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Thursday, February 05, 2009

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:55:46 GMT

I was contemplating all day whether to post today or not, since it's a little, sappy tradition of mine to say something on Feb 4. Four years ago, I moved to California from Chicago. Though it may seem like I'm making a big deal out of something I should have moved on from by now, I'll never forget that it's irrevocably changed my life; in fact, moving is probably the single biggest event that has changed the direction of my life and who I am today.

I miss all you IL-ers who are still on Xanga.

Every time I post here, I say I'm going to eventually come back, because it'd be really difficult for me to leave this blog; it's the one of the only things I've kept alive, since I made it WAY back in sixth grade. Though I can't really say it's alive and running atm, since the layout kind of died and I totally forgot how to navigate on Xanga, but that's beside the point.

I don't know if I'll be posting again here, since I can't keep up with Xanga's changes and everything and I have other places to be, but we'll see.

MURRRRRR

Find me here or here :]

Monday, June 30, 2008

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:27:22 GMT

hi thar.

I've officially recognized my failure at updating, in case you didn't realize (like ten months ago, literally). Urm.

I'm not promising to come back atm even though it's summer; I kept putting off typing an update because I wanted to write something about Mock Trial + FanimeCon 08. I mean, I will eventually; I have to. But right now I don't have the time.

And by the way, sorry for the sporadic change in tone throughout this post; the cheerful parts are my attempt to lighten the mood. . ________. Sporadic spazziness... I

In short, Mock Trial finished at the end of March; we placed second in state (FORK YEAH), losing to a bunch of "immoral, scripted, blonde Catholic hobags", but as a friend said, we were the clear moral victors. ♥ Like actually; everyone hated that other team. :D Bahhh; I still miss MTT like heck, but the only thing I can wait for is next year I guess. (Although half of our team will be gone. And our coach will be living in Ireland. And we still don't have a replacement. So she might be our cyber-coach apparently...) And yeah. Short choppy sentences that all end in periods. This isn't me-like.

JKHGDKJHGKJFD

Ummmmm, Fanime was at the end of May, and it was EPIC LOVE, seriously seriously so. I miss everyone! [ moo ]

And, uhhhhhhhhhhh what elseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~

I applied for this summer program (some film class + Trial Advocacy, which is like MTT... shocking, I know) at my dream school Columbia and GOT IN, but my parents aren't letting me go this summer! :[[[[[[[[[ It's really expensive and I'm hoping they'll let me go next summer instead, but nothing's certain. So I started taking multiple classes in photography & fashion at the Academy of Art (yes, that school that sucks money out of your pocket and spells D-O-O-M-M-M) last week, but we got a phone call two nights ago from my uncle.

Basically, my grandma isn't doing so well; the doctor said we have like... limited time to see her, so my family's flying back as soon as possible (aka tonight) to go see her. It's just really, really awful; all my life I've never been able to really get to know my grandma, and I was planning to spend an entire summer with her to do so. And from what I've heard she's just an INCREDIBLE person that everyone in the community loved, seriously. And she hasn't been doing well for the past few months so I was planning to go back to Taiwan alone this summer to see her, but my parents wouldn't let me go overseas for that sole reason... so I found this volunteer program over there, but I didn't get in (because it was age-based and I was like the youngest T_T), so I couldn't go to Taiwan. Which was devestating because I wanted to go back for so many other reasons too (haven't gone back in three years, wanted to go fob-shopping/hairstyling, wanted to see relatives etc), to the point that I'd have dreams multiple times a week about going back, literally.

And now that I really am going back it's bittersweet since it's for the wrong reasons. And just, agh. Sorry for ranting; I just found a reason why I've missed Xanga so much; I can talk however much I want about myself. (Conceited, I know.)

Blagh, I'm really sorry for being all sad, it's just a hard phase I'm going through right now. I'm basically posting here to tell you guys I'll be gone this month; I have to be back by August (going to San Diego with Athena) so I'll probably be in Taiwan for a bit over a month. Yeah.

Uh. I'll try making a photoblog when I'm in Taiwan! :D

Last time I went back, Xanga was my only connection to the US, basically. I can even remember the layout I was using... it was called like 'Wishing Upon a Star' or something and had stars for navigation, and it was a picture of a girl sentimentally looking through a window. (err.) And it wouldn't load in Taiwan! The HTML was all funky and the CSS just wouldn't function or something.

