"Hi, I'm Martin Gero and I wrote this episode...I'm David Hewlett and I'm in it...and I'm Joe Flanigan and I turn into a bug..."

"It's a huggabug."

"Can we put more blood on the bug?"  

"Uh. Um. Can I spin my gun? Can I spin this chair? Can I spin David?" 

"Wow, how did you NOT blow up Vancouver with that?"  

So, you can tell what kind of day I had. Yeah I enjoyed an eight and a half hour shift with all the Staffers, but it's always the people.

No, "The Hills Have Eyes" isn't in. When I say there is two, I don't mean the sequel that is coming out in theatres. Looking through the massive PV pile will not make "The Hills Have Eyes" appear. In fact, you're suspect for even asking for the movie...with your kids.

Of course, the people aren't all bad. It's one or two people that will drag an entire day down and discussing bad movies with a cute redhead doesn't make things better. Yeah, I know I've said I'll never date people I meet in store as customers (Oh there have been a couple where it would have been a nice idea) but you can think about it for a moment. Only a moment. Then it's back to *edited for Facebook* and Dani. Mostly Dani.

It was the battle of the Ipods Today. My First Gen Nano vs. Matt's Video vs. Lucas' second gen Nano.  No clear winner yet. I have to figure out an unbiased system to rank the Ipods. Lucas scores points for "lots" of Sarah Slean and Metric. Matt tops out with Pete Bjorn and John, Feist and Metric. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'm awesome...so there

The Battle Royale will take place when Jeremy's Video drops in. Angela's Mini will Ref. If it's not actually dead. I hear stories. 

I think I had my worst *edited for Facebook* moment today. It lingered too long and I got worried, then upset and it ended with a general sadness. General Sadness ended with Deb Talan on my Ipod. I can't get upset with "How Will He Find Me" comes on. "Citywide Rodeo" puts me in a similar mood.

Gary Jones knows it too: Joe Flanigan is an attractive man. "It starts with the hair and proceeds...down from there." I'm glad I'm comfortable with my sexuality to deal with such things.

In CoH news: I met the lvl 50 blaster customer today. Amazing how I can retain such information. Mark and I teamed up on Guardian with his "Ghost Rider" fire tanker and my "Well Dressed" Katana Scrapper.

*edited for Facebook*? No. It's not likely to happen. I never play as my Gender anyway. Except with the "Well Dressed" Scrapper and Nick Copelin. It's open to debate what I play as with Lt. Col. Fantastic. He's a Rad/Rad defender.

(sigh)

Don't I have a substantial paper due in a couple days? Yeah, I do.

Eeep. (sigh) I used to be such a good academic too.

-Cleric 

Don't worry; I actually went to bed at 1. It all evens out because I got up at 6 pm yesterday…

 I was up at 5 for an SG1 rerun. A bowl of cereal and an apple later I'm on the comp for a little CoV. I'll get used to the AR/Dark Corrupter sooner or later. I just have issues playing CoV that people don't want to team simply because they're villains.

Though, earlier today I had the worst Virtue Hero team I have ever been on. The tank couldn't tank worth a darn and we had to rely on the PB with White Dwarf. Said tank also kept hitting on me in bad English. I mentioned this to the PB who was also ragging on the tank and we both agreed:

Never assume a player is a character's gender. Ever.  

We also had a Fire/Kin controller who kept dying because "she" would follow the tank in, then complain that no one was covering "her"... Um, I don't think controllers are built for that kind of work. I don't even know how you would "cover" another character. You can't lay down cover fire.

Man, Saint is right. I am addicted!

This is why I'm up early. I need to get on a computer without CoX to get my paper done. I'm heading out to the Surrey Campus for the day to get the research/prep phase of my Psych paper done. I'll write it later tonight, edit tomorrow morning. I probably overestimated the difficulty of the citation. It won't take two days. It will be the most difficult/ involved citation I've done (in APA style anyway) but not two days worth.

I just hope I have the willpower to stay on Campus pretty much the entire day and go to class later tonight. I might go home sometime in between...that's a big "might" though.

