((Stolen from because I needed a new journal, and I was bored...))

[X] You have screamed at an inanimate object for “hurting you”.
[X] You have ran into a glass/screen door. ((It was a solid, wooden door… More than once… ))
[X] You have jumped out of a moving vehicle.
[X] You have thought of something funny and laughed, and then people gave you weird looks.
[X] You have run into a tree/bush.
[X] You have been called a blonde.

TOTAL: 6

[] You know that it IS possible to lick your elbow.
[] You just tried to lick your elbow.
[] You never knew that the Alphabet and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star had the same melody.
[X] You just sang them to make sure.
[X] You have tripped on your own feet and fallen.
[X] You have choked on your own spit.

TOTAL: 3

[] You have seen the Matrix and still don’t get it.
[] You type with three fingers or less.
[X] You have accidentally caught something on fire.
[X] You tried to drink out of a straw, but it went into your nose.
[X] You have caught yourself drooling.

TOTAL: 3

[X] You have fallen asleep in class.
[] Sometimes you just stop thinking.
[X] Sometimes when you are telling a story you forget what you are talking about.
[X] People often shake their heads and walk away from you.
[X] You are often told to use your ‘inside voice’.

TOTAL: 4

[X] You use your fingers to do simple math.
[X] You have eaten a bug accidentally...
[X] You are taking this test when you should be doing something more important.
[X] You have put your clothes on backwards or inside out, and didn’t realize it.
[X] You’ve looked all over for something and realized it was in your hand/pocket the whole time.
TOTAL: 5

[] You have posted bulletins because you are scared that what they say will happen if you don’t.
[X] You break a lot of things.
[X] You tilt your head when you’re confused.
[X] You have fallen out of your chair before.
[] When you’re lying in bed, you try to find pictures in the texture on the ceiling.
[X] The word “um” is used frequently.
[] You don’t know what “um” means.
[X] You say “what” and “huh” a lot.
[X] You plan to use a calculator to multiply your score for this bulletin.

TOTAL: 6

GRAND TOTAL: 27

NOW, Take Your Total And Multiply It By 4.
And Re-Post As I Am--% mentally Ill.











Journal By ~shelldevil-art

Yes, folks, the countdown has begun. In exactly three weeks, I shall be nineteen. Yippee and all that jazz, I suppose. My sister's is only a week away, though. She'll be seventeen.
In other news, I took my first drive down the street to my college, intending to buy books for my classes, but found out that I have to wait until Friday instead. However, I'm a bit confused as far as the books I need are concerned. I barely got into the only Creative Writing class at my college, but it seems I need... a book for the class... Does anyone else see the idiocy of that? It's Creative Writing for the gods sakes! If you're creative and you can write even a little, what else do you need aside from paper and a pencil or simply a laptop? You can't teach someone to be creative with a book on the subject. They have to pick it up as they go. I suppose we'll see how that goes when I start classes on the seventeenth. My other classes are just some math class or another, art appreciation, the Creative Writing class, Sociology, and an American History class.
Otherwise... My dad is going away for a month, coming back on weekends, for training at his job so he can become an official worker of the state, I think. I can't remember the exact details, but this means my sister and I get to try not to kill each other for the month while we attend school and do other things. My sister is going to get to drive my dad's speedway blue, red pinstriped, '09 Toyota Corolla, and I'll get my awesome black, white pinstriped, '94 Volvo 940 Turbo. Gods, I love my car. The thing is like a tank. I could plow into a tree and the car wouldn't have a dent in it while the tree is lying sideways on the side of the road. It's bloody awesome. The only downside is that gas gets expensive and it's a guzzler, but I don't drive often enough to worry too much about it.
That's it for now, kids. Have fun doing whatever it is you're doing and all that!












Journal By ~shelldevil-art

Okay, I've got a lot of stuff to cover this time.

