Come in, make yourself at home, 'cause you won't be leaving soon.

Listening To: Labyrinth by Haste The Day
Feeling: Hungry

"...We are unfortunately ever so self-destructive
We live inside this labyrinth
Waiting to go home
Labyrinth oh labyrinth
Your worst is what we'd might expect from you
And in your twisted walls you sing out of tune
"Come in"
Labyrinth oh labyrinth
Your most is what we'd not expect from you
And in your tired walls you sing out of tune
"Come in, make yourself at home"
'Cause you wont be leaving soon.
All your friends are dead and gone
And you've got nothing to lose"..."

Ah, yes, I'm doing that meme. Even though I'm not on DA. And, also, even if I don't know about the characters (Since I have no contact with the people who made them, I probably won't know anything about them unless they have a bio up).

-Rules-
1. Post links to your 5 favorite characters on dA that don't belong to you and tell why.
2. Tag 5 people to do this once you're done

1. *powerdraguun's Carmise
I mean, seriously. LOOK. LOOK. She's not only amazingly pretty, but the little I've been able to RP with Flash (A.K.A., powerdraguun) with Carmise and my character Gore, it's been darn epic.

2. *ninaogfnuk's Rasputin

From what I read of his bio, he seems like a good character. Plus, he has the silver-gray hair like Ric, which makes me think of Ric. ;D From the other DA pics, Rasputin seems like a lovable goofball, too.

3. *homeobox's Sven

Yyyyeeeaaaahhh...I don't know anything about this guy, but he looks really cool. o3o; I couldn't find a bio anywhere for him, so I can't really say if I like his personality. xD I think the only vague thing I got from it is that he's messed up.

4. *HeitchBee's Gertrude

Yyyeeeaaahhh, basically, I just like loupdrakes ever since Flash showed them to me. So there.

5. *MiniMushroom's Evan

Yyyyeeeeaaahhh. I don't know anything about him, or if he's gay, or whatever, so don't even ask. I just really like all the accessories. And he's pleasing to the eye. ;D

-I tag anyone who wants to do it, because I hate tagging people unless they're Flash.

Maybe I should hate you for this; if only you knew half as much as you pretend to.

Listening To: You're So Last Summer by Taking Back Sunday
Feeling: Er..back pain or something.

"..Never really did ever quite get that
Cause I'm a wishful thinker with the worst intentions
This'll be last chance you get to drop my name
Cause I'm a wishful thinker with the worst intentions
This'll be last chance you get to drop my name
If I'm just bad news, then you're a liar..."

Aha, you see. I couldn't think of much to blog about lately, but whether this turns into a boring blog or not, I'm posting it. I don't want to fall out of the loop of posting like I've done so many times. I'm trying to be committed to something, even though - in most cases - I'm not much committed to anything. I have to really love the person/hobby/thing/band/etc. to stay committed to it.

AND THIS, my friends, is why I would make a terrible mother.

But, anyways, me and Flash are doing another art trade (The last one was me drawing her characters Adam and Froze together while she drew my characters Mercedes and Gore together); me drawing her character Lamb (See Flash's picture of Lamb HERE) and she drawing my character Sinclair. And so, I worked extremely hard and even had to color the faily thing, but its finished, after quite a number of hours working on it.

SHAZAM. I probably messed up more than a few things, but at least I worked hard on this one. As well, part of it is blurry because my scanner was being faily and ever though I re-scanned it, it looked even worse, so I just went with this version. I'm not sure how to crop it, either, so that might pose a problem. Ah, well. ;c I still think it's pretty okay.

Listening To: This Too Shall Pass by OK Go

"...You know you can't keep lettin' it get you down
And you can't keep draggin' that dead weight around
If there ain't all that much to lug around
Better run like hell when you hit the ground
When the morning comes
When the morning comes..."

Well, did I mention that watered-down Diet Coke is possibly the worst-tasting drink ever? Yes, I took a sip of it and then I forgot that I had left it out earlier and now my mouth tastes like I just puked sparkles. Which, is actually, not such a good taste as you would imagine.

I'm also thinking of doing a meme where you pick - five, I think? - of other peoples' original characters off of DeviantArt. Of course, I saw this meme on DeviantArt. I don't have an account, and if I did I would probably be laughed off because of the quality of my art and my inability to apparently size and crop photos. Still, I think it's okay for me to do the quiz, and if I do it hopefully Flash will, too.

