Attention!

I am getting my own car!

Maybe...

I won't get it for a while and nothing is concrete yet but it’s looking likely.

It’s real cheap and doesn’t have that many miles on it.

The catch…

It’s my uncles car he drives to work... he works for a pest company.

So here’s the car.

[link]

…Mom promises they will take the ears off…

Ok I’m just so mad!!!

I saw this trailer for this movie that looked soooo good.

It’s a Terry Gilliam film. He’s the guy who did Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

This guy is crazy and whacked and just the coolest guy in the world and I really wanted to see his new movie and damn it all one way or another I will. It has Johnny Depp and Jude Law and Colin Farrell AND Heath Ledger. And get this... they are all playing the same guy!

So…

Plot here : [link]

Trailer here: [link]

Look at both or I will hurt you, keep reading and you will see why I’m in such a poor mood.

I thought the release date was Oct 16 and that me and my friends could go see it for my birthday on the 30th.

But it turns out that’s just the date that it is released in Bulgaria!

Bulgaria!

…Bulgaria?

The USA date is not till like Christmas. So no movie for me till then.

So SO ticked off.

I have been thinking over the journal I put up at the start of July and I found that while the quiz is stupid it was kinda fun to do. So I decided…I’ll make up one of my own! How hard can it be?

Bit harder then I thought I didn’t want to reuse any questions from other quizzes I had seen. I might have by accident but I think I have a very odd and original quiz here.

Tell me what you think.

If you want to make your own quiz or fill this one out than please do. These are stupid but hey if you’re bored, go for it.


1. What is the craziest thing you did when you were little?
I ate a moth

2. What is the craziest thing you’ve done in the past week?
Made this quiz.

3. Guilty pleasure?
Eating raw cookie dough

4. If you could have any animal in the world as a pet what would you want?
A Bat

5. What manga do you think really needs to get made into an anime?
Crescent Moon by Haruko Iida. Vampires, werewolves, Japanese demons and it’s all very funny and romantic.

6. What color are your bedroom walls?
Mint. Light mint. Is that even a real color?

7. Do you read fanfiction?
Yes.

8. Do you write fanfiction?
No

9. How many pages long is your favorites gallery?
16

10. What kind of calendar do you have?
Master of Illusion.

11. What is your favorite mythical creature?
Dragons

12. Tea or coffee?
Tea. Coffee is mud mixed with vinegar.

13. What is your favorite American comic?
Zits. So funny!

14. What’s scarier? A croc or a shark?
Shark. More teeth

15. What teacher do you wish would fall off the end of the earth?
Dr. Conoley

16. Favorite myths?
Norse

17. Favorite quote?
When I get a little money I buy books if any is left I buy food and clothes.

18. What is the strangest conversation you have had with a sibling or cousin?
Explaining to my little sister that coffee cake doesn’t actually have coffee in it.

19. Something odd thing you find on your closet floor?
My dog. She likes to nap there don’t ask me why.

20. Weird thing that you collect?
Yarn.

21. What kind of cooking show would you host?
A dessert only show.

22. Do you want a surprise birthday party?
Maybe. Might be fun but might make me trip and fall on my face.

23. What’s your favorite food?
Sushi!

24. What food do you absolutely hate?
Peas. Yuck.

25. Are your parents’ losers, crazy, or just old?
Just old.

26. Can you cook?
Some. Mostly breakfast, the rest of the time I live on ramen.

27. What anime have you been watching the longest?
Digimon. Been watching that forever.

28. Least favorite holiday?
Father’s day. I never know what to get him.

29. Vampires or Werewolves; which is cooler?
Depends on the vampire or werewolf.

30. Is high school hell or is it workable?
It’s workable. Mostly it depended on how much sugar my friends had consumed that morning.