First, I've said it before, my dad is allowing me to go to a convention. Unfortunately, once again, his schedule got screwed up and he can't take me to AFO or AWA. Instead, he's going to take me to St. Augustine, a gorgeous place I've visited once before, where EXP Con is going to be so long as I pay for the hotel. It shouldn't be too bad. My dad is really good at finding cheap hotels that aren't freakishly rundown. He's even offered to help me pay for it if it's a bit much.
My biggest concern at the moment, once I get the rest of my cosplay, is going to be waiting in whatever line there will be at the Con to get my badge since EXP doesn't offer to send the badge the way AWA does. Either way, I'll live; it makes the trip cheaper. I am a bit disappointed that I won't get to see Caitlin Glass with Vic Mignogna, but I'll get over it. I can always save up money and go to another Con next year. That's basically it as far as the convention news goes for me.

Next, I have to talk about driving. I finally managed to get my driver's license, which I'm happy about, I suppose, but I'm only happy about it because now I don't have to deal with the stress of that stupid test anymore. I really don't enjoy it. Besides, my sister uses my car a lot more than I do. Right now, in fact, she's out with her friends and has my car. Either way, I've got the license and we'll see how it goes when I have to really start driving.

Okay, the last order of business will be about the plushie situation. I still haven't finished the Maverick plushie, but I'm getting there. I'm plotting to sell custom plushies once I've finished it. I just have to figure out the costs and whether or not they would sell. If I did do it, and someone was actually interested in buying them, I would most likely need a picture of the character wanted or a freakishly good description, though I can't guarantee the character would be perfect if that were the case. I'm quite positive I can't make animal plushies or odd-looking creatures either, so whoever wanted one would be restricted to humans. Otherwise, the idea is still a work in progress.












Journal By ~shelldevil-art

Seriously, why am I awake? I went to bed around two-thirty this morning and woke up around six or six-thirty... Ye gods, something is wrong with me... Maybe I've finally given into the whole, "You need to get your license." deal... I don't know. What I do know is that my dad plans to take me to get my license today. We have to do it before Tuesday since the state is doing something new that will end up causing more chaos than it should. It seems that after Tuesday, the DMV will just give me a paper to drive with and mail me my license later on, so my dad wants me to get my license before all that nonsense starts, and, quite frankly, I agree. I tried to sleep more, but I can't seem to pull it off. Either way, I can't sleep, so I'm just going to try to do some writing or some such of the nature.
Speaking of which, I need some help from someone who can speak and translate French. Those of you who actually read my writings and such know the reason is because of Hostage. I've been writing it for a little over half a year with a hiatus or two in between, and I've been thinking about publishing it once I'm finished... If I ever finish it... In any case, if I'm going to try for getting it published, it would be nice if I actually had correct French rather than the B-grade internet translator I've been using since the beginning of it. It's preferrable if it's someone who actually reads and enjoys the story, but I'll settle with anyone who can speak it at this point. Thanks to anyone who accepts the endeavor in advance!












Journal By ~shelldevil-art

Yes, you asses, I say daddy.

I need to get that journal of hate off of my page before my dad's birthday, so a new entry the day after the first is what everyone receives since my dad's birthday is tomorrow. Wish him a happy thirty-ninth, boys and girls! He deserves it even if he can be a total ass sometimes! What parent isn't? In any case, my dad's gift won't be a surprise to him since my sister and I couldn't come up with anything good. He wanted this really nice Casio watch, yes, I got my watch obsession from him, so my sister and I bought it for him and got him one of those musical cards. My sister has it, and I can't remember exactly what it says, but it teases about how the music he grew up to was classical music. It's cute and funny, and it's something he would enjoy, but the card my sister and I got for him for Father's day was better. It said something along the lines of how he deserved a tropical vacation for the day, but all we could afford was a little umbrella. He thought it was funny. Then we gave him the Jurassic Park series for that. I know most of you don't actually care, but this is my journal and I'll put what I like here.

