So as you may know, my beloved elderly guinea pig Tater Tot passed away last Thursday. This left my other guinea pig, Marzipan, all alone. Guinea pigs are social animals, so it isn't healthy for them to live alone. So on Saturday, my dad and I drove to the middle of nowhere to to the one petstore in something like 50 miles that had female guinea pigs. There was only one left, huddled in the little purple house, and I liked her immediately.

Marzipan's still pretty confused about this furry new thing that's invaded her house, but they seem to be warming up to one another.

So without further ado...a warm welcome to Onigiri!

Earlier this evening, my beloved guinea pig Tater Tot passed away. She was very old for a guinea pig, but it still came as a major blow to me. When I checked in on her this morning she was having trouble breathing or moving. Her friend, Marzipan, snuggled with her until the end.

This afternoon I held Tater Tot and watched Dr. Phibes Rises Again with her. Tater Tot, my dad, and I watched this together when I was younger. I actually tried another movie first but it wouldn't play...only Dr. Phibes would.

Goodbye Tater Tot...I love you, and you will be missed.

I wanted to give an introduction to this post but…I have no idea why I made these. They just sorta…happened.

So I’ll skip the intro and jump straight into the pictures.

These are Silence of the Lamb cupcakes.

This is me after I finished making the Silence of the Lamb cupcakes.

It took about three hours to bake/frost/decorate these things. Since I started at 10:30, it means I was up until 1:30 throwing red sprinkles at demon lambs. My parents walked in around midnight and found the kitchen looking like an axe murderer had been baking there.

Except worse, since there was congealed corn syrup EVERYWHERE. Frosting is hard!

The cupcakes themselves are Betty Crocker recipes. The lambs are basic yellow cupcakes with a cooked frosting that’s a waking nightmare….I just wanted to throw it all down a well. The cupcakes originally sort of…melted, since I didn’t have a proper cupcake tray and just stuck them in the oven in their containers. They cooked properly, they just formed a cake rather than a cupcake. Gave them a better, more lamblike shape actually. Eyes are red M&Ms, split marshmallows are the wool, the nose is a Junior Mint, the ears are Oreo halves (the lame not-chocolate kind), and there’s a slight sprinkling of red sprinkle sugar, or whatever it’s called.

The pink cupcakes are the yellow cupcakes except they have Kool-Aid powder and almond extract in them. I actually found a muffin tin for those, so they turned out a bit more cupcake-shaped. They’re glazed with a corn-syrup (at this point I would have dealt with a maniac with a dragon tattoo rather than try to cook corn-syrup again) almond glaze, and the letters are just decorative frosting things.

Serve while fresh, ideally following a meal of liver, fava beans, and complemented with a nice chianti.

The cupcakes may scream, but they’ll stop if you eat them.

Garnish with moths if desired.

The wheels of time turned…. the pages of the calendar flipped…and Icarus watched it all intently. Because on October 13, 2012, Icarusflies would be at New York Comic Con. Everything was set…the bags were packed. But this time would be different…because this would be…A ROAD TRIP!!!

That Friday, DeviouslyChartreuse’s (formerly Booster Gold and Ice) mom pulled up at Icarusflies’ house. Icarus raced outside with an enormous duffle bag that would have held an entire family’s belongings for a week. The enormous duffle bag was mostly full of comics. And a stuffed Cthulhu.

In the car, Icarus revealed her collection of H.P. Lovecraft themed radio shows. They listened to the Dunwich Horror and The Shadow Over Innsmouth. Icarus acted as a translator, translating New English-->Normal English. Then Icarus fell asleep and everyone had to fend for themselves through the seas of ‘Ayuh’s.