I found the posts from ancient times just now.

__oh god ; I don't even know.
__POMBAKA! ; OMG, that's back when we gave our crushes code-names, ~~although we kind of still do.~~ Except I loathed "Pombaka", that was a guy that my friend liked...
__miserable? ; um
__stomachache ; aah god, that was a HELLISH week of sickness. ew.
* omg KAREN, lol: "oh, and for the record, i CAN dance, i am OBSESSED with dancing. xD lol i am a dancer. um in case you didnt get my post, i`m starting this hip hop class with a few friends and yeah, jealous of their ability to move their body =X"
(bahh, I dunno if she reads my Xanga anymore but that just brings back a wave of nostalgia. because I actually remember reading that & being like, 'aghhh why is she so COOL', haha.)
__Full House ; omg, first post. so this is where the obsession began...

And that's it. Dang, it's funny to see how much I've changed (and not changed) since then... I don't use as many smileys, but I'm still incoherent and immature.

I miss having Piedmont friends talk to me, like Elaine and Karen and stuff.

I was talking to Stephen the other day and he said the first word that comes to mind when he thinks of me is anime. And I was like =O='''''

Like honestly, I follow like. Two series. I stopped being an "otaku fangirl" in like mid frosh year. Like yeah, I cosplay, but nowadays it's more for the sake of making clothes + doing photoshoots + meeting famous people, than like, being a fail geek. And I've already converted into more of a k-drama/Asian culture-ish girl than anything I think.

BLAH.

Oh right, back on topic:

brb taiwan. :3

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:35:19 GMT

To quote Britney Spears....

"It's been a while."

8DDDDD; Sorry, it had to be done.

So um. HIIIIIII EVERYONE!~ I hope none of you have been missing me ever since my leave like... a year ago it feels. Actually, I secretly conceitedly hope you guys have, since that'd make me feel loved. However, seeing as I got less than ten comments in the past month (I just checked), I don't think that's the case. 8] But whatever.

I've been avoiding Xanga for the express purpose of having to get back on track, since it's just another added priority on my list. For those of you that've kept in contact with me through other methods (aka MyFace as my friend's mom so eloquently puts it), you know that I have gotten a life. It's crazy and a foreign feeling. >_<; Like, I actually have to do things now and get off my lazy butt, which means not much time for rotting in front of the computer.

...Actually that's a lie, I've still found time to rot, it's just on other sites plus AIM. :'D But anyway.

So what have I been doing allllllllll this time? Okay, so essentially every day has been devoted to Mock Trial--a cult I'm part of at school. I mentioned it a while back, but it's the sole reason I haven't been able to do ANYTHING Xanga- or design-related in the past few months! It's totally beyond words how difficult and time-consuming it is, since we analyze the smallest, most seemingly minute stuff in our case and take everything to the extreme. It's crazy. I have at least five MTT-related dreams a week, and I'm not exaggerating. Since my school's team is especially competitive, we've sweeped the county title and we're going to LA this weekend to compete for the state title. Exciting, no? :'D And after that there's Nationals in Deleware, but something tells me we won't get that far. T____________T;; And yeah.

I also have to take care of the well-being of over twenty kids when we go to Fanime, apparently. And plan everything, since the vice pres of the club just left a few months ago and I wasn't aware of this until recently. Club shambles much? -____-; It's stressful. There's Cherry Blossom Festival coming up in less than a month, and I have to make sure other peoples' cosplays are ready to wear. I myself am screwed as is--I have to work with non-stretch VINYL (aka Fabric from Hell) to make a dress from no pattern, since there weren't any patterns my size, and you can't really modify an 8 down to 00. *(#@&$!

