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Collectible Card games have always been fun for me.
I've played quite a few...

Pokmeon, Magic: The Gathering, L5R, WoW TCG and Yu-Gi-Oh are the main ones I can recall.  I've always wanted to get into playing them online, and since, I recently came across www.setokaiba.com/KCVDS/ . A free Yu-Gi-Oh online one...
YuGiOh's one of the simpler ones, and often jeered at, but...
For a "Free Deck " System, this is probably one of the easier ones I've been able to get into.

Since, unless you kept up with ALL the cards or don't mind spend hours upon hours reading the effect of every single card and trying to come up with the strongest synergies... Your deck will probably suck pretty hard.
Granted, it still applies to this game, but... Since I'm both more familiar with it back from playing in middle school and the cards tend to be really simple, it's easier for me (though I'm sure my decks still suck).

For a short time I played the official one... At least the first couple of "Free Duels" you're allowed. What I liked about that one was the deck limiting (which also applied to which lobby you could be in, so more powerful decks often didn't fight against lower level). You started out with a Starter deck, then as you won/played duels you'd get booster packs or points to buy new cards with. This allowed me to play without the hours of reading and comparing... And made it more fun for me...
But I didn't want to play bad enough to pay...

 

Anyone know of any other Free online TCG?
Deck limiting is optional, but preferred, since I don't know all the cards to any of them.

Well, it's finally started, the new year has appeared and I'm sure everyone has their own feeling about it.


Me?
I'm excited.


Before I go into 2009:
2008...

2008 was a big year for me, I like to think.
A lot happened, I've changed quite a bit and I've learned a lot.
I've become far more open minded and generally a happier person who's ready to meet their goals in this year..

THIS MEANS YOU 2009!

I want this to be a bigger year for me. I have my goals to make, and I want to follow through with them.
I want this to be one of my biggest years ever.
I will make it happen.


BUT on to the celebration.
I had a couple options... Go to my brother's party and be the only sober person at a party with 20+ drunk people...
Or go to a Friend's place and hang out with 5 friends that I haven't seen for a long time to play games, talk and hang out with for all night...

I chose the latter.

And it was funnnnnn.

I love my friends, I really do, I miss all of them :<
The night mainly consisted of gaming and junk food. Of course some catching up and random dorkiness involving party hats and what not, but.. It was great.
It was good being out of the house again with friends doing something other than being online.

One of my friends gave me a Christmas Gift... A Cellphone Charm of a Goomba. I looove it <3

I forced them to watch Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog on DVD.
Two or Three of them got it, the others didn't quite (or it wasn't their kind of humor)...

Nevertheless! 

I had a great New Years despite the unfortunate delay of getting back HOME from my brother's house (where I went the day after the Eve).
I hope all of you did too, and if not?

Well, y'know... I hope you can find some reason to look forward to this year, at least. :3

 

SO

MUCH

SNOW

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Seriously, we're up to about 5 feet of it.
We had to shovel all of it off our Roof, it took TWO DAYS, six hours each day.

On top of that, IT'S SUPPOSED TO SNOW MORE.


This sums it up, sorta: 


But really now...
I love the snow, but this is a bit too much for me.

Any more and our walkway (which we had to shovel about 3 feet of snow out of... Which is a lot for it because it's a COVERED walkway) will be a tunnel by the 8 feet of snow piled up next to it.


I forgive today and yesterday though, since after being snowed in, we finally got the mail and two packages I've been waiting for showed up.
Both Christmas gifts from two very good friends. Who both have the same first name!

From Johnny, I got Dr. Horrible's Sing along Blog on DVD, which is nifty, because I really do enjoy the songs on it, and having it in DVD form is just fun.

From Raddley, I got Windwaker, as he demands that I play it. XD
I shall! And I shall love it.

I really appreciate these things, I really do. <3
I can't wait to get a job myself so I can start firing things out like rockets (while maintaining a budge of sorts).

I dunno, it definitely made me feel better.


I complain about the snow, but really... I got off pretty easy in comparison to my brother and cousin.
They did a ton more than me, and I'm happy they did, because I think I would've collapsed and fell off the roof or something @_@.
But eh.

Still too much.

 

Also, for a fun time,  take the line:

"I love the snow, but this is a bit too much for me."

Now replace snow with something else.

FUN,  AIN'T IT?

Yess the day has come at last.
It's been a good day so far, though its really pretty early still.

I woke up at 7:22 after who knows how long of sleeping (Less than 4 hours). Decided to stay in bed since I didn't know if I could come out yet or if my brothers were there yet. They showed up only 15 minutes after I woke up.
Put on some PJs (slept nekkid) and went out to see everyone and everything.