After several hours of ‘are we there yet?!?’, [No.] ‘Can we have burgers?’, [Fine] ‘Cthulhu, more like NOPE’, […] and ‘OH MY GOD WHERE’S THE TRAIL MIX?!’ […] Icarus & co arrived in New York. They promptly left all the bags for the responsible adults to deal with, and stared at the sign for a nearby salon. DeviouslyChartreuse’s sister (who shall be referred to as Porrim for the purposes of this blog) knew of a magical salon sign that offered ‘pedicures, blow-dries, perms’ and….MANCURES’. Not manicures. MANCURES. Eventually everyone somehow ended up in the proper hotel rooms. Icarus placed Squishthulhu in the most inconvenient place possible, and then everyone went to sleep.

THE NEXT MORNING….

Icarus, Porrim, and DeviouslyChartreuse had to be reminded to use their inside voices. But….COMIC CON!!! They had all woken up about three hours early out of sheer excitement. It did end up taking about that long for everyone to get all suited up and ready to go. The elevator ride to the lobby was the most awkward ever for a bunch of random guests.

At the convention, the three intrepid explorers raced around like a whirlwind. After leaving Porrim in the care of the Homestucks, Icarus and DeviouslyChartreuse met up with one of DC’s friends and set off to attend a Buffy panel. On the way there, they ran into…

Comic Vine’s very own Babs! Icarus promptly crushed Babs with a gigantic hug. (It was great to see you Babs!) They chatted for a minute or so, but Babs had to go interview Paul Dini, and there was that panel that…was completely abandoned, because Babs revealed that Grant Morrison was in the show room! Signing stuff! Icarus and DC didn’t need to be told twice.

After a brief panel transition, they were at the Legendary booth. Through some miracle, there was hardly any line. Icarus was SOOOOOOO excited, because Grant was one of the quintessential Animal Man writers, and Icarus had cosplayed Animal Man! And she had met Grant before (at SDCC) and he’s a really nice guy. DC was SOOOOOOO excited because she had never met Grant and he’s her favorite writer.

Icarus made DeviouslyChartreuse’s friend (who for the purpose of this article shall be called ‘Jojo’) carry all her stuff. DC made Jojo carry all HER stuff. Jojo was not consulted as to whether he would LIKE to carry all this stuff.

Icarus got to meet Grant Morrison. First thing he said: “Nice costume!” Yesssss! Then Icarus asked if Grant would be willing to sort of act out a scene from the end of Animal Man. Grant played Grant. Icarus played Animal Man. This is the result:

Then Icarus and Grant talked for a bit, Grant signed some of Icarus’ books, Grant said he liked Icarus’ lemur, and it was great.

DeviouslyChartreuse then got to meet Grant Morrison! She got a hug, and Grant signed her books. It was great.

Jojo got to meet Grant Morrison. He still had Icarus’ and DC’s stuff.

After that, there was about half an hour solely devoted to spazzing out over how great Grant Morrison is.

Then, to Artist’s Alley! Icarus stopped and chatted with former Tiny Titans artist, Franco, while DeviouslyChartreuse and Jojo went to meet The Saddest Man in the Universe. Icarus isn’t entirely sure who that is, but he sounded sad. He drew DC a dog. Franco drew Icarus Animal Man.

They met up again, and headed over to see if DeviouslyChartreuse could commission Amanda Palmer. While they were waiting Icarus saw….G-MAN!!!! She promptly ran over and almost flying tackled him.

They chatted, and then Icarus saw a Guy Gardner cosplayers, and this ensued:

After running around Artist’s Alley for a little while, Icarus, DC, and Jojo headed over to the New52 panel. Scott Snyder stole the show. Wow.

Back on the show floor, Icarus had been getting a lot of attention for her Animal Man costume. Lots of Buddy Baker fans walked up to her, told her how she was the only Animal Man they had seen, and that the Cosplay had made their day. One cosplayers in particular, a Phoenix-Force Cyclops, was super-enthusiastic. Icarus ran into him again later, and he yelled ‘I STILL LOVE YOU ANIMAL MAN!’. DC and Jojo were getting similar reactions from Jojo’s Adventure fans.