31. Grandma’s little problem with your appearance?
I don’t wear enough make-up

32. Are you waiting with desperate anticipation for the next Harry Potter movie?
No.

33. Name the weirdest thing you have on your wall.
Tibetan prayer flags.

34. What book to you plan to read soon?
Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor

35. Do you wear contacts, glasses, or is your vision 20/20?
Contacts

36. Way of getting revenge on your teachers?
I ask questions that I know the answer to but I know that don’t know the answer.

37. Ever been on a boat?
Do the little foot-paddle boats count?

38. Favorite stone?
Opal

39. Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes

40. How many pairs of shoes do you have?
I’ll let you know when I find them all.

41. What color are your eyes?
Green

42. If you could change your eye color to any color what would you make them?
One eye gold, one blue.

43. Are you addicted to the internet?
Yes!

44. Are you addicted to DA?
Yep.

45. What is your secret talent?
I can knit.

46. Do hearses count in the carpool lane?
…I have no idea. It would be interesting to find out.

Ok I just got this in an e-mail don't know if it's true but it was so funny. I couldn't breath I was laughing to hard!

Ok here's the e-mail.

"We have a fox terrier by the name of Jasper. He came to us in the summer of 2001 from the fox terrier rescue program. For those of you, who are unfamiliar with this type of adoption, imagine taking in a 10 year old child about whom you know nothing and committing to doing your best to be a good parent.

Like a child, the dog came with his own idiosyncrasies. He will only sleep on the bed, on top of the covers, nuzzled as close to my face as he can get without actually performing a French kiss on me.

Lest you think this is a bad case of 'no discipline,' I should tell you that Perry and I tried every means to break him of this habit including locking him in a separate bedroom for several nights. The new door cost over $200. But I digress.

Five weeks ago we began remodeling our house. Although the cost of the project is downright obnoxious, it was 20 years overdue AND it got me out of cooking Thanksgiving for family, extended family, and a lot of friends that I like more than family most of the time.

I was assigned the task of preparing 124 of my famous yeast dinner rolls for the two Thanksgiving feasts we did attend. I am still cursing the electrician for getting the new oven hooked up so quickly. It was the only appliance in the whole darn house that worked, thus the assignment.

I made the decision to cook the rolls on Wed evening to reheat Thurs am. Since the kitchen was freshly painted, you can imagine the odor. Not wanting the rolls to smell like Sherwin Williams #586, I put the rolls on baking sheets and set them in the living room to rise for a few hours. Perry and I decided to go out to eat, returning in about an hour. The rolls were ready to go in the oven.

It was 8:30 PM. When I went to the living room to retrieve the pans, much to my shock one whole pan of 12 rolls was empty. I called out to Jasper and my worst nightmare became a reality. He literally wobbled over to me. He looked like a combination of the Pillsbury dough boy and the Michelin Tire man wrapped up in fur. He groaned when he walked. I swear even his cheeks were bloated.

I ran to the phone and called our vet. After a few seconds of uproarious laughter, he told me the dog would probably be OK, however, I needed to give him Pepto Bismol every 2 hours for the rest of the night.

God only knows why I thought a dog would like Pepto Bismol any more than my kids did when they were sick. Suffice it to say that by the time we went to bed the dog was black, white and pink. He was so bloated we had to lift him onto the bed for the night.

We arose at 7:30 and as we always do first thing; put the dog out to relieve himself. Well, the dog was as drunk as a sailor on his first leave. He was running into walls, falling flat on his butt and most of the time when he was walking his front half was going one direction and the other half was either dragging the grass or headed 90 degrees in another direction. He couldn't lift his leg to pee, so he would just walk and pee at the same time. When he ran down the small incline in our back yard he couldn't stop himself and nearly ended up running into the fence.

His pupils were dilated and he was as dizzy as a loon. I endured another few seconds of laughter from the vet (second call within 12 hours) before he explained that the yeast had fermented in his belly and that he was indeed drunk. He assured me that, not unlike most binges we humans go through, it would wear off after about 4 or 5 hours and to keep giving him Pepto Bismol.