I'd also like to take a moment here to thank my new Followers here on my blog and if anyone who Follows me on Twitter reads my blog as well, thanks. I'm pretty sure I love you guys. Now, come here so we can have an incredibly awkward hug.

I need to be working on a lot of things right now. Like, that rad art project I said I was going to start? No. Quite frankly, it still hasn't happened. I haven't even done a vague outline or rough sketch of it. It's like I'm terrified to even start such a huge work of art. Still, I promised myself I was going to do it, and I will, eventually. For now, I'll just doodle in my sketchbook and make up new characters (Julius Manry and Alice *insert last name here*). So, yes. I should be doing something else right now.

It seems I'm always supposed to be doing something else.

'Cause there's a hole in the fabric of my sanity and it's getting big enough to see through.

Listening To: I Think I'm Going To See You by Showbread
Feeling: A collective feeling of "ugh."

"...Because the more the world puts in my mouth
The less I feel like chewing it
I found the way to madness and I'm opening the door
Cause the more they say what's on my mind
The more I feel I'm losing it
They tell me what to care about and I don't care anymore..."

Crap. Today is pretty high on the Suck-O-Meter. As in, Sucks-A-Lot. My stomach is hurting like crazy for absolutely no reason at all, and last night my legs and stomach were hurting. Is it just me or am I getting a lot of aches and pains lately? This just cannot be good for my health. xD Grawr, I don't even feel like eating anything for lunch at all. :/ Maybe I'll just have dinner or something because my goodness does this hurt like you wouldn't believe.

Thus, the only thing that's making this day awesome is the Internet and Flash. Flash makes all days awesome, though, so really, that's nothing new. I'm also watching a semi-good Ouran abridged thing on YouTube. What with the clever "Even before I was born I was the most beautiful and charming of embryos" and "Ouch, right in the teacups!" lines, this is the thing keeping me watching it. Still, under no circumstances is it as well done as Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged. Not that I'm dissing it. Or the person who made it. I really don't use this blog to diss a lot.

Except that mini-rant I think I had one time where I was talking about how much I detest adults who try to act like they're sixteen again when they're obviously not. Honestly, I dislike these people with every fiber of my being. I just hope that I never turn into one of them. because once you're old, you're old. You aren't sixteen anymore, sweetie.

Argh. I'm getting my hair done soon, which is good, because my roots are so clearly noticeable that when you turn to look at me they literally slap you in your face before you can say anything. At least, this is how I see it. Still holding on and not getting it cut, though, so I'll end up having a semi-long mane by sometime in the summer. I haven't had long hair since I was a wee tot and something happened and we had to chop it all off. I was very upset that day, but then I liked shorter hair more. And it seems to me that a snapton of people have longer hair rather than shorter hair, which makes me feel like I'm jumping onto some sort of bandwagon.

Which, I'm not. I just finally am taking the recommendations of everyone who sees my picture to grow my freaking hair out. This is not peer pressure, folks. I'm just thinking I would look better...but, now, I think I've talked more about my hair in this post than I ever have in any blogpost ever, so I think I'll just stop now.

Listening To: Insurance? by The Higher

"...Let's burn this filthy town straight into the ground
With our dirty looks and glances
Come on, can you hear us now?
As we rock you, shock you, drop you
And make you want it more
And we're gonna risk it all for the weekend..."

I'm also taking up exercising. Nothing like spots, but just some Wii Fit and crazy dancing to a crazy playlist, which, it's actually quite miraculous how many calories you can burn in just an hour of flopping around like a fish with your iPod on your hip. I guess I'm trying to get all active and healthy-ish and stuff, even though I really don't need to. Still, exercise will keep me thin.

But what I say to real sports is what Miles "Pudge" Halter in Looking For Alaska says:

"I hated sports. I hated sports, and I hated the people who played them, and I hated people who watched them, and I hated the people who didn't hate people who watched or played them."

Yeah...

I guess I won't be doing much today except some RP'ing with Flash and maybe Kira if she gets on, but other than that, I'll probably just stalk Twitter a little bit and cruise the blogs to find some more to Follow, and look through the ones I'm already Following to see if I still want to Follow them. Speaking of blogs that I Follow, Flash should definitely post a blog. ;D And whether she does or not, you should check out her blog because she's awesome.

See, look? I'm trying to sell her like a ShamWOW! again.

Imprisoned inside this mind, hiding behind the empty smiles.

Listening To: The Arms Of Sorrow by Killswitch Engage
Feeling: A little hungry.