Note to self: I should pay my credit card bill before I leave. This is the first month I've had to play for CoX since I got two free months with the kit.

 In other news, Omar got his class and will probably get an extension on his psych paper. He's had a tough couple weeks and the class 7 will make things easier. The extension has good grounds too, not a "Prey for Mercy" type of situation. "With an E because it's witty."

Yeah, I remember when I used to be funny dealing with Dani. Good times. I'm not lying when she once said "I enjoy you." Why didn't anything happen? Oh, right...dramatic emails. (Sigh)

I can't believe I turned a story about Omar into one about Dani. That's just...odd.

Anything else?

Nope.

Shower.

-Cleric  

(sigh) I think I have six articles that I could piece a paper together with. Of course, "a paper" and "an awesome paper" are not the same thing. I'm far away from awesome. Note: I need at least eight.

I think it's a plus when Betsy writes that the paper needs to be in such a style that it must appeal to a college level student who knows nothing about the subject. When the writer is a college level student who knows nothing, it helps. Ha.   

The McCollum Girl snuck up on me a few minutes ago. Of course at the time I wasn't doing the research, instead I was browsing the writing I have on my key flashdrive. I passed that off as a creative writing project and a psych paper.

You know, there isn't a lot of medical students and hyprochondriasis. You can get one and you can get the other, but the both combined? No.

At least I only have to write six pages + references.

250 words/2x spaced page x eight articles...see? That's "The New Math."

Too bad hotmail doesn't work on the Kwantlen computers. I thought about dropping a line to Dani. This action seems to always occur when I have been ambushed by the McCollum Girl whether that be in person or online.

I wish Dani would ambush me in person.

(sigh)

This is longing. This is the bread and butter of my creative writing.

I just wish creative writing was my bread and butter.

Wow, paper is off and rolling at 220 words. The first page will probably be all from the DSM-IV. All I have to do is find a reliable source for the definition of "medical student syndrome."  

(sigh)

I'm at a page. Huttah. This paper is till going to suck. Suck Long. Suck Hard.

I've only been here for two hours though...so we'll see what happens.

-Cleric

I have to work in 9 minutes, so a recap is in order.

Mark's parents are out of town for a couple days of course he had to throw some sort of party. Full Crew compliment + Others. We always wonder why Sukhi doesn't come. It's simple: He's way too cool for us.  

Anyway, three beers later and things are hazy. We have to stop playing these drinking games. I can't take it. I do have to say, playing the Wii while drunk is fun...especially that trippy Mama Cooking game. No idea what was going on. Laura destroyed all who opposed her in bowling. Staci and I played the various other games...tennis was interesting...less interesting when Brett told us we didn't have to move to get the ball. I did anyway...because I was drunk.

Apparently others went on a failed McDonalds Run...and forgot a lot of food. See? This is what you get when 90% of the people that go are drunk and/or high.  

Saint stayed over...that's it.

Oh. *edited for facebook*? Was it that obvious?

Yes, yes it was.

-Cleric 

(Sigh) Stupid mistype. Erased a perfectly good long ranting CoH entry. I had everything hyperlinked to the paragonwiki for non-CoHers(read people with lives) and colour-coded for CoXers(read...um...really smart people...)...but alas. I'll just retype it in a flurry because that's the type of person I am.

Huttah.

Work was chaos but it was alright. We even had a KC Ringer and things turned out fine. Well, I wouldn't know "fine." I got off at 10 and left the close to the Sarge and Lucas. Did you know I work in 6 hours? True story.  

I came home with "Bobby" for mum and provisions for my planned City of Heroes taskforce.

Since I always start in Founders', it made sense to tackle "Soul of the Woodsman" headed by Numina. I'm not even going to start to explain what a TF is for the layman, but NCSoft describes a TF as a multi-issue comic book arc ending in a terrific battle. So I sifted through the giant list of players and managed to sign 4 of them up. Since I didn't talk about my first taskforce("Following the Countless Crey" with Manticore as Taskforce Griffin) I'll talk a bit more about this one. It was a good fun and I put a large dent into lvl 35.