So. What else... Oh, another reason webdesign's come to a stop is because I killed my computer in late December. It was like THE worst day of my life; I mean, it didn't crash, but the fact that I'm pretty sure it was my fault pretty much ruins everything. I dunno though. I still have my old hard disk and my dad bought this thing so that I can access the files on it, but I still haven't gotten around to installing that or whatever. I have a new laptop now, but it's not the saaaameeee. #^#;; *angstflail* I have PhotoShop installed, but I barely have any brushes or textures. Which is why Synesthesia's currently half-dead. :[

...Fine, dead. But I'll revive it! >A<;; b

So honestly now. Ever since I started this whole anime interest, Xanga business and all of that, I've felt like I'm declining when I really should be becoming something more--everyone's always told me that I was a smart kid, and I was a few points short of attending the single most elite student programs/schools in the Chicago area back when I lived there. And I felt that getting into all of this computer stuff would bring me down, and honestly, it has--but I'll admit, I like it. I don't want to get into a full-fledged rant (because honestly, it would take a while to unlodge everything that would need to be said), but yeah. Ever since I came into high school, I had a resolve to shape up so I could go to the Ivy League school I wanted.

Obviously, things haven't played out as I wanted them to, seeing that I was unintentionally made pres of the Anime Club, plus a number of other roles in the cosplay & convention community. I'm now hoping I can use those things to my advantage, because, even though I sometimes sit back and feel bad for "wasting my time" on such stuff because it can be immature sometimes, I know that I have a reason for loving it all. One of my goals of being on Mock Trial would be to get back on an academically-strict course, and it's somewhat helped me (MTT = the smartest most amazing people in the school. PERIOD.). Yesterday I was talking to my best friend on AIM, and she was like, "You seem to know a lot of programs to apply for." And it sounds harmless out of context, but it represents all the tension that's been building up. The thing is, I don't think she understands, nor anyone, really--I don't think anyone gets that I'm going through these struggles to not fall behind, because I always feel like I'm sinking fast. Doing all these programs is my way of getting my life back together instead of doing things that I know I'll one day regret.

Okay, rantage. Oops. >_<; With all that being said, I still love the webdesign, anime and cosplay communities. I've met people who are able to balance all of that and still be doing great at Wellesley, and I know that Cristy's friend, Gywn, goes to Columbia (aka the Godly School I Want to One Day Attend But Will Never Get Into) and still fangirls with Cristy all the time. Even if I don't know her, Gwyn, plus a number of others I know, are my role models, and yeah. I really don't know where I'm going with this, but whatever.

I know all of that may've seemed random, but it's a base reason why I haven't come on Xanga for so long. Please forgive me!

Hopefully I'll update soon again, prolly after the competition. To be honest, I'm still kind of hesitant about coming back to Xanga. One of the reasons I've loved Xanga so much in the past is because of the community, and knowing how many people on Xanga love and support me all the time. And with all covers and fluff aside, I'm just afraid that I'm coming back with only two people recognizing me. I mean, if that's the case, I'm okay with it, but it just means that Xanga isn't what it used to be to me, which means that it'd be likely that I fall out again. I dunno.

Anyhow, I'll talk to you all later. And actually respond to comments! >]

- - -

Also--again, I never knew them, but everything Cristy told me about Gywn and Peter would warm my heart and make me happy for the rest of the day. It's absolutely devestating that such events could happen that would cut Peter's life short, and I send my warmest regards to his family and friends.

Rest in peace.
Peter Dongmin Kim
July 12, 1982 - February 11, 2008

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:10:26 GMT

A;WOIEJFAWLK

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Today is my anniversary of moving to California. I don't know if that's a good thing, (: I really, really miss Chicago... and it's been a tradition for me to post every February 4.

So there.

So I've gotten a new laptop, but I haven't installed anything yet, but once I do & get my files from my hard disk, back to Xanga I coooome. *o* I'm not sure when my dad will have the connection cord-thing though; he doesn't have time to go to Best Buy so for all I know it may take a few weeks. Not that that really changes anything.

As for those of you that actually care about this update, I've probably already chatted with you ever since my absence via Facebook or AIM or whatever; I'll revive this site when I have the time. This is the first time I've visited since January 1, I think. 8DDDDDDDDDD; Mock Trial's first official country round is tomorrow, so my schedule's jammed for a while. Yeah, we'll see. asdf;lkew find me hereee.

