February is so god damned short. I had to buy a new pass yesterday. The ones for February should be just a little cheaper.

I had a draft from Wednesday I was going to post, but most of that seems to be caffeine ramblings about CoH while I was waiting in the Library for Omar to call me when the break in Abnormal Psych was. I didn't want to interrupt the guest speakers because I was a little late. Apparently I could have just walked in according to Betsy. (Sigh)

For no reason at all I bought two Deb Talan songs I already had but in slightly different forms. Both "Darkest Season" and "How Will He Find Me" appear on her “Sincerely” Album as well as “Something Burning” and “The Weepies Itunes EP”. She puts a slightly different spin on both songs making them fresh. Come to think of it, “Sincerely” may be a Live album. I hear clapping.

Oh, a point from the Wednesday draft....I assumed I'd be a little shell-shocked from Tuesday, but that failed to happen. I am a little shocked at the idea some people wouldn't have called for help. It's happened before and the man wasn't drunk but going into diabetic shock. I'm glad my guy was just drunk. I ran into the same bus driver Wednesday night. No point, just saying.

Hey, I might have Saturday off. Does anyone know where to get medium to large sized stuffed Bulbasaur, preferable if it can speak and shout "BULBASAUR" when prompted?

Just checking.

Done? Done. No title.

-Cleric

Work was work. Mini Shift. Giving certain trouble customers orange blaze reflective vests is a good idea. At least the Demon Customer brought his own. Good call. He seemed "pleasant" today and I warned Suhki but it ended ok. Work was fairly boring if the highlight was running into Eileen. I think it's almost cliché of her to want "Shut up and Sing" which we didn't have...

You always have to look twice at Eileen, just to make sure she's actually there and not some caffeine detoxed hallucination.

 I was going to go out for late night Chinese with The Firm crew(read Todd and Britany in this scenario) Mark was going to go but he deemed watching Boston Legal and pushing Canadian Captain to 50 a better idea.

Steve and Omar came by. I ended up watching Battlestar with them until 1. Man, I have missed the 3rd season. Baltar writing his Mein Kampf. Ha. The Chief and Callie relationship is a little suspect, but they have a cute baby who's happy to be on a Battlestar. Dee and Lee(oh ha, that's smart) was a little shocking. Who wouldn't go for Dee? Starbuck is too crazy.

I think it's premature planning MY Peacebringer. I'm at a lvl 29 with some debt. It's going to be Melissa in red converse runners. Think how cool that's going to be. Just the back story alone is going to rock. Everything I ever write is always connected. 

I'm academically depressed. Yeah I got a B on the Fore Psych with 20 minutes of studying but the Police Deviance one still hasn't sat well. The Psych paper is trucking along well. It's shocking that few people link medical students syndrome with hypochondria. 

Oh, and maybe....just maybe, I'm not as smart as I think I am.  

If Elizabeth had one admirable quality, is would be her honesty. Of course, I didn't see any of that(neither does her parents) but telling the Lt. in an interview she's my ex. That takes some balls. Just like having milk glands with no nipples. At least, according to John Hodgman.   

 How shall I use my Jeremy Given Day of Rest? Pryo want to see Ghost Rider...which we'll probably end up seeing. I don't really care, I have a hankering for movie popcorn(with no butter at all) and Eva Mendes....such a wonderful colour.

Anything else? Grrr, I hope not...because that means I'll have to write more.

After some attempts at cool profile pictures, I couldn't get the lighting right. So, no.

-Cleric 

Just so I can get a handle on the whole thing...

Police Deviance Paper: March 20th

Forensic Psych Research Proposal (it's a bunch of journal articles): March 7th

Abnormal Psych Midterm II: Next Week (The 14th)  

Four Wireless Associate Modules: ASAP or before Friday (or death! No Cake!*)  

Someone in there should be an Abnormal Psych paper and another test of some sort. I'll finalize it tomorrow and expect an edit.

Work was work. What can you really say about a Sunday with a tandem MOD?