Besides me as the lvl 35 Arch/Ice Blaster I had:

1. Dragon Wraith: An lvl 50 Dark/Regen Scrapper ready and willing to finish off Numina to get her taskforce commander badge. She kept complaining that baddies were "Stealing her clothes."

2. Ashni: An lvl 35 Ice/Elec blaster we just picked up randomly. She was very fond of keybinds.

3. Gamma Crush: An lvl 38 Grav/Rad Controller I had played with twice the week before. She was more than happy to join us.

4. Standup Demon: An lvl 41 Ill/Storm Controller I've known since we both were 23 running Steel Canyon teams. I remember a time when I had to Sidekick him! Now look! 41! Great controller too. Being an RP toon, he'll throw a joke around every now and then..."Hey, how many tanks does it take to aggro a mob? All of them. One to aggro the mob and the rest to say "I coulda done that...." I felt a little bad bringing him aboard because he had already done it and would be examplared down to 40 meaning he'd just get influence and no XP. He was happy to tag along and cover our asses anyway.

5. Listener in the Dark: An lvl 35 Warshade I played with last week as well. One of the teams was with Gamma Crush. The other...was that "Burning Chicken" pickup team. He was our sole tank and pretty darn good at it. The look and back story remind me of the Robin Williams character in "The Night Listener." I failed to ask if this was a coincidence.  

With that, Taskforce Emerald was formed.

(Sigh) 

Even I thought that was Nerdy.  

Mark, Staci and I still have "The Rule of Three" Taskforce to finish off with our Canadian Heroes. Hey, get those pics up. We have to get a group shot on Facebook.

No...THAT was Nerdy.  If you look hard enough online, you can find people much worse than me.

Ok, bed. I have to log at least 2 hours of sleep to function. One if I have some coffee. None if I have enough coffee.  

I’ll post a translation guide later.

-Cleric-  

Even I hate you and I am you!

Variations:

Even I think it's stupid and I am you!

This is probably referring to a couple events I don't feel like talking about. Chiefly among them in re bookmarking Dani's Myspace after all my Bookmarks were erased. I shouldn't even care anymore, but I do. I do enjoy twisting a knife no matter where it is placed. Do you think the hero name "Masochistic Blaster" is taken?

Looking over "Usemycomputer.com" today and they have an Old Angelina Jolie photoshoot . Yes, she is a fantastic looking woman, but back then when she was 22. Wow. Makes you want to cry....for the good reasons.

I want the crazy "I love knives" Angelina back and not this "Let's raise a family with Brad Pitt" one... 

Angelina Jolie isn't up there with Nicole deBoer, Kate Beckinsale(Oh, Saint...I'm not seeing Vacancy) Natalie Portman and Charlize Theron. Somewhere around* Kari Byron, Amy Acker and Sarah Carter  ...oh, I'm never watching Smallville again (I don't anyway) but I caught the one single scene where they kill Alicia off when I happen to come across the episode. Dammit.  

Don't mind me. I can't sleep. I don't feel like playing CoH(gasp) and my left hand is in shatters from Guitar Hero II which I bought technically for Pyro's Birthday, but I bought it because I wanted it. Let's not tell him it's his birthday gift just yet.

Other problems on the block?

1. Academia in general. General Disarray more like it.
2. *Edited for Facebook*? Way more predominate these days with the failure of Operation California. These moments of weakness are no longer moments. They're lasting a while. 3-4 spans of time. Which isn't fun for everyone involved. Everyone* knows it too. I'm not as covert as I used to be.

I did the math again. Clive Owen is 43. In 21 years...say November 16th, 2027? I'll be 42. Nice.

Parentals have called a breakfast meeting. God Help Me. It’s never good news.

Oh wait, nevermind. I don't believe in a God...If anyone asks, it's the "Good People= Good Life" doctrine my mum told me once when I was six...It's stuck. I believe in luck, fate and destiny too...