That afternoon it was time for action-figure hunting. Icarus was determined to get an Animal Man action figure. DeviouslyChartreuse was determined to get a Martian Manhunter action figure. It took a while, but they succeeded!!! Jojo found a Martian Manhunter WITH A CHOCO for DC. Icarus found an Animal Man/B’wana Beast pack, which she was given a discount on either due to her being Animal Man, or because as Animal Man she had taken her lemur (Horatio’s) cuteness powers and used them for evil. Evil being discounts.

While action-figure hunting, they ran into…Blue Beetle and Booster Gold! Formerly Maxwell Lord and Maxwell Lord, old friends met at a previous convention.

A little while later, our heroes were waiting to meet some friends. It was a yearly tradition, when a bunch of people would go to dinner after the convention and generally just confuse the heck out of everyone in New York. Four Booster Gold/Blue Beetles showed up. They had cookies. There were photoshoots. It was amazing.

Eventually, the gang left to find some food. They were led by Hipster Magneto, John Constantine, and Spider Jerusalem. Dinner ended up being held at a Korean food court, which had the most amazing sticky buns. Sitting at Icarus, Deviously Chartreuse, and Jojo’s table was one of the people who had worked on Skyrim! He was uncredited, but wrote a lot of Cicero’s dialogue.

After dinner, everyone left to go sing some karaoke. They tried three different places, but since several members of the group were under 21, and the karaoke bars were, well, bars, they weren’t let in. This was a great loss to karaoke everywhere. So everyone just ended up standing on the street talking until Icarus and DeviouslyChartreuse were picked up by DC’s parents.

DAWN OF THE FINAL DAY

Everyone was pretty tired on Sunday, but that didn’t stop screeching like a rhesus monkey upon waking up and realizing…COMIC CON WAS STILL THERE!!! Back to the convention, where the day was spent wandering the convention center. While there, they ran into Cicero again! Unfortunately, they still did have to get home. So at an unreasonably early hour, Icarus and DeviouslyChartreuse (and Porrim, who had been hiding with the Supernaturals that day) left the convention and got into the car.

Where they all promptly fell asleep for five hours.

It was amazing.

SWAG OBTAINED (by Icarus)

An Evolve or Die T-shirt

Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery

Comic Vine stickers + pins (THANK YOU G-MAN!!!!). One of these is on Icarus’ computer as she’s typing this.

Animal Man + B’wana Beast action figures

Court of Owls mask

Battle Pug stickers

Animal Man sketch

Grant Morrison signed Animal Man and Doom Patrol books.

(Doom Patrol has now been signed by the artist, author and inker! Yay!)

MORE PICTURES

Even more in the gallery!

The Vietnamese text in Umbrella Academy: Dallas (when Séance is about to leave to stop 00.05 from assassinating Kennedy) roughly translates to:

Séance: Thank you for taking care of the child.

Vietnamese Woman: Where you are going is no place for children. It is safer here.

Séance: I'm really sorry about what happened to his mother.

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This just makes the wait for Hotel Oblivion that much harder.

EMOTICONS

Because let's face it, when faced with a face going :3 you don't necessarily know what the heck is going on. Never fear, Icarus is here to explain what a : / is, and when to use it.

If I missed anything let me know and I'll add it.

:) ---this is pretty straighforward. You are smiling.

:D --You are now super-enthusiastic.

^_^ ---Contentment, can be substituted for :)

:] ---still smiley. Seriously, if it looks like a smiley, it's probably a smiley.

8) --Crazed smiley. SOMEONE has had too much sugar. Or glasses.

B) --Sunglasses

8D ---OH GOSH WHO GOT THE MOUNTAIN DEW. YOU ARE SO EXCITED YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOURSELF.

d(^_^) ---thumbs up!

;) ---You know what I'm talking about/it's a secret/jk/flirty. Just depends on the context.

-_o ---It's a secret/mystery/non-flirty smiley.