Proof that no one hears what we say after "insert The Firm Greeting**" You can say almost anything you want to and no one will pick it up. Let me just sum this story up: We have caller ID. Elizabeth called.

You fill in the rest.

I'm dedicating my remaining story telling abilities in getting at least ONE of the Cop stories off the ground. This includes the "Sunday Morning" saga, "The New Guy" or something sci fi/zombie related. That last one, I've done some research for.  The Zombie Survival Guide rocks.

Today? Being Monday should be dedicated to my academics, but it probably won't be. At least not "dedicated" a couple hours here and there I should be good.

Saint spent the night again.  I wonder if she's playing "Dead Rising" right now? I won't check. I should get to bed.

I'll just say I love my French Press. One damned fine cup of coffee. I've always wanted one and that need was galvanized dealing with Dani in my naivety.  (Note, get those shirts with "I find your Naivety disgusting"*** made)

Deb Talan doesn't really sound like Sarah Harmer, but first timers believe that.  

Done? Done. I have to stop writing these things at four in the morning.  

* That's now a Staci reference (and not an Elizabeth one) and is completely legit!
** All the Facebookers know where I work, so just fill it in.
*** Now THAT’S an Inside Joke.

Heroes Spoilers will appear in this entry. You have been warned.

*Cleric's* Writing Check-List:

in 90% of every piece of fiction I'VE ever written there has been:

()A wake-up/getting ready scene(ha, Daeva has a getting ready scene)
()A scene commenting on how good/bad a certain cup of coffee is
()Guns, lots of Guns(Quest for the Tape Screenplay notwithstanding)
()Military Jargon whether or not the story is military in origin(i.e. Sarge)
()Too much backstory for minor characters(Too much backstory period)
()Whining, lots of whining(do I do anything else?)
()Cute brunettes(usually as leads, but sometimes as minors)
()Gun technobable(different from just mentioning guns, but detailed explanations of existing weapon systems and fictional weapon systems described with a disgusting amount of detail that make them sound plausible. The latter relies on creating slang terms.

Besides those, a writer must learn how to describe facial hair and female underwear with incredible detail. You can't tell characters apart if they don't have facial hair(Cameron and Daniel in the 9th season of SG1?).

Actually, being able to describe female underwear is a basic requirement of being a guy.

See? I'm fine. I'm not writing this at 4 in the morning. Just after 7 is fine by me.

I have to summarize those four articles for tomorrow. On it.

Class tonight, but I'll probably fill the rest of the day with CoH Badge hunting, random cleaning and the consumption of much coffee. I have a half a pound of espresso blend to drink in a week before it goes bad!

That sounds like a challenge.

So, if anyone ever needs a gift idea for me half pounds of designer coffees are always a good idea.

Mum says most people have tea sets, but I have a coffee set. A stainless steel French press with a ceramic creamer/sugar bowl set and enough mugs for several dozen people, but I think it's really meant for Two**.

I have to wonder how people are finding me on Facebook. Do they really troll the various groups I'm in and go "Oh hey, it's *insert real name here* I gotta add him!" Probably.

I just like the conflicting histories. No, I'm pretty sure I went to elementary school with this one guy while he claims we've only known each other as neighbors. I'm tempted to add that cute girl with glasses who's 5th on the *The Firm* listing.

Note: the top 3 is taking up by Laura, Britany and me respectively. I wonder if that's just because I'm looking at the list, the top three will differ for others.

Itunes needs more vintage Elvis Costello (i.e. No Dancing) and perhaps Maldroid. I wrote in a request for the latter. Requests do work. I asked for the Churchills way back in the day and got the new album. Huttah.

Oh, speaking of that, Huttah and Yatta, etc. Heroes?

...Wow. Now you all know how much fun I had with Nora Zehetner being on the show and yes, it was tragic when she splattered her talented brain across a containment cell with a race gun .45. So I've been pretty down in the area of "Girls in Heroes."** If I have to choose between the Cheerleader and Simone I'm not too happy. Simone was a little annoying because she couldn't decide who she loved.

Ironically, both of them attributed to her death.