I was very close to make a CoH reference there.

High Five to whoever gets it!

Done? Done...

Good, I thought he'd never shut up.

-Cleric

*Jennifer Morrison is on the list too.
** Well no, not everyone. That would be rational.   

Trying to OD on coffee is not wise. It simply does not have enough caffeine to kill you. It does, however have enough caffeine to screw you right up.

After much hand numbing practice I'm taking Guitar Hero II on the Medium mode. Yes, I have bought the Trogdor and Dethkloc bonus tracks. I thought Pyro would get into it, but he has such a short attention span that I should have known he would play it for more than 20 minute. The Prick. He then has the gaul to make fun of me whenever I mess up.

Chastise: 1. To punish as by beating

              2. To criticize severely;rebuke.

My mum told me I was using "chastise" wrong when I told her about Pyro and Guitar Hero. No, I wasn't. Good, I thought I was going crazy.

Er...Crazier than I already am.

Saint is over tonight. We watched Bobby. It was pretty good and worth the rental(if I did pay for them.)

Saint recovered nicely from the party on Thursday. She was as high as I was drunk. That's pretty high.

We debriefed. Most of it *edited for Facebook* and *edited for Facebook.* (sigh) We should really talk about something else. Like how I can't stop visiting Dani's Myspace on a daily basis. Once a day of course. Anymore and it'd be weird.

Er...Weirder. Apparently her eye surgery wasn't cosmetic, but actually medical. If that's how you divide it up. That might mean she still wears glasses. *squee*

I have to stop doing that.

I just thought about Joe Flanigan in glasses. Yes, I have a picture of that. Thanks Staci.

I have to stop doing that too...The Joe Flanigan thing...Saint says guys can have crushes on other guy. Her BF has a thing for Tom Welling.  

I've always told myself never to go out(not Date, I don't date. I might just be undatible. We'll see what the lab report says) with people crazier than I am. If we bring in everyone I've thought about going out with, then I don't listen to my own advice. Elizabeth certainly was on that fine line. Other people would disagree.

It's difficult to be crazier than me, but most of these girls seem to manage it.

...I have "Carry on My Wayward Son" stuck in my head from Guitar Hero. I have to run that song in practice a few times before I nailed it in performance. Why do I feel like making a Supernatural fanvid to it? It fits. Those Whichester Boys are Wayward as they come. Add that to the "You Know My Name" John Sheppard/Joe Flanigan video and something with Sarah Carter. We'll work on it. I don't even know how to make them. I'd do one of those lame slideshows...You can only do those with you own pictures.

...

SAFE!

I was doing "Heart Shaped Box" on medium with Saint and I jokingly claimed The McCollum Girl would be proud. I can't remember why I decided to not use her first name...I shouldn't feel that bad about the incident. I should drop it. I don't run into many Jennys anymore.

Anything else? A couple papers due this week. Then possibly no summer semester. I can't take it anymore.

Done? Done. Thank goodness. I thought he'd never shutup. Nerd.

-Cleric


 

Grrr. Argh. What a wasted morning. It could have been spent academically, getting a headstart on a paper. Nope. I guess I'm going to have to do the Polygraph paper in one night. No biggie. At least it was wasted with Staci on CoH.

I'm taking the summer semester off. I can't take it anymore. Yes, said that last entry but it bears repeating. Over and Over again.

*edited for facebook*(sad) but it should pass. I know I said that *edited for facebook*(still sad) would come and go, but it's not going. That's bad, but not all bad. It's still a little tiny glimmer of hope and I'll take whatever I can get.

Saint and I talked about it yesterday. *edited for facebook* shouldn't be a problem, it's a solution. Other people view it as a problem.