Love you all, thanks for putting up with me~ E>

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:26:17 GMT

Happy 2008-ness everyone!! :D

Sorry for dying on Xanga; I killed my own computer the other day so I'm PhotoShop-less and net-less... but I'll still be alive on MySpace & Facebook. That is, when I'm allowed to go online on the laptop. *emo*

So, resolutions for the year! Hopefully I'll keep them~
-- Make Synesthesia more worth visiting.
-- Make sure Synesthesia even lasts the year. xD
-- No more Xanga-neglectness . It's not nice.
-- Write more interesting blogs that people would actually enjoy reading.
-- Stop being so lazy & comment back (that applies to all sites).
-- Revive LJ.
-- Make all the websites I've been meaning to make; design the ideas I've been meaning to design.

-- Maintain a 4.0+ GPA.
-- Improve charisma and all that jazz, which will hopefully get me an attorney spot on MTT next year. (AS IF. 8D)
-- Get a job.
-- Actually complete my current cosplay list by Fanime, or the end of the year.
-- Get a good little sister.
-- Continuing learning Korean, don't let it die.
-- Pick up piano (or *some* instrument) again.
-- Stop being such a loser, but maintain the dorkageness.
-- Get a good boyfriend?!

...I like how this is more of a to-do list than anything. D8

I looked at my planner earlier today and was totally like, WHAT THE FLIPPING DUCKKK. Like I just found out that I have two scrimmages next week and uh, SAC ANIME next weekend. >3<; I'm still screwed in MTT (I honestly think I'm the worst witness on the entire team. By FAR.), I have to organize Sac Anime for Anime Club and I have to figure out what to wear, rides, rooms, all that.

I'm going to die.

Like actually.

[/angst]

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:04:40 GMT

The first scrimmage for Mock Trial was today! It was fun. :"D

...Aside the fact that I got, you know, COMPLETELY OBLITERATED ON CROSS.

The friggin' attorney on cross made me approach some diagram (that I hadn't looked at for like three months, my fault ><;) and like point out stuff that I didn't know.

“What does this diagram show?” “...Uh. Where we uh. Live.”
“Ms Ricco, can you point out where your residence is?” *..........point*
“Ms Ricco, it is true that you live down the hill from the Markson residence, true?” “True...”

And then I stood there awkwardly because no one called me to return to my seat, and then the attorney's finally like, may the witness go back to her seat or something... so I went back to my normal seat and right before I sat down the judge was like “Oh, any redirect?” And it was really awkward since I was supposed to still be on the stand. *weep* I definitely made the biggest fool of myself, especially since all the other witnesses did relatively well today. ARGH!

But Natalie said I did fine, and even though I'm pretty sure she's only saying that to make me feel better, I do... feel better. hahaha. -_-

Otherwise it was really fun though, even if we had to sit still and not talk for about six hours. :| Although I got two uber long breaks because Ms Goen decided to make me her errand girl. I had to run out and buy a latte for her, then get the pizza later on, lawllll.

Yeah, that's my story. I know this is a ridiculously lame update... I'll try to write a better update soon, once I find something to talk about. O:

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:08:10 GMT

JTAF WEOIFJEWO:IF

Beware, the con reports are back. Scroll down past this and act like you read it as usual, I don't mind. xD

2005 Recap | 2006 Recap

^ The most mortifying posts ever, especially the 05 one. I ended every sentence with like seventeen exclamation marks. T^T I actually wrote that at Hisaki's current age.... which is really depressing. *headdesk*

So basically, it's pretty much final that 2007 was the last JTAF; they've been having financial problems and were only able to scrape just by this year to get a venue (at Fort Mason). Since JTAF holds a special place in my heart, I know I should've gone both days this year as a final good-bye, but I was too lazy and didn't feel like going the first day. |O I'm amazing.