Every year my parents like to do something new. One year they stacked all the presents up from smallest to biggest on bottom, the bottom one being 3 32" TVs for all three of us. Another year we all got Matching PJs first off and had to put them on. Annnnd another year I remember is when they put numbers instead of our names on the presents, all with Cards with which numbers were our presents.
This year, they had Cups and different kinds of Cocoa mix with Marshmallows lined up for each of us to choose, my dad heated up some milk and we mixed it together. On top of that we all had Blankets to choose from, all with different winter themes on them (though one had a Moose... /shrug).

It was kinda funny... My dad got a bottle of B&B (Alcohol). He was pouring it in everyone's Cocoa, but when my mom went to get some she accidentily grabbed my cup...
Not enough to do anything (of course), but eh.
It was interesting... I preferred my Cocoa plain in comparison, but... Eh. 

Presents this year we good. Granted that I've matured a bit since considering I didn't get the two things I was hoping for, I'm still grateful we have Christmases like we do.

Summary:

3- 9"-10" tall Limited Edition WoW Figures. 
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Female Draenei Mage (OMG HAWT) [Gotten because she was the only Female Draenei the had, since my character's a Female Draenei Shaman [Though Ironically I did win the FigurePrint Raffle this year... Too bad I didn't tell him about it... All well, she's a bit of a Mess right now anyways.]
Male Blood Elf Paladin (Looks like one of the Silvermoon Guards)
Male Tauren Hunter (So Big/Wide it came with its own stand).
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A12 Pack of Mountain Dew
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (I haven't read a Harry Potter based book since the Prisoner of Azkaban, but I have the books up to "Half-Blood Prince".)
$10 Giftcard to Gamestop (Guess I'm almost to L4D, eh?)

SOCKS (actually, I needed some, so I let it slide. >:C )
The usual Toothpaste, Toothbrush and Floss from Santa, as well as a Mr. Potato Head ("Artoo Potatoo, which is surprisingly cooler than I thought.. Mainly the way it movessss, but really... I'm a sucker for those presents even if they're just silly toys. It's just the novelty that amuses me).

And my winner this year:
A new Gamer Chair complete with Surround Sound Stereo in the Chair.
I had that thing on Low and it sounded LOUD while sitting in it. Then when I turned the Volume on High it was Louddddd.
It's awesome and will be great when friends come over. It's spiffy.


Breakfast was good. French Toast with Bacon, though.. After the French Toast I barely had room for anything else...
A lot of the morning was playing Smash Bros with my brother... Now his Girlfriend is here so that ended.

The rest of the day?

Well, I imagine it'll be a fun/relaxing time... I want to spend it with family rather than in my room...  Which is a nice change from how I usually feel, hiding in my room most of the day.

Anyways... Merry Christmas to everyone. Hope you're having a great day too.
If it's just a normal day for you? Well... Keep your heart up anyways, because if you need any excuse too, just use the day as one.

<3

Y'know... I've never felt too bright...

I've always felt like I could hear a speech about the true meaning of life or something of signifigance and only come out with a vague of idea of maybe a part of it...
A bit slow, too.

But meh...

I've got a really odd mood tonight.

I feel kinda happy, yet I feel fairly mopey... I suppose the happy part is CHRISTMAS, but.. It's not all that. Then the Mopey part is just how I am a lot of the time.... Maybe it's part of me wanting to be cynical and the other part wanting to be optimistic about things... Those two aspects of me do fight a lot.


BAH.
This rant makes no sense.

I am shoe.

So Christmas Eve be tomorrow.

Didn't get to do my own Christmas Shopping this year.
Mom went in early without me (I was asleep >>; ) and to the office. She's just picking me up some things she thinks my brothers and dad would like, then having me Wrap, sign them and put them under the tree..


Sucks, but, eh... What can I do?

I prefer the personal feel of choosing out gifts... I mean... It's a bit stressful, but it makes all the more worth it when they open a present and say, "AWESOME !" because of something that -you- picked out for them.

But, well... It'll still be a fun morning for that portion of the day.

Read all of- www.khaoskomix.com/

It's an interesting comic. Of course it's not for the closed minded types... As the disclaimer on the front points out.
Originally read it when a friend linked me to Amber/Nay's stories saying that a friend originally linked it to her saying that she reminded them of Amber, but I liked it enough and the fact that all their stories intertwine, I went back and read the rest. Now I have to wait for updates like all the other chumps :c

Read all of: www.mspaintadventures.com, too

I love these types of things... I read the other two (Bard's Quest and Jail Break) a while back (don't remember how long). Didn't know the site back then though...  I got bored one day and decided to check it out since everyone on the forums I'm regular to were using them as Avatars and what not and I was not disappointed. :D  But yes... Now I have to wait for Updates on it too. :c


So yes, that has been my reading as of late.

Comics with heavy character development and Comics with Zany "What the hell is going on" humor.
 

I really wanna play D&D all the sudden...

My past experiences with that game were only minor ones where my friend set up a small Scenario or War or something for me and maybe another friend or two to play in.
We only loosely followed the rules, and it was fun... But I want to get in on a real campaign sometime.