O_O --shock/disbelief/OMG

O_o ---Wut? or OMG, did this actually just happen? Or WHY?!

-_- ---annoyance

!_! --REALLY SURPRISED AND/OR AMAZED!

@_@ ---Really surprised or overwhelmed. Also: Shiny object.

x_x ---Dead

>_> ---shifty eyes. It can mean most anything, from 'yep' to 'I c what u did there'. When used with <_< it means looking around warily or sneakily.

:3 ---Pleased with oneself. Or making cat faces.

&D ---Same as 8D

^.^ --Same as ^_^

>:) ---Evil grin

>:D --Diabolical grin

>:( --angry/upset

D:< ---angry/distressed

>_< ---angry/annoyed

>_o --winky

t_t ---dead

: / --'eh', 'meh', whatcha gonna do, mild distress, empathy

xD --laughing

xP -- MEH

:P --Yep/whatevs/okay/mild annoyance/tongue in cheek

;P ---Mock annoyed/joking

D: ---distress

:O or :o ----SHOCK! SURPRISE!

:( ---upset

:'( ---crying

;_; ---crying

$_$ ---MONEY

:S ---Unhappy, confused

Random Emotes

-----/\^-----/\^-----/\^-----/\^-----/\^---_________________________ -flatlining heart monitor

/)(^3^)(\ ---Rainbow Dash

:<) -- Happy Mustache Man

:<( --Sad Mustache Man

:^) -- Happy Man w/ Nose

:^( --Sad Man w/ Nose

>:^( --Angry Man w/ Nose

<"/ --phineas

c"| --ferb

:€ --Bane

ABBREVIATIONS/SLANG

I almost CERTAINLY forgot some of these, but paste 'em in there and I'll translate them/add them.

LOL---laughing out loud (duh)

alsfdkjadslfkjasd;lfjkasd----this is a keyboard mash. It signifies excitement.

BRB---be right back

BBL ---be back later

TTYL --talk to you later

BBT --be back tomorrow

GTG ---got to go

SMH --shaking my head

IDK --I don't know

IKR --I know, right?

IMO --in my opinion

IMHO --In my honest/humble opinion

WTH --what the heck! [usually WTF]

lmao ---laughing my @$$ off. Add extra letters for extra degrees of entertained

noob ---an annoying juvenile person

newb --a new person who doesn't know the ropes yet

RPG --Role-Playing Game...or Rocket Propelled Grenade

IC --In character

OOC --out of character

PIS---plot induced stupidity

CIS ---character induced stupidity

WIS--writer induced stupidity

TOAA ---The One Above All

TDKR --The Dark Knight Returns

Pre-Crisis ---Happening before Crisis on Infinite Earths

Post-Crisis---Happening after Crisis on Infinite Earths

BFR ---battle field removal....changing the battleground

SBP --Superboy Prime

RL--Real life

IRL--In Real Life

CV--Comic Vine

IIRC --If I remember correctly

IMPORTANT

Please don't @reply me in this thread....I get a message whenever someone comments already, so you're sending me two messages each time you @reply, and since I get really excited each time I get a message it's disappointing....and kinda annoying. :P

Q: What the heck is that thing in your avatar?!

A: That is my guinea pig, Clementine. She is probably wearing something, though I mix that up periodically. Unfortunately, Clementine died a few years back, so this is my way of honoring her memory.

Q: You're a guy, right?

A: Nope. I'm a girl.

Q: Do I have to call you Icarus, or can I give you a nickname?

A: You can basically call me anything you want as long as I know you're talking to me, and it's not offensive. Some of my current nicknames are Ic, Icky, Ica, Icas, Port, and Porty, but you can also call me The Most Excellent and Awesome Mod, or anything else you think up.

Q: I have a character I want you to make a Lego of, will you do that?

A: I'd love to, but I can't. I need to find new paints before I can try making any more Legos.

