomorrow, though, I might do a quick edit pass on the first chapter of "Forgetting You" and get that up on my website. Need to get things moving on there again.

Main update of the day comes from DragonVale -- I have rare dragon pictures! Also a fun story that relates to one, so let's show those:
( Eggs and Dragons )

So yeah -- good day, can't complain. Now back to the tumblr business! G'night all!

( SO MANY TREES TO GET TO THIS )

Other important update of the day: Chapter 13 of "There's Always Tomorrow." Read it, love it, or hate it. Me, I have tags to answer. Later!

DragonVale's got a St. Patrick's Day icon, which is adorable. But, even better on that front:
( Look What I Got )

I also played a bit of A:MR today, and I found my missing bottle from the Hatter's Domain! I'd apparently skipped over the one in Always Elevenses, which is behind a door you have to shrink under and at the top of a bunch of invisible platforms. Guess I just ran past it the first few times. This just leaves one to discover in The Mysterious East -- I'll have to go hunting. And watch that video on where the bottles are in that chapter. Hmmm.

Other than that it's largely been a lazy Saturday, and I don't give a damn. It was a long week, and I needed some laziness. Did get some editing done on the next chapter of "There's Always Tomorrow," though, which is good. And I am doing some RP tags on tumblr, though that's always a bit slow on Saturdays. People out and about, I'm guessing. Ah well, I like the quiet well enough. Right now I might just go track down that bottle video -- later!

Lost pretty much my entire afternoon to it, with brief breaks to check up on DragonVale. At least I got some writing/editing done in the morning -- even if I did wake up a bit late. Ah well.

Well, with that in mind, let me just share my latest dragon pictures with you all:
( All Growed Up (Mostly) )

And now to sneak in some productivity before it's tomorrow. Later!

My Moonstruck has just hatched, and been dubbed Emily (though she came with a pretty awesome name on her own -- Europa. Maybe I'll do that for the Moon dragon, if it doesn't come with its own awesome name). Have some pictures:
( Struck By A Moon )

There's not much else to report from the game, save that Nithogg and Tidepool are making me a Coral dragon. Once I have that and the Magnetic, I'll have all the "standard" dragons from that list. Then maybe I can start adding Light hybrids to the mix. Or maybe I'll hold off just a little longer to get my islands looking halfway decent first, and figure out where I have the most room for new habitats.

There's also not much to report from my life -- it snowed yesterday, dumping a wet 5 inches on us. Bleck. It's supposed to warm up as the week goes on, though, so that's something. Still would like to get out and about a bit. Also been RPing and gradually poking at ideas involving the DG-Victor/Save_Us_Alice wedding plot. I should make some sort of post on that at some point. . .let me just standardize what I've got in my head a bit more right now. Feels good to finally get these two hitched, I have to say. :)

And -- that's it for me for now. Later all!

Even if I don't get the Moonstruck, it appears I'm building a Moon habitat anyway, because Gana and Echo are pulling the 48 hour thing again, and it is definitely nighttime. At least this time I know to just bite the bullet and build the big one. (Attar and Mimsy appear to be making a Smoke this go-round. I suppose I should just be grateful all my Moonstruck-fails are short-time fails.)

Today was a good DragonVale day. :D Not only have I managed to get all of my dragons onto island where they're being positively affected by boosts in the best way possible, I've managed to do it with a minimum of spending money! :) I do have new Metal, Earth, and Cold Habitats building, but they're pretty necessary, and the second two were relatively cheap, so. . . Kairos also gave me a hand on that front -- I could use him again, so I used him to speed up the building of the Treasure habitat, the hatching of my Silver egg, and and a bunch of other stuff. He be useful. :D

Anyway, I have a few pictures for this update:
( Dragons! )

Not much else to report -- quiet day around here. I watched some of the special features on my "Going Postal" thing -- mainly deleted scenes (that really did need to be deleted) and some of the interviews. I also played more Fruit Ninja -- unlocked the Northern Lights blade for a goal. It's beautiful and I'm mentally calling it the "Tundraful" blade. :D I work that poor iPad Mini so hard. . .

Right now, though, I do have something on tumblr to answer, so laters!