She finally succumbed.

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
bloodsong1 goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Companion.
dr_holiday_3000 tricks you! You get a used tissue.
fleshpeeler gives you 1 purple passionfruit-flavoured nuggets.
jade_phoenix gives you 15 dark blue chocolate-flavoured gumdrops.
jannyblue gives you 17 blue spearmint-flavoured pieces of taffy.
jellisky gives you 4 brown tropical-flavoured gummy bats.
kandybar tricks you! You get a rotten egg.
l0ne_w0lfxx tricks you! You lose 23 pieces of candy!
sildar tricks you! You lose 9 pieces of candy!
sniper3 gives you 19 white passionfruit-flavoured jawbreakers.
thepikey gives you 3 dark green coffee-flavoured nuggets.
bloodsong1 ends up with 27 pieces of candy, a used tissue, and a rotten egg.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

No matter how hard I try, I just can't escape those damned used tissues. The rotten egg, however, will come in handy. *plots*

I was watching Anime Select on my cable free-stuff channel, cause Comcast rocks that way, and the interviewer was running around Anime Expo 05. (Psssst, Caesar! I saw Harley and Ivy! humina humina humina!!) Needless to say, I got a great idea.

Anime Quiz (please list character and series if you can)

1. Who's your favorite good guy/girl?

2. Who's your favorite villain?

3. Who's the Most Evil?

4. Who's the Hottest Hottie? (male, female or both)

5. What's your preferred anime weapon and why?

6. If you could have any anime super-ability, what would it be?

Answer here or in your own LJ and spread the anime goodness!

My Answers.

1. Allan Schazar, Vision of Escaflowne. Because, deep down inside, I'm still a sucker for bishi knights. ^^;;

2. Haruko, Fooly Cooly. Psycho bitches rule!

3. Incognito, Hellsing. Summoning Egyptian death gods is just WRONG!

4. Zelgadis, Slayers. It's all about the voice.

5. Chidori's paper fan from Full Metal Panic. Excellent for beating up clueless gun nuts, clueless demons or any other clueless person of the male perspective. Not as threatening as hammers, but just as effective.

6. Arucard. 'Nuff said.

Put your iTunes, winamp, wmp or realplayer on random, then ask it each question before going to the next song.

( My Answers )
I'm officially scared now.

You are an Aries, the pure energy of a flower
bursting open and reaching towards the sun!!
You are #1, the first sign in the zodiac, not
by time but by order. You are an explorer,
someone who takes risks, you are the first to
dare, to talk, and to think new ideas. You are
bold, daring, energetic, fast, adventurus,
brave, fun, bossy, loyal, determined, lucky,
and generous. Of all of the animals out there
you are most like a ram, you charge head first
at most ideas, which is not always a good idea,
but you usually work it out in the end withyour
cunning.

-the planet you are ruled by is mars

-your colors are maroon and red, the colors of mars

-your metal is iron, and since mars is cover with
iron rust it makes TROTAL sense

-your precious stone is diamond, the hardest thing
out there

-your day of the week is tuesday

-your element is fire

- your best love match is sagittarius, aries,
gemini, and sometimes libra


What is Your TRUE Astrology Sign? (for guys and girls with incredibly detailed answers and incredible pictures+READ MEMO PLEASE)
brought to you by Quizilla


*looks at birth sign*

*looks at quiz result*

*looks at Wolf*

*falls over laughing*

Where DOES Caesar find these?

You scored as Buddhism. Your beliefs most closely resemble those of Buddhism. Do more research on Buddhism and possibly consider becoming Buddhist, if you are not already. In Buddhism, there are Four Noble Truths: (1) Life is suffering. (2) All suffering is caused by ignorance of the nature of reality and the craving, attachment, and grasping that result from such ignorance. (3) Suffering can be ended by overcoming ignorance and attachment. (4) The path to the suppression of suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of right views, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right-mindedness, and right contemplation. These eight are usually divided into three categories that base the Buddhist faith: morality, wisdom, and samadhi, or concentration. In Buddhism, there is no hierarchy, nor caste system; the Buddha taught that one's spiritual worth is not based on birth. </td> Buddhism 83% agnosticism 67% Paganism 67% Hinduism 50% Satanism 50% Christianity 33% Islam 33% atheism 33% Judaism 17% Which religion is the right one for you? (new version) created with QuizFarm.com

Well, isn't that interesting? I don't think life is suffering, I think life is what you make of it. Can't say I agree with most of this, in fact. Buddhism's focus on mental and spiritual purity to the point of transcending physicality is not fun. I like the physical too much.