In the next order of business, I've not had the inspiration to write lately with all the stress, so I took a break and started reading manga instead. I figured, since I've got nothing more interesting to write about in my journal, I would give my opinion on a few that I've bought and read in the past week or two. I've been mostly reading boy love lately, so I'll start with that first.

Boy Love
Black Knight was one of my favorite series, so I'll start with that. It's currently four volumes long, but it's unfinished at the moment. It's got a lot of technical jargon in it about the events going on during the story, which can sometimes make it a slow read, but the story, taking place in a medieval era, is really well done. It definately helps that the artwork is so gorgeous. I'm bad at explaining this type of thing, but if any of you like adorable princes, hot knights, weird bandits, goofy kings, or just medieval eras in general, which I do, I suggest going to pick this series up, at least to see the artwork. Oh, warning to all, by the way; Black Knight is published by Blu, so expect man-sex, though there isn't much of it yet. This warning is only for those unfamiliar with Blu if the term "Boy Love" wasn't noticed.
Vassalord is another good one, but it's lighter and more fluff with vampires and cyborg vampires and a menagerie of other very odd beings. There are only two volumes in that so far, but I think there will be a third coming out soon. Also, since Vassalord is published by TokyoPop, there isn't any explicit sex.
Silver Diamond is another series published by TokyoPop with hinting of fluff and the like. It's actually really cute and about a boy who is really good with plants who practically has a jungle growing around his house, of which has a portal in it to another world that three males fall through. The story gets more complicated from there, but it's still pretty cute for only being four volumes so far.
Junjo Romantica is pretty popular as far as boy love manga go; it's even been made into two seasons of anime. It's about three couples, identified by Romantica, Egoist, and Terrorist. At one point or another, the characters bump into one another from different couples, which is how they're connected in the first place, but it basically just tells their stories about how issues keep them apart and they overcome them. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I adore the series, both anime and manga. Once again, this one is published by Blu, so expect man-sex. There are nine volumes, ten is coming out in August, and I think it's still ongoing after that.
As far as recommendations, I recommend all of these so far.

I'll leave you all with those for now and go on to some Shounen and Shoujo for those of you not into the boy love types.

Shoujo
Fruits Basket is the first that comes to mind. It may be highly popular, but it is for good reason. With a family cursed by spirits of the Zodiac and a girl who moves in after they find her in a tent, chaos is a constant thing throughout the twenty-two, twenty-three is the end come next week, volumes. It's a really sweet manga, and I highly recommend it.
Vampire Knight is another great manga, an anime series in Japan with two seasons. A school with a Night Class and a Day Class, but it wouldn't be called Vampire Knight without the Night Class being full of gorgeous vampires. There are six volumes so far, but the series is ongoing. Again, another series I highly recommend.
Absolute Boyfriend is a series I never thought I would like, so I hadn't picked it up until recently. Contrary to what I thought of it at first, it's actually pretty interesting. A girl meets up with this odd guy who gives her a website. She goes to it and fills out a survey of what she'd like in a guy, picks all of the choices, and sends it in to get the "Absolute Boyfriend" on a trial basis for a few days. When the guy gets there, he's naked, a humanoid robot, and needs to be awakened with a kiss. Once she does this, he wakes up, but when the time period ends, she hasn't sent him back yet and ends up in a world of trouble. It goes on from there. Otherwise, this series is pretty good, though I've only read the first book in the six volume series, but I still think it's pretty good. I'll give more information once I read through more of it.

I'll leave it at that for now. On to the Shounen manga!

Shounen
07-Ghost is first to mind. I have an odd adoration of that manga. A boy is in a military academy when he hears things he shouldn't from one of the higher ups. He's arrested but breaks out and escapes to this church where he's given sanctuary. It's only three volumes so far, but it's already piqued my interest.

There are more, but I'm exhausted, so that's it for now. If anyone read through all of that, you get cookies.












Journal By ~shelldevil-art