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( Devil Summoner 2, spoilers that are rather obvious, but yes, spoilers )

Mom's going to stop by work and bring me a fresh lunch today. I ♥ Mommy.

Holy shit. If you guys haven't read that, read it. Shit. For those who have: !!!!! Look what the kinkmeme did! It spawned an incredible doujinshi! I read the fic that it was prompted from, and I like the fic, but the doujinshi? It's amazing. It's very well-put together. The panels, and illustrations, everything comes together very beautifully. I was moved by it.

Also, re: Dante's Inferno—I hope Capcom didn't give you this idea EA, because it's a terrible one. Let's make videogames out of epic poems. I guess several hundred people thought that this was a good idea. I guess I wouldn't mind seeing a game adaption of Paradise Lost, but you know ... there are certain places where those sort of creative endeavors should simply not be taken ... I suppose if you want to hurt yourself because you're that curious you can cry a little bit with me. Not to say it doesn't look cool, because it does. But. Come on. Inferno.

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Five fish were got today, two black mollies and three small dalmation mollies. Their names: Hypnos, Thanatos, Moby Dick, Yorik and Cracker. Mom asked if she could keep them in the kitchen, and I said I didn't mind, I liked the group of them no matter where they were.

fyi Xinnie taught me the other day that if you use _ _ on either side of the words in gchat, that it makes them italics, and if you use * * that it makes the words bold. I am absolutely thrilled how I haven't known that since I got gmail ...

First, Happy Easter to all who celebrate it. (And to those who don't, if they'd like.)

Secondly, before I get dressed:

I picked up Lux Pain yesterday. I've heard a few things about it (1) that it has terrible engrish and (2) that it has an interesting (and somewhat unique) story. I'm not expecting a Hotel Dusk ot of it, but I've been itching for something new. It cost me all of twenty dollars, so I suppose that I'll be able to get at least my twenty dollars out of it when I play it. I haven't been doing much except for replaying both Devil May Cry 4 and Persona 4. My insides are waiting for the new Raidou game, as well as King of Fighters XII. I realized the other day that I'm still lazy and my 360 is still not hooked up to the internet. It's possible that one day I'll remember when my Mom is home and my Dad is not. I'm happy that I never picked up a Gold account, because right now it'd probably just be wasting away into nothing while I unlock achievements in Devil May Cry 4.

Other things occupying my time yesterday included a coworker giving me a small level keychain that came with the spice rack we got with our organic spices. It says "Simply Organic" up the side, but I can't for the life of me figure out what this level gift with the Simply Organic logo on it has to do with health. I'll put it on my keychain with the dinosaur and make sure that everything is level. This small prize has gifted me with the great power of making sure everything is straight.

I'm also rather in love with this, and it's been on amazon forever, but how ridiculously expensive! I guess it's an antique and all, but I'm not paying thirty dollars to carry holy basil and vitamin b around.

I've also acquired a plurk account somehow (Setine). If anyone has one, feel free to grab me, I'm actionhalo.

I'm going to relay this as much as I can since I, uh, sort of half made it up. BUT I PROMISED.

( eat me y/n? )

Coconut & Agave Nectar Cookies
3/4 c. agave nectar
1/2 c. coconut oil
1/3 c. almond milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. brown rice flour
2/3 c. coconut flour
2 tbsp. potato starch
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder

optional—if you're going to mix & match, I'd adjust measurements accordingly
1/2 c. dried cherries
1/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 c. almonds

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Cream together oil and agave nectar with an electric mixer until smooth. Add vanilla and almond milk and beat again. In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients (except optionals) Add dry mix to wet ingredients and briefly mix. If the mix looks too thick, add more almond milk, if it looks too thin, add more coconut flour. It's ready when it's moist and fluffy, and you can create small balls with your fingers. Add your optionals, if you want (I added cherries), then place them on a greased cookie tray. They don't really expand, so you can kind of guess how big the cookies are going to be by the size you make them on the sheet. I'd give them at least an inch apart, but like I said, don't expect them to rise that much. Bake them for about fifteen minutes. They turn out soft when they come out, so have wax paper ready to let them firm up!

TRUFAX Coconut flour is very high in fiber. Delicious fiber. Enjoy it moving through your intestine! Also, agave nectar has a low glycemic index and doesn't spike the blood sugar. So while these cookies are not sugar free, they're pretty decent. :|b

Now I can think of a million things to post about. Next time ask me about my parasitic revelation and my goth clubbing experiences. Also, I think I mentioned this on twitter, but magically, my library has The Twilight Sad, absolutely NO GOOD BOOKS AT ALL, but they totally have random bands on cd.

It has been a while since I posted. :( Nothing's new, everything's the same, and that's good. My life is mostly work work work and then come home and work and then roleplay and go to bed. I've been oddly enjoying my job a lot more in the last few weeks then I have in a while. It's a lot less tiring, and a lot more friendly. I've found that if I approach it more easily, that situations really seem to open up a lot more. I went to a New Chapter seminar on a product with anti-inflammatory properties and had dinner with a coworker that I hadn't seen in months. We chitchatted and had fun, and I drove another coworker there. He's very old, but amazing. He ended up lending me Ingmar Bergman's Seventh Seal, which I should probably watch tonight so I can return it. It's on vhs, so it's a little more difficult to find a free tv with a vcr then it is to find with one a dvd player.

Oh yes. My birthday came and went. We got Thai take-out and brought it home, and my mom spent all day making me a flourless chocolate cake that quite possibly was the best thing in the world. Belgium chocolate plus a cup of coffee plus eight eggs plus a lot of butter makes anything delicious. My sister got me a blue beta, and she named him Penelope. The name stuck, so he's now forever known as Penelope. He's a little bit more of a spaz then my little red beta was, and when it gets warmer in my room he'll swim frantically back and forth. Instead of putting the filter into the little plastic tube that it's supposed to go in, my Dad ended up just sticking it in the tank, so the bubbles keep moving upward. Penelope ends up swimming into the filter and flying up toward the surface several times a day. I thought about taking it out and placing it back into the tube, but I'm starting to think that he enjoys it.

I never figured I'd have so many pseudo-interesting things to post about. Huh, I guess a lot's happened since I posted in February. Anyway, I'm making cookies out of coconut flour and agave nectar and kind of winging it ... if they turn out good, then I'll post the recipe. :|b!!

( blah blah (large) things on my camera, ryoji painting, purse & ipod )

Battery is replaced, my computer no longer tips back and forth when I type. My warranty was still good, so, fantastic, it was replaced for free! (Safety hazard, rock on.) I caved in and ended up buying a new iPod, since I brought my old one I got a bitching discount. By that I mean ten-percent, which is better than no-percent. My old iPod was named "Zuko" because it gave me a hard time whenever it came to anything: connecting, loading music, dying battery. I had the thing for three years, so I have to say, it put up a very long admirable battle, but it still sucked, hence Zuko. New iPod will be named "Teddie," because I have high hopes for it, you know, not sucking. Also, new purse (a very distinct color of mustard yellow, my sister said "that is you," but when I said that it matches my yellow shoes, she said that it was all right and "you're Veronica, you can make your own style") that will get me through both formal occasions and casual ones, and I picked it for that reason. It has a cute, square bottom so it sits nice, and it's large enough—but not too terribly large—to fit my sketchbook and herbal tinctures that I usually carry around with me. I like being somewhat organized, and as much as I like my current bag, I end up sifting through it for an hour to find my cell phone.

Also, lots of icons and even a texture set for dearest!! I want to make some more Persona 4 icons before I post, though ... out of ... dirty doujinshi ...