"...Imprisoned, inside this mind
Hiding behind the empty smiles
So simple (the anguish)
As it mocks me
Crawling back into the dark
Running, always running, into the distance
Stop me before I bleed, again
The echoes of my voice
Follow me down
The shadows I cast
Follow me down..."

I'm definitely loving Twitter. I may be posting too much, but meh; I'm new, so I guess that gives me a free pass, perhaps? I just didn't want anyone to think I was going to stop blogging all of a sudden because I have a lazier, quicker, and shorter way to do it, while being instantly updated on all of the people I Follow. I tend to talk too much, rather descriptively so, and that's why I must blog. I think these are the traits of a writer.

Speaking of writing.

Last night, I started writing something revolving around Mercedes Montgomery (The character; not me and my Twitter name). I sort of always wanted to revolve a book around her because she has such an interesting character to me, and though I'm pretty sure this'll turn into a short story rather than a book, I'm still pretty excited to at least be writing something. Everytime I sit down to write, it doesn't have to be a novel. I think my mindset has been stuck in this mode where I mustmustmust write a novel; no short stories, songs, poems. And that's my downfall.

So, if this turns out to be a short story, so be it. Let's just hope it'll be well-written and awesome to look back on a year from now when hopefully my writing has improved, sort of like my doodles drastically improved in just a year. Improving so much that it really didn't look like I ever had artistic talent and then SHAZAM, I apparently do.

Or so people tell me.

Listening To: Basement Ghost Singing by Armor For Sleep

"...Now I'm in your basement
I'm laying low to keep out of your way
I hear your footsteps
Move the floorboards above my head
I have my own routine now
I'm keeping busy in my own way
I'm learning ways to not feel
Like I'm down here forever..."

In other, much more random news, I switched from the my green Nano I got for Christmas back to my way-old original iPod. Yes, that thing still works, and has a vaguely okay battery life. I just have way too many songs that aren't fitting on that Nano and it's tiny little 8GB it's trying to tote. Yeah, it had a video camera. And a radio. Both of which I really didn't use either of. I gave it to mom, though she doesn't listen to music a ton, I think she'll enjoy it.

In a couple weeks I might be sending it in to get it replaced for $50 or whatever it costs, but at Christmas it's already been established I'm getting the newest original iPod, which can contain up to 40,000 songs or whatever. This, of course, will mean that I will be in heaven. I don't know if I'd ever be able to fill it up in my whole lifetime, but you can bet your buns that I'm going to try.

Also, I stopped re-reading Just Listen a long time ago, for some reason. I really, really love that book, I just felt like re-reading a different one. Thus, today, I have started re-reading John Green's Looking For Alaska for...the third of fourth time. The last time I re-read it being last month.

Yeeaaahhh, I like his books, okay?

I also am going to start work on a little art "project." You see, I have this huge sketchpad. I may've blogged about it, but it's more likely that I just told Flash and forgot to blog about it. Either way, this thing is twice the size of a laptop's screen. At least, I would say so. This thing is glorious, and even though I mostly use it for just being able to do a ton of doodles on one page, I'm going to take all of my OCs that I commonly use and draw them all together on this huge-bum page. I'm not sure why I want to do this, but I feel like it should be done.

I'll probably take my time on this, so I can't say when it'll actually be done, or when I'm going to start (But it'll be soon. Either tomorrow or today, I'd say), but I might even post WIPs. And you know it's serious business when that happens, because I tend not to show my art to many people.

So, look forward to that, guys.

So, I guess I'm off to mess around online a little and then go read some Ouran manga (Yes, yes, I've only read a few volumes. I know. I don't look like a true fan, do I? Even though I own all the Ouran episodes in a DVD set that I bought from Disc Replay that looks like it came straight from Japan, and, thus, only has Japanese audio and Japanese audio with jacked-up subtitles).

You would not believe your eyes if ten million Asian guys sneaked in your room as you fell asleep.

Listening To: Asian Guys (Parody of Fireflies) by NHBFilms
Feeling: Happy, yo.

"...You would not believe your eyes
If 10 million asian guys
Sneaked in your room as you fell asleep
With wide eyes and gelled up hair
And video games everywhere..."

I love this song. xD It makes me laugh every single time I listen to it. But in a good way; I love the Asian culture, so I'm obviously not making fun of them, and the guys who made the parody are Asain, too.

So no hatin'.

But the point of this post is that I finally got a Twitter.

Yes.

http://twitter.com/TheMercedesM

Follow me, dears? It would make a very happy Merce.

