Well, I'd have the obligatory Christmas icon, but I only have one... and I have no idea where the pic of Billy in a Santa Claus suit went. Besides, the cut, regardless, will not do him any justice. If it where 200 x 200 on the other hand...

But, blushing doujin Zoro will have to do. Wonder why he's blushing... maybe something Sanji (or Robin... or Nami...) said. YEAH I WENT THERE.

Anyway, this is my lightest haul ever, but I mean, I really didn't ask for anything specific, plus, there really wasn't too much of anything that I really, truly wanted. I don't mind at all; I've got everything. One of the presents I knew beforehand, and that was the giftcard from Barnes and Noble. See, I purposely followed my mom into the bookstore after I discovered where she was. I was gonna surprise her, but, I thought better of it, and turned away into a sea of people (and bookshelves). Then, I got a Circuit City giftcard...and then the surprise, an Underarmour hoodie. I've kinda bitched about how Moppy and Poppy had like loads of shirts, and I just had 2 and a pair of shorts (from band... and the shorts are like causing some serious camel toe. Great.) So, I got the hoodie from Poppy. It's a little big on me, seeing that it's a Small in Men's but it looks great. And it's in the Auburn blue. (Which is Navy). He said though, it'd be the start of my eventual sculpting of the body. It's not that I'm fat or anything; I just love snacks. The good thing about my genetics, is that if I just quit eating the horrible (but so good) snacks, I can drop weight and my stomach won't stick out. And then I'm doing Tennis and AFROTC (there will be PT involved). It should take about, a month? I'm 20 so it really helps things.

So, in short:

1. $40 gift card - Barnes and Noble (from Moppy)
2. $60 gift card - Circuit City (ditto)
3. Underarmour Hoodie (from Poppy)
4. Mystery gift from my brother

I'll get to 4 in a little bit.

So, I just realized that you can use giftcards on-line too. Yeah, I may be slow but it's not everyday that I get giftcards. So, I sorta surfed B&N, and I went, "Hey, maybe Titanicus is cheaper online." I searched for it, and it was, for 19.95, about 5 dollars less than MSRB. But, I kinda glanced off to the corner, and I saw the # used from $x.xx. And the starting price was like $13.72. Don't need to tell me twice about the price damn it. It came up to $17.61 with shipping, but even the, in the store, I'd be paying... $27. On top of THAT, I guess I placed my order early (around 11:30) and it's already been shipped. Since the dealer is in Florida, it's probably gonna take maybe 2 days tops to get here. So yeah, pretty stoked about that. Of course, I gotta finish the book before the 6th at least, because, y'know, school. (Which is great. FINALLY) Besides, I can't think of anything else that I want to get that. Even with the Circuit City card... maybe, I shall wait on CheapAssGamer.

Back to 4. My brother told me like, after Thanksgiving that he already got my gift. I'm like 'wtf'. I decided to text him this morning, and well, I'm gonna have to wait until next week to get my present -- Good ole Uncle Sam as he puts it -- so I shoot one back, asking him what did he get me. "Am I gonna have to spectulate (sic)? Not that I'm impatient or anything..." The only hint I got was basically something that I will enjoy doing.

I have no idea what this is. I'm a vague person, even to myself. iPod Touch? 360? Hell, a PS3? Maybe I'm still expecting too much

Tomorrow though, will be a different story. I may or may not go exercising with Poppy, since Moppy will go back to the hometown for the weekend. Reason I'm not going is... it's stuck in a fucking timewarp for one, and two, the constant chatter/gossip of Moppy, GranMoppy, my cousin... I feel sorry for my uncle though. All that estrogen. Plus, he plans on looking through the sales, with a CoA of course (Course of Action for those who aren't military inclined...or haven't touched a game of Metal Gear).

I'm armed with... 2 giftcards. (And maybe Poppy too. ;D)

Forgot to say, I've listed the tropes that apply to the Project series as a whole. There is a lot, and some of them are averted/subverted. I'll just scan the page(s) when I'm completely done with it. There's no use to me listen them by story because, well, they'll overlap.

But, I think I'm starting to get my grove back. I blame emeraldstag for that. ;P

I had a rather unpleasant dream a couple of nights ago, and it's still bothering me.

Here's how it went:

Me and my brother were at the grocery store - maybe Winn Dixie or something, and I just found a pack of Oreos. Well, my brother complained that the cookies put us over the money and told me to go to the car and get some as he went to wait in line. So, I do and there's this wild-looking man sitting on the hood of my car with something in his hand. He asked me if I had any money, and of course I lied and told him to get the fuck off of my car. Well, he's not too happy with my words and he approaches me.

I break into a run, but this felt like I was wading in some mud or something, and my feet were real heavy. That and it felt like the store was really a long distance. I screamed and apparently my brother heard me and ran out of the store. I looked behind me and the guy had a gun and he was about to shoot me. My brother brought up his (I definately know it was 9) and shot first. As I ran by him, I heard a different gunshot and I saw him go down.

I woke up like immediately and for the longest I just laid there. I turned over and I only had been sleep for about 3 and a 1/3 hours AT 8 something in the morning.

I don't think I went back to sleep until 10. It disturbed me that much. What really worried me is that my brother's in Iraq again, and you know with all the violence and such, it's really disheartening. He's my big brother, y'know?