Q. WHY can't you make me a Lego?

A. I developed an allergy to the paints I used. I need to find new paints that are easy to use, dry quickly, don't run, and stick to plastics. I was using Sharpie Paint Pens before. If you have any suggestions, let me know!

Q: Do you read [insert series here]?

A: IDK because this is an FAQ post, but I'd be happy to talk about it with you.

Q: Will you comment on [insert thread here]

A: Yes, unless it's offensive or in the battle forum.

Q: Will you help me with [insert Quest here]

A: Sure!

Q: Who are your RPG characters?

A: Here's a handy-dandy list! YAY!

Q: Will you help me learn to RPG?

A: I'd love to, but if I'm busy I might not be able to...no harm in asking though!

Q: You promised you'd do [insert thing here], but you didn't...why not?

A: Because I either forgot, was busy, was feeling sick, or a combination of the three.

Q. You're always sick.

A: Well theoretical questioner, that is not a question. Also, I am always sick because I have health issues. I have Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), which basically means my autonomic nervous system doesn't work properly, so I can't regulate things like pulse or blood pressure. As a result, I feel tired, dizzy, nauseated, get migraines, and sometimes other symptoms. This also exacerbates any other bug I might have picked up so if someone gets the sniffles I get the flu. I have some other health problems too, but that's the main one.

Q. How do you become a moderator?

A: Always be kind and courteous to others, follow the CV rules, contribute to as many areas of the site as you can, be helpful, and find a way to make yourself stand out. Also spend an outrageous amount of time online.

Q. WYH WUZ I BNANED U ^%#TARD?

A. ....

Q. Gentle moderator, might I kindly request to know why I no longer have the capabilities to post? I have truly seen the error of my ways, and have found the light.

A. Well, thank you for being polite hypothetical banned user! I need to consult with the other moderators before I can unban you, but if you hang tight I can talk with them to see why you were banned, and if I can unban you.

Q. What should I do if I see you walking down the street?

A. Yell 'ICCCAAARRRUSSSS' and give me a hug. Obviously.

Q. May I send you presents?

A. YES YOU MAY HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONER. OF COURSE.

Q. May I have your Facebook so I can friend you?

A. I'm afraid I don't accept friend requests from people I don't know (with VERY rare exceptions), but you may have my special Comic Vine Facebook page

Q. May I see your Deviantart?

A. Sure.

Q. What about your Tumblr?

A. I don't know why you couldn't have asked for all those sites at once, but yes you may have a link to my Tumblr. If the link isn't working, I probably changed my URL and forgot to change the link to it here. Just shoot me a PM and I'll fix it.

Q. May I talk to you?

A. Heck yeah! I love chatting. Send me a message any time!

Q. Who are your favorite writers/artists/characters/bands/movies?

A: I keep all that information in my 'about me' section on my main page...which also links back here because we all know my blog is secretly Inception. A lot of information is also kept in my lists...though some of them are admittedly a bit out of date.

Q. You called me dude....you know I'm a girl/don't identify as male, right?

A. I call EVERYONE dude. Or bud, or buddy, or friend, or some permutation of your username, or your username's initials. If I'm talking to a group of people, I WILL call the collective 'guys' regardless of gender. If you have a problem you can let me know and I'll try to use your pronoun of choice, but just don't take this personally....you could be a three-legged gender-neutral space squid, I would STILL call you dude.

Q. Will you recommend me [something]?

A. YES!! I prefer recommending on a personalized basis, so I don't have any up to date ready-made lists right now. But if you want suggestions for an ongoing comic to read, a trade to read, a webcomic, novel, movie, TV show, food, anything else that's legal, I would LOVE to give you some recommendations.

Q. I know you're just being friendly, but I'm getting kinda fed up with you messaging me all the time.

A. Just say so. I'll leave you alone. But I need to know I'm bothering you so that I can stop. I won't be offended, PLEASE just let me know. I like chatting, I like being friendly, but I understand that some people might find that annoying/overwhelming.