Ah well. Can't win them all.

You Are an Iced Coffee

At your best, you are: hyper, modern, and athletic At your worst, you are: cheap and angsty You drink coffee when: you're out with friends Your caffeine addiction level: medium

Yeah, I could use some right now. Might have to go for the tea, as we don't have any coffee. *grumble*

PIerce Brosnan makes SUCH a good Bond. *GoldenEye on TV*

Had a bit of an adventure yesterday into today. Came home after 10 last night to find the house hot, hot, hot. Air conditioner had frosted over and stopped running properly. Not sure why, we had it in the recommended specs. So we opened up the house, turned on all the fans and turned off the AC. Did NOT sleep well at all. Hence, the napping earlier today. AC fixed itself overnight, thank the gods. Then we went condo-seeing.

Condos?

Yeah. It's the only thing we can afford to buy in this city. Two bedroom closets in a historical building that screams "Bohemian lifestyle" with few amenities, or mortgage ourselves 3/4ths to the hilt for what we have now. We're both making good money and getting over the hump buying Sherzi put us in.

Wait, Sherzi?

Yes, Sherzi. Nobody commented and only a few people know.

Sherzi is our 2005 Subaru Impreza RS wagon. Subaru blue with AWD, 4-wheel disc brakes, independant suspension and 165 horses. Beats the Saturn down the line on everything, including comfort and cargo capacity. I should have pictures once I badger Skipper into letting us borrow one of his myriad digital cameras.

I was thinking after we left the condo search. Do I really want to live in semi-cramped quarters we own with great character and a fair price but with no w/d hookups and bordering a not-so-safe neighborhood (really close to downtown) or use up nearly all of our extra income for a place that's more in line with what we have now?

There's always Binghamton/Vestal/Ithica. Jobs in Ithica may be easier to come by (it's the home of Cornell, a school Wolf and I were talking about putting me in for microbiology) and we can buy a two story house on a sizable plot of land for around $65K.

You see the dilemma. Staying here guarantees us work in one form or another, but until the housing bubble bursts, we won't be able to afford someplace decent. NY requires a healthy sum of capital saved in advance, the job market isn't as good, but it's a lot more...homey. Better family. Much better food. *grin* Smaller town.

*sigh* And to top it off, my light and fluffy story isn't so light and fluffy anymore. Anyone know any really flashy Italians? Can be fictional or historical, doesn't matter. Just no popes.

But, you know what? This might be fun. A little quiz for you FF6/anime fans. Yeah, you have to be both to get this.

Here's the rules. As you all know, I renamed the FF6 characters, simply because I could and I thought the other names sucked. Now, I don't remember everyone's given name, so in that case, I will give you a description of the character. Should be fairly easy to figure out who's who. Your mission is to give me the name of the series I pirated the character names from. A lot will be abbrievated in some way, since I'm only allowed 5 letters. Those who guess the right series will get a triple chocolate brownie.

Name that Series!!

Terra-renamed Michi

The "Treasure Hunter"-renamed Dark DN Angel Guessed by Sildar

Edgar-renamed Allan

Edgar's kickass brother-renamed Kurtz

Shadow-renamed Jubei Ninja Scroll Guessed by Janny.

Wild kid w/monster powers-renamed Ed Cowboy Bebop Guessed by Pikey

Swordsman retainer-renamed Walt

Blonde general turned traitor-renamed Testa

Opera-loving Gambler-renamed Valen Cowboy Bebop Guessed by Pikey.

Strago-renamed Pei (extra brownie to who gets this one)

Relm-renamed Emohi. (this is a combo of first and last name)

Post your answers as comments. I'll leave this up until Friday or Saturday. Have fun!

Standard disclaimer, Hellsing no, Rowan yes.