Wel-l... shoh we had a sleepover on Saturday night and basically just hung out and didn't do much besides video games and acting weird. I have a few vid's, I'll upload them on Facebook later. :] I think we went to sleep around four, and got up around nine so that's five hours of sleep... which is pretty good, con-wise! :DD

I was really excited to put on my loli!Alice costume, and aside for the shoulder part of the apron (there was nothing to tie it so it kept falling off), it fit perfectly. Yey for custom-made orders. ><b I then put on the blonde wig, and was like ¡®._____O OMGWTFUHFORKNO' because I looked really strange and stupid, but after Erin fixed it a bit I was guilt-tripped into wearing it. And I don't regret it, because it definitely looked better after we got out. It took us a while to actually get to the con, and when we did, we couldn't find it. Basically, Fort Mason is this HUGE area of these long buildings, and apparently JTAF was in like a mini-corner building on the edge of the premise. I was expecting a really small area (since JTAF barely had any money and all that), and yeah, I wans't surprised. The entire convention took place in a firehouse. That'd be a total of three rooms, which, combined, would fill about a quarter of a gymnasium. --_-- But the landscape totally made up for it; Fort Mason's definitely got the prettiest scenery I've ever seen for a convention. I spent like twenty minutes total in the actual convention, and then had two photoshoots with Eurobeat King (which is about another twenty minutes), and spent a few hours in Marian's photoshoot that involved the entire scape, including the port, grungy buildings and doors, this huge park of grass, a ¡°forest¡±, a strange plant and a lot of hills and dirt. I think it should be on Facebook sometime soon if Marian gets around to posting them. :3 Right now there are only a few up... I really do hope the rest turn out well though; a lot of the shots were definitely awesome (like there was this one where I was leaning on some fence-thing and looking up, and my entire body was enveloped in light at the front so I had no face xDD), but a lot of others I'm a bit iffy about (aka when I'm looking dead sprawled out on the dirt). X______x;

Then we went to J-town, got Korean food, did some purikura (I'll post them later, but my scanner isn't working D;) and went home around six. The end~ :DD I know this is a totally short recap for me, but that's really all that happened. The rest can't be explained in words. ¢¾

Btw Mio, I'll do the tag-thing next entry; it always takes me a while to think all those things up, and I'm so not ready. xD

[avatars are crops of bumper stickers from Facebook xD]

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:51:17 GMT

The guy I like is prolly never going to see me past anything school-related and I'm sure he's going to be going off to some amazing Ivy League university one day while I go to my dinky community college, my grandma's cancer might be returning but this time in her lungs, my internet's been made of fail lately, Zoey's taking over Anime Club with a good reason this time, I have no doubt I got zero out of five problems total correct on the Gas Laws quiz in Honors Chem today, and I've been in a muted state of wanting to throw up for the past four days (interestingly enough, ever since I realized I liked someone). On the bright side, JTAF's this weekend and my Alice dress actually arrived today, and I might get to see Eric.

*sigh* [/angst]

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:30:47 GMT

Aah.

Mock Trial = religion.

I eat, breathe and sleep Mock Trial.

T^T

....Actually, that's an exaggeration, but only because I'm a witness and it's my first year. So I spend most of the time smiling and nodding at all the attorneys and everyone else, and secretly crying inside from their intelligence. Seriously; I don't even know what an ALIBI is. *doesn't know fork about law* But y'know, whatever. MTT sounds REALLY amazingly amazingawesomeawoi, and I'll get to go to Riverside (that's near LA) in March-ish if we get into state, which we probably will. Yeyyyy.

Also, I'm goooiiinggg to Mali and/or Spain over the summer!~ Mali's for Building with Books (it's a FREE trip. FREE I SAAYYY), and Spain's for student exchange. Aow;fiejawo;mfawo;ifja it sounds SOOO tempting to go, and my mom's totally fine about it. Basically, you have school until lunch, and after lunch YOU'RE FREE. And you can go clubbing at my age. (._.); But the 'clubs' are probably like, little kid-friendly parties with Christmas lights strung up or something. That's not what it was like in the photos, but still....

No, I'm not that big of a party animal, it's just a weird idea to me, going to clubs when you're only 15. I'd spaz equally about everything else on the trip, but this entry's gonna be hecka long, and yeah. But I must say-- the streets of Spain are BEAUUUTIFULL. I know that's obvious, but they showed the house which some students lived in & there were also photos of the street, and it was exactly like in the movies. T^T I have friends in my class who went this summer, and they said it owned. :D

And I *might* be going to Taiwan over Winter Break to see my ailing grandma. :[ Please pray for her if you're Christian or hope, or whatever people do these days... She's an amazing person, and her cancer might be coming back (there were problems in her lungs, and now she's having trouble in her liver, heart, etc), so I'm really really worried.