I've been thinking about fixing my brain, but I'm afraid I won't feel the same.

Listening To: Fixing My Brain by Brad Sucks
Feeling: Stomach pain. xD

"...Spending more and more time up in bed
Thinking 'bout the things I think you said
It's been on my mind and it’s hard to find
Bad habits come and come and go
I'm afraid my mind is getting slow
I swear it’s not so hard to understand..."

Okay, first, the reason I haven't been posting is because I was waiting for something semi-worth talking about, and I guess I finally have it. So, sorry if any of you were waiting (Though I'm pretty sure that if anyone was waiting, it was Flash).

Now, if you don't go check out the band Brad Sucks, I'm going to have to punch you. Not in just the jeans, either. In the blouse. In the wig. In the Converse. Whatever; I'm going to punch you.

Someone may ask how I discovered such a lovely band, and that is because I was watching 51 Things I Found In My Room videos (Yes, I'm still watching those. I'm addicted to that. I did it once myself a LONG time ago, but most of the stuff I showed was fail. Too much Twilight and way too much Jonas Brothers, and even though I still love Twilight, I looked like a tween dumb-bum), and someone had the song "Borderline" as their background song, so I checked it out.

Listening To: Time To Take Out the Trash by Brad Sucks

"...Down in the mouth and having trouble remembering
Hold my heart out loud and turn it up until your earrings bleed
Time to take out the trash, you know it's easy
But it seems harder every time you try to think about it
Time to take out the trash, you know it's easy..."

Let's see, what else? Oh, I recently visited my great aunt on my dad's side, whom I LOVELOVELOVE. ♥ She is totally the best great aunt EVAR. We're closer than anyone one else on dad's side of the family besides dad himself. xD But anyway, aside from all her awesomeness, when I went to visit her with dad he brought up the fact that I am a doodling monster and she wanted to see my sketches, but my sketchbook had nothing worthwhile at ALL in it. :c So lately, I've been sketching in that. ♥ Next time I see her I can't wait to show her some of my stuff, even though I usually get embarrassed when showing it to anyone other than a)my parents or b)my close friends.

Speaking of the doodles, I think I'm getting better. At least, that's what Flash said; about my faces, at least. o3o I'm drawing a lot of random guys lately, too, and they're all so adorable. But I doubt any of them will be made into real characters...still, speaking of real characters, I'm trying to develop Chinatsu/Hardcore's personality, as well as Jackie, Miles, and Riot. The whole band. It's coming along pretty slow, but still pretty good/okay.

Chinatsu has a boyfriend now, too. Haruki. x3 I like how he's "spring wood" and she's "a thousand summers." I think they're both pretty bright and happy, so.

Dude, I talk about my original characters way more than I actually talk about myself. There's probably something wrong with that, albeit less narcissistic.

Speaking of, Mercedes Montgomery actually is getting a Bio tweak. I decided that she did not turn alternative because of breaking up with Dawson (Because that just seems really, really lame, and not like her), but because she got in a car accident, and it ended up messing up her back so bad she's lucky she can stand up straight. And she deals with all this pain even now, and the painkillers her doctor perscribed her don't work so well.

And right after the accident I guess she had a little depression because of the pain. I assume something like that would make you upset, indeed, and I guess in this depression she drastically changed her appearence and ended up liking it. And that's how all of that happened.

And how his guts were all suspended in his fingers.

Listening To: July, July! by the Decemberists
Feeling: Sick & Tired.

"...And the water rolls down the drain
The blood rolls down the drain
Oh, what a lonely thing
In a blood red drain..."

I am feeling very sick and tired today. I don't know why, since I slept so many hours last night and got up late this morning. ;C But my muscles are all weak and my eyes are dry and sore despite my glorious eye drops. My throat was sore yesterday, too, but it's not so much anymore; it still does and it's dry, but not as bad? o3o I'm not sure how to describe it, but I really want an ice cream sandwich right now.

Trying to brainstorm with Flash to RP something that doesn't immediantly fizzle out. Our theory is that if it's fantasy we could just throw a flying rainbow llama in and make things interesting and use a snapton of characters. This way, everything should be kept interesting FOREVER.

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I have nothing much to post today except I think I'm going to work on the OC page here and then go fall asleep somewhere, probably. Whichever comes first. I just can't believe today's post was so short...I almost always have something to talk about, even if nobody cares. Maybe it's becoming boring for you guys because I'm posting blogs so often?