Q. Can I talk to you about my problems?

A. Absolutely. I'm always here to lend an ear, and if there's anything to do to help I'll try my best. I'll also keep everything confidential unless you're at risk for harming yourself or others, or unless it's illegal activity. But if you've had a bad day, or you don't feel well, or something's gone wrong, feel free to come talk to me.

Q. I have a serious problem with you, which I've been telling to anyone who will listen.

A. Well, instead of talking behind my back, why don't you message me and we can talk things out.

Q. Why do you use >these< dumb things to denote actions? Are you some kind of noob?

A. It's a habit I picked up from my best friend when we IMed in middle school. I was never really able to shake it. If I'm doing any sort of serious RPGing I'll use italics or just describe stuff (depending on the situation), but if I'm fooling around or not in character >these things will be everywhere<

Q. How many alts do you have?

A. 130 if I counted correctly. Not including things like team pages, or this account. Also please note that some alts have more than one character associated with them.

Q. What pets do you have?

A. At the moment, I have a dog and two guinea pigs. The dog is Calypso, the guinea pigs are Blini and Onigiri.

Q. Didn't you used to have more pets?

A. Yes...I used to have other guinea pigs, and my sibling had a hedgehog that I often took care of. Unfortunately they passed away, and I miss them very much. The guinea pigs were Marzipan, Tater Tot, Clementine, Peapod, and Sweetpea, and the hedgehog was Dobby. I also had a Beta fish named General Grievous, but I don't think I've ever mentioned him here before.

And you might be thinking of Charlie the Capybara, who isn't mine but who I played with when I was on a school trip in Peru.

Q. Did...did you really just say 'gosh darnnit', 'okey-doke', or 'coolio'? Or some other thing like that? Also, why do you include things like 'um' when typing, you don't need that.

A. I type like I talk. And I talk like Mr. Rodgers if he used horribly outdated slang.

Q. Why do you use $@&% or something like that for cursing? You could just take out a letter or substitute ONE symbol or something.

A. See above comment about Mr. Rodgers. I don't curse in real life either. It makes me uncomfortable to do so online.

Q. When are you usually online?

A. Schooldays, I'll usually check in a few times between 8 am and 1:00 pm (depending on when I get breaks), and then I'll be online off and on between about 2pm and 11 or 11:30pm. On weekends and holidays, I'm online off and on between about 12:30 pm and some ungodly hour between 1 and 3am. EST by the way. Recently I've been banned from being online past about 10:00 pm on weekdays and 12:00 am on weekends though.

Q. You're cranky today, what's your problem?

A. I'm probably sick or tired. Either one of which can make me a bit grouchy. If I get less than four hours of sleep I don't function very well...and on a good night during the week I get about five and a half.

Q. Was this blog REALLY necessary?

A. No. But I wrote it anyway.

Stuff for me to work on! Yay!

I have no idea when/if this stuff will get posted. >_>

General Discussion

Long overdue blog of HeroesCon

Complete analysis of the New 52 (with twist...)

Off-Topic

Providence Write-up

RPG Advice Series

Writing the Weird: For when normal just won't suffice

Unusual power applications: Adding a spin to common powers

Research Methods + Extrapolative Sciences

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE

The update ended up being pretty accurate: I spent all of the 7th working, then I was at my grandparents, where I posted twice. :P

Now I'm home and have RL work again.

UPDATE

I just got home the other day, and naturally I accomplished nothing at camp...it was very busy, I did not adjust to the schedule, and since I spent all day writing for camp (which was cool) I wasn't really up for writing during my free time.

Now I'm basically going to head right back out the door to my grandparents' houses. I'll be gone for a while, don't know how long. I have Internet at one of their houses, but not the other. I can usually get some writing done there.

However I've got some real, unavoidable, work that I will get in serious trouble if I don't finish. So I need to get that out of the way before I can do anything else fun. I'm putting aside Tuesday (Aug. 7) to do that. If I'm online then, I should NOT be.