Now, to the point: Missy Peregrym***, a Canadian actress you've probably never heard of(Unless you're a die hard fan of local projects like Smallville/Dark Angel or Stick It) was just added to the cast as an associate of Mr. Bennett. I was watching it and I just said aloud "She can turn into other people, can't she?" Nothing surprised me anymore. I'm still excited. Another cute brunette with spunk?

See, I like spunk.

Done? Done. Things to do, people to see. Coffee to drink.

-Cleric

*I used that in a poem once...capital Two...it was lame. It's green for those seeing this through Facebook. Like I care.

**I hate Ali Larter unless she's breaking people in half. Then she's mildly acceptable.

***She's been in so many things with Sarah Carter like Dark Angel, Smallville and Black Sash(which I've never seen, but looks awesome.) I don't know why I had to mention that...

I'm going to say it once, so listen:

I think Dani Dubord should get Facebook.

Based on what I've been told about the system, someone out there who is connected to someone I know somehow will see this.

Edit at 6:14 am....One Ms. Dani Dubord just got made on Myspace...which isn't just for pedophiles and horny preteens.  

We called Staci's birthday dinner yesterday(still today for me) because she enjoys Pasta Tuesdays so much. I shouldn't have had the brownie, at least Staci and I split it. There was a creepy incident that occured in the parking lot involving Tiffany and Steve. I knew I should have warned him before he would have gone and done something stupid. That's where I'm going to leave it. Omar and I might have to form a task force. Emphasis on the force.

I randomly typed in the character names "Nick Copelin" and "Melissa Reiss" into Facebook and got people! Of course none of them even look remotely like my favourite protagonists, but I was hoping.

Man, everyone is right. I'm hooked on Facebook. Dammit.

Oh, speaking of hooked. Omar got CoV and I told him to play on Virtue so I can gank him in the PvP zones. Knowing Omar he'll create some fire demon character so we can go at it like true arch-rivals. Best Friend, Bitter Enemies, such a fine line really.

I'm starting to write fan fic. Staci is proud. More Proud when I'm the girl. It's a two blasters, a scrapper, a tank, a cont and a def... I have various arcs worked out complete with arch villian teams. (sigh) I need a real life now don't I?

I should get on those articles.

-Cleric

Yesterday, being the 7th I took a personal and slept. Whole day through. Why? Let's just say this hasn't been the best week. I've sorted through the reasons why and none of them, combined or separate should make me feel THIS bad. This might actually be REAL depression because it's interfering with school. Not work yet, I can usually snap myself out to do a shift or two, my job isn't that hard. Standard methods aren't working: Caffeine will not fix this problem. I have a game to return today.

Other than that? It's Staci's birthday. We might play CoH later. Probably we'll start up fresh characters on other servers. I'm tempted to play as a dark scrapper. You can always make up for regeneration with a well slotted fitness.

Honestly I just want to be like "Hellfire Hurricane" who I haven't seen in a while. I really should have added him to my friends list. Teaming with someone on two separate occasions usually warrants such an action. It's nice when you join a team to see familiar faces you weren't aware where on the team. Siren's Call is fun simply because you can fight legions of Arachnos while being backed by an equal number of Long Bow. Feels like a big ol' "Save the World" fight every 20 minutes. Yeah, the debt is terrible if you don't have at least one other player teammate, but it feels like a chaotic fight from a comic book.

 I have to pull out of this "funk*" soon. I have a Deviance Paper due in less than 2 weeks. Depression and All nighters do not mix.

Anything else? god, I hope not.

-Cleric 

I can still enjoy Steve without Deb. It's not as fantastic, but it's close. Who knew "Rocks and Water" was one of his? Could have fooled me.

I've given myself a week ultimatum. Historically those have worked well. At least I still have my "dealer" on speed dial. Of course, I think the number is different. 

We'll work on that.

My friends are CoH are just blowing me out of the water. Monk is at 33, Meck at 35 and I'm still 4 bubs and debt away from 32. 32 however, comes with RAIN OF ARROWS. Add build up and run. Run fast. Massive AoE DoT

Note: PvP Stalkers suck. Be a better class you heinous villains! Go assassin strike somebody else!