Afraid to leave him by himself in the house, Perry and I loaded him up and took him with us to my sister's house for the first Thanksgiving meal of the day. My sister lives outside of Muskogee on a ranch, (10 to 15 minute drive). Rolls firmly secured in the trunk (124 less 12) and drunk dog leaning from the back seat onto the console of the car between Perry and I, we took off.

Now I know you probably don't believe that dogs burp, but believe me when I say that after eating a tray of risen unbaked yeast rolls, DOGS WILL BURP. These burps were pure Old Charter. They would have matched or beat any smell in a drunk tank at the police station. But that's not the worst of it. Now he was beginning to fart and they smelled like baked rolls. God strike me dead if I am not telling the truth! We endured this for the entire trip to Karen's, thankful she didn't live any further away than she did.

Once Jasper was firmly placed in my sister's garage with the door locked, we finally sat down to enjoy our first Thanksgiving meal of the day. The dog was the topic of conversation all morning long and everyone made trips to the garage to witness my drunken dog, each returning with a tale of Jasper's latest endeavor to walk without running into something. Of course, as the old adage goes, 'what goes in must come out' and Jasper was no exception.

Granted if it had been me that had eaten 12 risen, unbaked yeast rolls, you might as well have put a concrete block up my behind, but alas a dog's digestive system is quite different from yours or mine. I discovered this was a mixed blessing when we prepared to leave Karen's house. Having discovered his 'ackages' on the garage floor, we loaded him up in the car so we could hose down the floor. This was another naive decision on our part. The blast of water from the hose hit the poop on the floor and the poop on the floor withstood the blast from the hose. It was like Portland cement beginning to set up and cure.

We finally tried to remove it with a shovel. I (obviously no one else was going to offer their services) had to get on my hands and knees with a coarse brush to get the remnants off of the floor. And as if this wasn't degrading enough, the darn dog in his drunken state had walked through the poop and left paw prints all over the garage floor that had to be brushed too. Well, by this time the dog was sobering up nicely so we took him home and dropped him off before we left for our second Thanksgiving dinner at Perry's sister's house.

I am happy to report that as of today (Monday) the dog is back to normal both in size and temperament. He has had a bath and is no longer tricolor. None the worse for wear I presume. I am also happy to report that just this evening I found 2 risen unbaked yeast rolls hidden inside my closet door. It appears he must have come to his senses after eating 10 of them but decided hiding 2 of them for later would not be a bad idea. Now, I'm doing research on the computer as to: 'How to clean unbaked dough from the carpet.'

And how was your day?"

I decided to do this quiz thing partly because I am bored and mostly cause I really need to put up a new journal. My last one was in March. So here we go. Letting you in on my secrets. If anyone reads this I will be surprised.

1. What does your deviantArt name mean and why did you join this site?
My name is Ryu-Ren and it’s Japanese for dragon lily. No promises on accuracy I used a translation dictionary. And I joined this site cause I couldn’t see get past the ‘Mature warming’ on stuff if I didn’t. But once I was on I really liked posting my stuff.

2. What fandom were you obsessed with when you joined and what are you into now?
Um let’s see. At the time I was in a Yu-gi-oh faze. And now I’m really into Hellsing and Naruto.

3. How many watchers do you have now?
7…that’s it.

4. Name 3 of your favorite artists on DA
Um off the top of my head, SilentReaper, sora-ko, Lizeth. I’m sure if I stopped to think about it I’d be here all day.