I'd need to learn more of the basics of playing... I know character creation, I know saving throws, I know quite a few things...

Buuuut, I don't think I'm fully proficient enough to fully play a game without having to ask, "How do I do?" or something.
Like a lot of games, all the classes interest me to an extent, naturally my calling is to Cleric, but... Other ones are quite interesting too.

Anyone out there play before? Comment me with any fun stories you may have from a campaignn, I'd be interested in reading them.

Christmas time is here once again, it just feels a wee bit off this season.

Granted, I've gotten my shopping done late before, but...
WIth all the SNOW it's a bit unnerving.

Don't get me wrong, I love snow, but... When there's two feet of it between you and your goal, you can't help by shake your fist at it and curse its name.
But really, I'm sure it'll all turn out fine...

But, I digress..

Christmas Eve/Day is usually pretty similar each year... Outside of the past couple where my brothers couldn't be over on Christmas Eve due to work and such,  but...

It's always a time I can't sleep.. No matter what I'm expecting. Which because of I've gotten in the habbit of staying up later-ish.. Which does not effect my ability to wake up at 5-6am on that day, believe me... Usually, after that, I get up and go out to look at our Tree... We get gifts from Santa overnight so it's always fun to see the stockings filled up and a huge jumble of presents all over that weren't there the night before. The presents from Santa are usually just Small Trinkets, toys and such. Often Toothpaste and Mouth wash are in the mix for everyone in them... But it's always fun nevertheless.  (And yes, you silly people, I know it's my mom putting those things in, but lets not kill part of the fun of Christmas now).
In the past I'd run up stairs (or down) and wake up my brothers going, "it's time to get up! It's time to get up!" Or they'd wake me up and I'd immediately launch out of bed... Often I feel a bit nauseous in the morning due to the fact that even if I didn't stay up on the computer... I probably only got 2-4 hours of sleep.
We'd then wonder if we should get our parents up... Sometimes we did, sometimes we didn't. When we were younger, we always did, running up and yelling "SANTA CAME! SANTA CAME! IT'S CHRISTMAS MORNING!", but when we got older we thought it'd be better to let them get up on their own... Which, in reality, they'd rather have us run upstairs and get them. >>;
After that, they make Coffee and Cocoa, everyone fights for the spot by the Fireplace and gets their cameras out... After taking pictures of the Tree and everyone next to it, we then find our spots, full of anticipation, and usually my mom's the one who hands them out in the order she finds right...

After opening Presents, then everyone sort of looks through what they got and decides what they want to occupy their time with while Breakfast is cooked (though, I'm usually still fairly nauseous, so I never eat a lot).
We then spend the rest of the day doing whatever...
Sometimes some friends will come over to spend the day with us, snacking on food set out and usually staying for Dinner (which my dad also prepares) and just all around enjoying the time spent together on a cold winter day...

All in all... It's usually a fun day...
There's not much longer until Christmases like that will fade though... My brothers still live nearby, but I often wonder how long until any of us move on to be farther from home... And wonder when the years will be where they'd rather spend Christmas at their own home rather than all gather up back here.
I also wonder where I'll be eventually, and when those days will come for me...
Really, I'm not scared of those days... I love spending Christmas like we do, but I know it'll come to an end eventually, as my dad always says he himself is greatful that we have been able to all be together so often.

I hope everyone else out there has a Merry Christmas this year, despite economical issues. It really isn't about the Presents, even if a lot of the Anticipation comes from them (and as cliche as that line is)... 
I just hope everyone out there can be surrounded by family and people they love for that day... And if not, at least remember them and keep them in their hearts.

It's really nice to get to see people who were once struggling finally get to move past that stage in their life and become happy with what they're doing.

I want to get there too.

But while I'm getting there... I don't want to be alone...

I have a lot of great online friends who I wouldn't trade for anything... But I do need more connections in real life... I need people who'll be there in real life with me while I strive for what I wish for.

I have some great friends in real life too...
But a lot of them are far away now, or are far too busy to do anything...



I always seem to get a moral dilemma... I try to be as selfless as I can and put others happiness above mine...
But I can never seem to do it perfectly... I always seem to have a selfish part of me that can't bring them up when I'm down myself, which is a problem, because when you want someone else to help you up when they're down too... It causes a lot of issues...

I don't quite know what to do about myself sometimes...

People do say that I'm fairly capable of being highly social... But I never see it... I suppose part of it is insecurity...
I suppose part of it is because I don't feel like the people I want to have the closest relationships with, I don't strongest social relationships with... Granted, this doesn't put on all my closer friendships... Just some...

Online, while easier, is really much harder.. Social wise...

You're limited by so much on a long term scale, where...
Using my aunt for an example... In real life we're really close, when she's down we have a lot of fun just hanging out together doing whatever...
But when online, we never really talk. It's just hard for some reason...

Bleh.

So, I made one 'o these things by request. Don't know how much I'll USE it, but... Here I am!