I am the bird
Hermes is my name
Eat my own wings
To keep myself tame (Or something like that)

Alucard stretched and twisted inside his coffin. A cross dangled from his lips, burning pleasantly, while his mind worked over his newfound knowledge. Rowan Ascot. What an intriguing human! So full of depth and spirit, wrapped in a cocoon of cheer. He had suspected she didn't realize her own potential, then she had teased him. HIM! The No Life King. Her courage rivaled Integral's. Would Rowan be easier? Integral mocked, always using her position as master to lord over him. Rowan had no such claim or bond. Just a knife. A knife he never thought he'd see. It couldn't kill him, but it would hurt. He could imagine her expression as he pulled it out and tossed it aside. Her only defense, gone. Alucard played further with his fantasy; stalking her as she raised her fists, those mecurial eyes narrowed in determination. Grabbing her fists and twisting them behind her, holding her fast with one arm. She snapped at him, using words as he lazily brushed the hair away from her neck, trailing ungloved fingers against her warm, supple skin. He leaned forward, brushing her nose with his as he whispered his offer. Her eyes bulged in shock as he winked, her thoughts chasing each other. Horror. Desire. Temptation. Would her spirit succumb or would she continue to fight? Her spirit.

Alucard frowned and spat out the cross. It hit the lid and bounced back onto his chest. Her spirit. No. Her SOUL. It tugged at his mind, teased him with knowledge he should have but didn't. That insufferable minx! How DARE she keep information from him? He was Alucard, No Life King, a true creature of the night. He was not to be crossed, especially not by a two-bit plant lover with a silver blade. He shoved the lid aside and sat up. He was going to...

He stopped and smirked. So, the plant-girl had found refuge. He listened to Integral's reaction to Rowan's declaration and laughed delightedly. The sound echoed in the chamber. She wasn't leaving Integral's room tonight, he knew that now. He would catch her tomorrow. He was patient. He would have his answers and then he would claim her. Integral be damned. This one was too good to leave as human.

It's 2am. You're wide awake. Do you...

a)meditate until you fall asleep again.
b)go try to fix the ear that's been nagging you for weeks with warm water and a suction bulb.
c)go online and see if anyone else is suffering.
d)snuggle next to your partner and wait.
e)go get the warm milk.

It's 230am. The cat is begging for petting. Do you...

a)pet her because you're hoping it will relax you.
b)give her a few rubs and kick her off the bed.
c)kick her off. Repeat as necessary.
d)ignore her.
e)smother her with a pillow.

It's now 3am. Nothing has worked. Do you...

a)give up and just lay there, staring at the ceiling.
b)find some pills to knock you out and to hell with the morning.
c)try reading a really boring book.
d)get another mug of warm milk. Come on tryptophan!
e)pounce your partner. Might as well get some loving in before dawn.

4 am. Nope, no nodding off here. You...

a)swear at whatever's closest and punch your pillow.
b)plot your legal action against the sleep-drug people.
c)keep reading.
d)Find some turkey. Something in that fridge will put you to sleep!
e)lay there and formulate a quiz.

Day two of 4-6 hours of broken sleep. Cynicism has a full-monty grip on my mental state. Copping an hour's doze in the cafeteria didn't do much. Idiot customers have only degraded what was acheived. And for the record, don't bother getting into a semantic discussion about Truth, tradition and souls with a conservative Catholic who's understanding. You will be respected, but you will also hear all the hidebound reasons for why the Church acts the way it does, but it doesn't really reflect on God! If I agreed with that, I wouldn't be a Witch. Oh, I'm being good. We were already congratulated for being polite, I'm not going to break that. Point out the hypocrisy of male-only preisthood, you betcha!

Heh. I'm so grumpy right now I can't even get excited about the jewelry being hocked outside my office. They have a lot of nice sparklies, but little I would actually wear. Plus we're broke. As usual. Anniversary plans are now in serious jeapordy.

All I need is a full night's sleep. I know that. Hopefully I'll get it tonight. Stubby and Loudmouth were officially kicked out of the bedroom this morning. I left three very unhappy cats at home. Mel was establishing dominance on Loudmouth.