I think I work today. I also just did all those training modules I had to do. I want to shoot whatever education/business psychologist that designed these things.  .45 Auto 230gr from medium range.

 And just to clarify: I'm not undatable. I've dated (um...sure, we'll call it that). I just write characters who can't date. They just need soul mates.

Figure that one out. Because I won't.

Take a deep breath, I'm going random.

 Punch em' all in the spleen as hard as you can, whoever gets up wins. That's how in settle it in Brixton Cad.

"The question "Has anyone seen my gun?" is not a good way to start a conversation.

It's you, me and a cricket bat. My money is on the bat. 

 Holding your breath is unwise. Don't do it. I'm smegging off.

-Cleric 

At least Day Light Savings Time can't throw off my sleep pattern this year...I don't have one.

But a Sunday Morning Shift is tricky. Luckily for me I've been accidentally springing forward this whole week due to my alarm clock being set an hour ahead.

Still, I'm up...what does that tell you?

Technically speaking I spent the entire day watching movies. The Day being the 10th...I got off at 12:30, watched "The Holiday"(think a cleaner/Happier version of Closer with less language and cheating) with Saint. I went to bed for a while, got up and saw "300" with Pyro. While I loved every single part of the movie(Especially the fact Xerxes was so a Go’auld...going to take that one up with Staci...What if it was 300 Spartans against 1000000 Jaffa?)The group of kids that sat to my left(Pyro knew of all of them) and gah they pissed me off. Apparently the only people checking ID in this town is me and the liquor stores.

Came home and watched Casino Royale with the family. I went to bed soon after.

Now I'm up and clueless what time it really is. I'll figure it out.  

The Holiday was a nice little Rom Com(oh I hope that enters proper usage) but Jack Black was pushed back to at least the 5th leading character behind an old Hollywood writer Kate Winslet's character befriends played by Eli Wallach. I don't know why women find old men cute. Saint couldn't explain it to me. I also learned two things about Jude Law: One, I don't think he can act. Mind you, I haven't seen Road to Perdition yet and heard that was pretty good....but in The Holiday he just seemed to play a similar character to the one in Closer...and to a lesser extent Enemy at the Gate. Two, I have a few too many Jude Law movies. But now that I think of it, I can only think of Closer and Enemy at the Gates. 

My professional opinion on the movie: Worth a rental for a nice little Rom Com. Think of it as...Closer meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with In Her Shoes...and something with Jack Black... (Cough)

I thought 300 was intense on a large screen, but it's probably going to blow my brains out when Saint and I see it on IMAX. Like BOOOOOM. At least it's not in 3D.  Frank Miller is a genius. A crazy twisted genius.

Speaking of Frank Miller....GrindHouse? Robert Rodriquez doing a zombie movie backed by...something by QT? Nice! I'm just going to say it's difficult to mount an AR Series rifle with an M203 to a stump of Rose McGowan leg and it to fire period, let alone multiple rounds without reloading the single shot breech loaded launcher...but it's Hot. So...Very....Hot.  I keep forgetting how much I like Rose McGowen with all her Goth Hotness...of course, not as much as Nicole deBoer, Natalie Portman and Kate Beckinsale in that order. Charlize Theron in the top four.

Spiderman III trailer= awesome. More Venom in this one. The whole movie should just be Venom. Bah Sandman. I don't even know who he is. Also, nice dodge setting it up The Sandman as Ben Parker's "real killer." Come on...you all saw the first one.

Knocked Up with also equal awesome. Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl and Paul Rudd all with Judd Apatow at the helm? Nice, but I already knew that.

Casino Royale was awesome second time around, but I disappointed with the special features. Maybe that Bond Girl Documentary would be interesting if I had the patience to sit down and watch it. I have a feeling my dad didn't like it because Daniel Craig talked "too British" for him. Eva Green hasn't been in anything my dad has seen/ever will see. Too bad for him.

Done? Done. I still have...things to do. 

Today has *dulled* it...but it hasn't gone away, not by a long shot.  

-Cleric