5. Do you comment, fav, or both?
Both.

6. Do you participate in clubs' contests here on DA?
I haven't yet.

7. What is your most popular deviation?
Evil Overlord To Do List. Which isn’t even mine!

8. What are you favorite non-anime TV shows?
Bones, CSI, Supernatural.

9. What are the things you wish you could draw better?
Faces. I can not do faces.

10. Summer or winter?
50/50. Summer: no school/cottonwood allergies. Winter: Christmas/snow

11. Rain or Sun?
Rain Rain Rain Rain. Gimmie water!

12. What's your favorite type of music?
I listen to just about everything.

13. PC or Mac?
PC

14. Anime or Manga?
I like both. But I guess Manga cause it tends to have less stupid dubbing problems.

15. Coke or Pepsi?
Soda makes me sick. Can’t drink it. Doc’s orders. PITY ME!

16. Read or TV?
If I’m not reading I’m on the computer. TV rarely. You can get most anything on youtube.

17. How many hours a day do you spend on DA?
Less then an hour most days but some days more.

18. Name a hidden talent
I can turn my ears off.

19. Flash or traditional cartoons?
?????

20. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
I don’t do fast food. Another order from the Doc.

21. What are top 3 favorite books?
That is a good question. Let’s see. I have no clue. Stuff by Tamora Pierce or Anne McCaffery mostly.

22. Wii or Playstation?
I can’t play ether of them.

23. Name 3 of your favorite bands
Too many to name.

24. Are you a fast, slow, or medium typer?
Slow. I always need to stop and think.

25. Do you like Denny's?
Never been.

26. What is your favorite emoticon?


27. What is your favorite type of pie?
Pumpkin

28. Have you ever stayed up for 24 hours?
Yes. Not happy near the end.

29. Do you go on YouTube alot?
I live on it.

30. Are you a member on any other sites besides DA?
No.

31. Do you cosplay?
Nope. Too cheep.

32. Fruits or sweets?
Both.

33. Name 3 artists you admire
Wow. Can't pick just three.

34. Buttered, plain, or salted popcorn?
Butter.

35. Have you skipped school?
Once. My friends begged me.

36. Have you been on a plane?
Yes. Hated every minute. Like being on a kiddy rollercoaster for 3 hours.

37. Have you swum in an ocean?
Yes.

38. Have you been ice skating?
Yes. Fell on my ass.

39. Favorite vacation spot
Don’t have one.

40. Ever been on TV?
No.

41. Favorite salad dressing?
Ranch

42. What do you do to relax
Read, Write, Surf the web.

43. What is the last film you saw in the theaters?
UP

44. Favorite Sandwich
Ham and Cheese

45. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Stonehenge.

46. Favorite time of the day?
Later afternoon

47. What did you want to be when you were little?
A vet.

48. What do you want to be now?
Librarian

49. If you could eat with one person, who would it be?
My best friend

50. What character would you hate to be stuck in a room with?
Not sure

51. When is your birthday?
Oct 30th

52. Favorite type of ice cream?
Watermelon

53. Last book you read?
Wolf speaker

54. Which store would you max out a credit card at?
I don’t

55. Do you buy / sell / both on eBay?
None

56. What is the most annoying thing people ask you?
"Why don’t you have a boyfriend?”

57. Favorite all time TV show?
CSI. I think.

58. What was your favorite show as a kid?
Power Rangers.

59. What are you listening to right now?
Impossible by Kelly Clarkson

60. What is the last thing you ate?
Ramen

61. If you were a crayon what color would you be?
Neon purple.

62. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Hair color. Not sure why I just do.

63. Favorite sport to play?
I hate them all.

64. Favorite Day of the Year?
Halloween.

65. Hugs or Kisses?
Hugs.

66. Chocolate or vanilla?
Vanilla.

67. Favorite Board Game?
Can’t think of one.

68. Favorite smells.
Salt. Not sure why.

70. Do you have any piercing?
Nope.

71. How many siblings do you have?
Two. But the way they are at each others throats that might change.

72. Bacon Bits or croutons?
Bacon

73. Favorite Day of the Week?
Saturday

74. Favorite phrase
I’m crazy. Get over it.

75. Favorite Restaurant?
Sonoda’s.

76. Favorite animal?
Bats

77. Favorite thing to do outside
Find shade.

78. Favorite thing to do when it's raining?
Run around in it.

79. Favorite Disney character
Hmmm. Pocahontas. Only one that doesn’t need to be rescued.

80. Do you like coffee? If so, what is your favorite brand?
That stuff is poison.