To all of you I promised RPGs, etc, sorry for the delays. I still hope to finish everything, I'm just getting work done much more slowly than I hoped, and the amount of RL stressors/work I have to deal with are just intensifying.

OLD STUFF

Where I've Been

Sorry for my absence as of late...it's been very busy as of late. I erroneously assumed that I would have free time this summer, so I probably overcommitted myself to stuff. Originally things would have been slightly more freed up, but there was a massive power outage in my area and I was basically shipped off to my grandparents' house until things were fixed at home...I don't really get Internet at my grandparents' house so that accounted for about a week.

Then almost immediately I attended a medical program at a university. It ran from 9 am to 9 pm with no breaks, and quite frankly I was too tired for Internet at the end of the day. Then I got home, was there for less than a week and now...

Where I'll Be

I'm at another college for a writing workshop. I'll be here for two weeks. It's my first day, and I'm kinda exhausted right now...presumably I'll adjust, but until I know what kind of energy I'll actually have I can't promise I'll actually get anything done....this is particularly relevant for RPGing since if I'm writing all day I might not be able to deal with that at night too. But I'll address that below. If you need to reach me, leave me a PM, I'll probably get to it pretty quickly.

After the program, I probably won't have Internet at all (or none followed by some, followed by none, etc) because I'll be looking at MORE colleges, and also actual vacation. I'll update that once I actually know where I'll be going. :P

I should be back for sure late August, though I have a TON of stuff I need to get done to prepare for the upcoming school year.

What I'll Try To Accomplish

For most of you, this doesn't really apply...I'll probably be around being chatty or whatever the heck it is I usually do around here. I've seen TDKR so you can send me spoiler stuff if you want to talk. Actually since I'm away from home and don't know anyone here messages are always really appreciated. But I digress. The following really only applies to RPGers, so you can skip to the Icarus being Random section, also known as additional notes.

I really want to keep up with RPGing while I'm here. There's some really big stuff going on, and I can't just leave y'all in the lurch. So my first priority is the Presidential Election RPG and it's spin-offs. Next are the smaller unrelated RPGs that I'm in right now...I can only remember one at the moment off the top of my head, so feel free to let me know if I'm forgetting one. There's also my 'secret character' RPG stuff, which is of equal import. If you know who the character is, please don't post it here...send that profile a PM and I'll either confirm it there or GUESS WHAT?! You just messaged a random person. ;)

After that comes Clockwork World. Once I actually get that started it will be pretty important to me, but it might take a while since there's a lot else going on.

And if by some miraculous incident I STILL have time/energy/inclination I'll get to work on some of the things that will get my characters out of limbo since I realized recently I can't use about half of them due to unexplained story arcs. : /

So I think that about sums it up.

Additional Notes

As like, two of you know, there was a bit of a hair disaster before I left. As in, somehow my hair ended up being dyed green and I looked like a sno-cone. One emergency hair session later it's blue again. But that did take a total of something like 5 hours. :P

Since I'll be traveling who-knows-where, it would be awesome to meet up with some of you if I'm in the area! Uh...I have no idea how I'll figure out if you're in the area, but I'm sure we'll think of something.

I'll try to get my dad to send me pictures of my guinea pigs to post here...apparently they glare at him when he tries to feed them.

This has been weighing heavily on me recently...is it time for me to quit the RPG scene?

I still love it, but let's face it, I haven't been very reliable recently, and it makes me feel awful to leave people hanging.

This situation is not likely to change anytime soon...my life is a hectic mess, and I cannot predict what will happen more than a few hours in advance. I either get sick, busy, or there's some crisis. Maybe things will improve once school ends for the summer, but I really just don't know.

On the other hand, I'd probably be bored and miserable without the writing, and I'd miss all you guys. And I do occasionally get my act together and post.

I just don't know.

What do you all think? If you want to answer anonymously here's my tumblr, just leave a comment in the ask.