>_<

Have you noticed that I always say I'm gonna do glamorous-exciting-zomg-this, glamorous-exciting-that, and then it never comes round? Like me becoming aoefija;woifja;wojfw at sewing over the summer, me making aweoamwfo;awijf costumes, the Africa & Singapore trips for LAST year (if I mentioned them?), etc. I'm pretty sure these will come across though; Mali's only accepting two students from my school so that's a maybe, but Spain is just a sign-up, and MTT's kind of mandatory, and if you don't go, they'll raid your house, hang you and burn your family. Kind of like in Gladiator!

>_>;

<-(._.)->

Okay, so Halloween's next week. I'm gonna be ~~a watered-down version of Alice (Alice in Wonderland), since my dress won't get here by then, and I just found out recently. So I have to find some blue dress and tie on an apron. T^T~~ [edit] Actually, I'm cosplaying a weird Misa-gothic-thing. Aieeee. [/edit] But by JTAF (November 10-1) I can be lolita!Alice, it'll be exciting. Prepare to see me with blonde hair. >3 I tried on Marian's wig on Friday, and I don't look as terrible as I thought I would; I just look like the typical Asian cosplayer. >____>; Which I'm not sure is a good thing. But I'm not sure it's a bad thing either! Yeah! ><b

Btw, JTAF's gonna be ~~fail~~ interesting this year. It's taking place at a FORT. As in, a previous US MILITARY post. Take a look for yourself. D;

<--(o_o)-->

Awoiefjawio;fjaw;of. Does anyone want to open a WPR (webpage review site) with me? I'm not strong with Xanga coding so I can't run it myself. Chifuni? Majere-san? Any other designers whom I talk to and like? :D Seriously, my requirements aren't that high, and as long as you know what you're doing (Crishy, you're good at CSS right?), I'm up for it. But whatever, it's just an idea.

If I go through with it, I'm only going to work on a max of like three Xanga's-- blog, WPR & Forgotten Rhapsody (which I have to get around to updating!). And Fangirl Squeal, but that one kind of died. Crishy, is anyone even applying there nowadays? :[

But yeah. Sooooomanysitestotakecareoof. I have yet to make stuff for Synesthesia, and eiun.net's almost finished. You can check it out soon. :]

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Oh, and sorry if my last post was harsh; no, I'm not better than everyone else, and yes, I do love Xanga and the friends I have here. Thanks so much to those of you who still comment despite my fail at replying etc; I really appreciate it. <321

Also, I'm going to keep this layout for a bit longer, since [1] I don't have time to make a new one, and [2] now that I look at it, I really like it. It's just the coding that's utter fail (I've fixed it a lot though; it's now more Firefox-friendly!); the design itself looks okay.

...I r Ootasaur.

avatars :: Anxiety
plugs :: Cindy's back at AncientWhisper! And Yuri & Christine have been added to the links on top. I meant to add them from the beginning but basically just copied over my old list from months ago.... >_< Sorry!

Monday, October 22, 2007

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:05:10 GMT

I just realized something today—I really, really loathe non-crediters. I was thinking about how I pointed it out last post, and after talking to Amandeh about it, I'm almost angry. xD I'm a hypocrite in some ways since I sometimes use non-official art or something, but to use someone else's style without crediting or acting like someone big when you're just copying drives me crazy. And I've been seeing that a lot on Xanga lately; a lot of Xanga designers copy styles off of websites, and in turn a lot of people in our webdesign community copy others. I miss people like Zephyr who really created their own, distinctive style; we don't have many of those on Xanga anymore. I can think of like, one, maybe two people who make creative stuffs here and there, but seriously. What happened to originality? D:

I don't think I'm better or anything of course, since I know I'm not the best designer at ALL. I'm not directing this toward anyone; I'm a victim of trends and hypocrisy also, but seriously, at least I credit. Ma;oiejfaw;oifjawf.

Sorry Cristy, I'll update with something better soon. xDDD; Maybe a new layout, since this one's really annoying me. :3 Xanga's so depressing lately; everyone's like DEAD.

...Oh, and I'm one of the lucky two n00b's that got onto the Mock Trial team. Fork YES.