Yeah, I stopped this entry halfway through because mum asked me to go with her to visit Grandmum in the hospital. I keep asking myself why I go to these things. I hate hospitals for several reasons. Those reasons apply to hospitals in general. Add the reasons why I hate Peace Arch then you have a party. I also noticed a clown car in the parking lot. I hate clowns too. I'm not scared of them. That implies fear. I hate them. That implies anger. I asked to be dropped straight off at campus instead of going home. If I would have gone home I would have to deal with a painfully grumpy Pyro and I would have napped. I probably wouldn't have gotten up. I can't miss the last Police Deviance class. This was a bright spot in an otherwise terrible semester. Of course being dropped off a campus I forget a few key pieces of gear. Most importantly my Ipod. It's all good. I can get away with a bare minimum of gear.

1. Wallet
2. Phone
3. Keys
4. Optics*(whether that be glasses or contacts with sunglasses)

Everything else is optional.

4. Lighter
5. Ipod/headphones
6. Flashlight 2
7. Swiss Army Knife

At least I have my school bag which has flashlight 1 and my multitool. I failed to put my yellow highlighter back. Oh, look at me talk about my gear. I like gear. I try to have every piece of gear I'll ever need with me. Better to have it and not need then need it and not have it.

CoH this morning with Staci. I backed her "old soul" controller with my Big Blue Tank. Man, tanks without "Taunt" are useless. "Gauntlet" does nothing...I had that illiterate blaster with a knockback power doing more crowd control than me.

At least I burned out all of my CoH power so I'll be able to write the paper.

4 articles/2 pages each + intro/ending/conclusion= 8-10 pages + Citation.

I have to remember this is Lyon...and Lyon isn't the more forgiving of profs.

At least tomorrow marks my last Richmond class. While I liked Richmond and yes even the classes, I wasn't applied enough to them. Betsy was a good person, but her skills as an instructor were questionable. I.e., picking such a lame and poorly written (and heavy) text. Also, she would go on these long tangents and let the class "say their peace" and never (rarely) get to what the topic of the day was. (sigh)

Death. Death to large textbooks.

Also, that Kevin kid on the bus home was annoying. Needless to say, when someone finally does talk to you after 3 weeks of waiting at the same bus stop never lead with the question "What are you?"

What are you? Um, I'm a person? That's a poorly worded question of genetics.  

...Besides "oh snap" I use several other phrases. The most colourful of these is the "I'd punch their teeth down their throat" or "Punch them in the spleen" to indicate severe dislike.

I bet it would hurt to be punched in the spleen.

"Hot Fuzz" Trailer on TV today. I'm excited. Good to see that one "Shaun of the Dead" reference with the jumping fences.  

Last week my MSN name read "The more psych papers I write, the more I hate humanity." This week "The more Crim Papers I write, the more I hate humanity." Now, simply "I hate humanity."

 Oh, it's official. No Summer Semester. I'll stop mentioning it now. These things have to be cleared by the parents you know.

I want to get something to eat before class...nothing hot...simply because I feel like yelling at the cafe staff again. "Forget my onion rings will you?"

Wow, I forget how strong Tims coffee is...I had an XL at the hospital and I'm buzzing like a bee. Of course, I'll crash just before class and be a bear to deal with.  

Last night and today have been the worst for *edited for facebook* moments. Like I don’t have enough on my mind....it's an interesting problem. Or solution. Either way, I'm boned.

I have to go away on holiday this summer. Travel somewhere with a laptop and write a good short story that doesn't involve guns or cops...Can I do that? Maybe I'll go the secret sorted affair route. I seem to like writing about those...because I'll never have one. Screw "writing what you know" I don't know anything, so what do I have to write?

Oh, right...NOTHING! Ha, and I thought about changing my major to creative writing. At least Crim doesn't require an innate skill they cannot teach.

I'm still a firm believer in the idea that you can't be taught to write. It must come from how you view the world.

Meaning, I'm boned.

Nuff Said.

Anything else? God, I hope not. This one has gone on for enough and has make little, if no sense. Also, I actually have to hear the world (and the people and their annoying Sean Paul ringtones) around me without my Ipod.

Oh, how glorious.

Done? Yeah.

Good, I thought he'd never shut up...

-Cleric.

* Doesn't that make wearing glasses sound so badass?!  

Hey, I didn’t mention Dani in this one…wait…no…damn!