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  1. Nikira

    Ouch

    By Nikira,

    I hurt my wrists today.
     
    Somehow, without having anyway to hurt them, they are in much nerve-related pain. I can't turn them palm-side-up without hurting myself.
     
    Dad thinks it's carpal tunnel syndrome.
     
    I hope it's not. :X Already have limited wrist mobility because of a cist on one hand (long story) - don't need/want anything else. D:
     
    Also, help relieve some of the pain of AC planning by giving us some feedback on AC17! It's been a little slow this year and we still need your ideas.
     
    -Nikira
  2. Nikira

    Itd! Woo!

    By Nikira,

    Happy International Tahu Day to everyone! =D
    *breaks out Flametosser 5200 XL* Ooo, I'm gonna have some fun today!
     
    I actually forgot about our member-proclaimed holiday until...ah...right now. Yay for my forgetfulness!
     
    And a short blog entry it is going to be today...
     
    ~Nikira
  3. Nikira
    *sigh*
     
    I like the new coat of paint on me blog.
     
    It's refreshing.
     
    But man, it's missing something. I swear, it's like someone came up while I was carpeting the master bedroom and punched a hole in the living room wall with Mak's Black Diamond.
     
    Hmm.... gah I can't put my finger on it. :|
     
    Anyways, yes, this theme's going somewhere. Do not question my artistic frenzy.
     
    *oogles at the bay windows on the third floor*
     
    -Nikira
  4. Nikira

    October Ac

    By Nikira,

    The next Art Contest will be starting within the next few days!
     
    If you've got any ideas rattling in your head for this month's theme, go over to the Discussion Topic and share away.
     
    ~*~
     
    A side note-
     
    My Personal Messenger will be turned off tomorrow, so I can sort the PMs in the Inbox out and clean them all up.
     
    So if you get an error message while sending a PM to me, that's why.
     
    Huzzah.
     
    ~Nikira
  5. Nikira

    Ouch

    By Nikira,

    It hurts to eat.
     
    It hurts to breath.
     
    And I keep falling asleep in my schoolwork.
     
    ...
     
    Me thinks I might be getting a little sick.
     
    O_o
     
    ~Nikira
  6. Nikira

    Employment Ahoy

    By Nikira,

    Today was my first day actually working (and getting paid) at a fast-food restaraunt.
     
    I got assigned to the register for my shift, but I ended up doing multiple things the whole 5 hours - mainly fries and bagging. I had a friend assigned to drive-thru, so that made things fun. My shift manager says I also make a mean cup of coffee.
     
    I didn't kill anyone or blow anything up, so that's also a good mood-lifter.
     
    It was all awesome and confusing and insane at the same time, and today wasn't even a long shift!
     
    Whoo! 8D *brain explodes*
     
    My mom's betting that my outlook will be in a different direction after three weeks. Haha...
     
    -Niki
  8. Nikira

    Cinderella

    By Nikira,

    She spins and she sways
    To whatever song plays
    Without a care in the world
    While I'm sitting here wearing the weight of the world on my shoulders
    It's been a long day
    And there's still work to do
    She's pulling at me, saying 'Dad, I need you
    There's a ball at the castle
    And I've been invited
    And I need to practice my dancing."

    Oh please, Daddy please?

    So I will dance with Cinderella
    While she is here in my arms
    Cause I know
    Something the Prince never knew
    Oh, I will dance with Cinderella
    I don't wanna miss even one song
    Cause all too soon, the clock will strike midnight
    *piano chords*
    And she'll be gone

    She says he's a nice guy
    And I'd be impressed
    She wants to know if I approve of the dress
    She says, 'Dad, the prom is just one week away
    And I need to practice my dancing'

    Oh please, Daddy please?

    So I will dance with Cinderella
    While she is here in my arms
    Cause I know
    Something the Prince never knew
    Oooooh, I will dance with Cinderella
    I don't wanna miss even one song
    Cause all too soon, the clock will strike midnight
    *piano chords*
    And she'll be gone

    She will be gone.

    *assorted piano, guitar and violins*

    Well she came home today
    With a ring on her hand
    Just glowing and telling of all they had planned
    She says, 'Dad, the wedding's still six months away
    But I need to practice my dancing'

    Oh please, Daddy please?

    So I will dance with Cinderella
    While she is here in my arms
    Cause I know
    Something the Prince never knew
    Oooooh, I will dance with Cinderella
    I don't wanna miss even one song
    Cause all too soon, the clock will strike midnight
    *piano chords*
    And she'll... be... gone.

    *more piano*

    -Nikira
  9. Nikira

    We Will Dance

    By Nikira,

    Dealing with a sudden bought of seperation anxiety at the moment... bumping this entry accordingly.
     

     
    I've watched the sunrise in your eyes
    And I've seen the tears fall like the rain
    You've seen me fight so brave and strong
    You've held my hand when I'm afraid
     
    We've watched the seasons come and go
    We'll see them come and go again
    But in winter's chill, or summer's breeze
    One thing will not be changin'
     
    We will dance
    When the sun is shining
    In the pouring rain
    We'll spin and we'll sway
    And we will dance
    When the gentle breeze
    Becomes a hurricane
    The music will play
    And I'll take your hand
    And hold you close to me
    And we will dance
     
    Sometimes it's hard to hold you tight
    Sometimes we feel so far apart
    Sometimes we dance as one
    And feel the beating of each others hearts
     
    Some days the dance is slow and sweet
    Some days we're bouncing off the walls
    No matter how this world may turn
    Our love will keep us from fallin'
     
    And we will dance
    When the sun is shining
    In the pouring rain
    We'll spin and we'll sway
    And we will dance
    When the gentle breeze
    Becomes a hurricane
    The music will play
    And I'll take your hand
    And hold you close to me
    And we will dance
     
    The music will play
    And I'll hold you close
    And I won't let go
    Even when our steps
    Grow weak and slow
    Still I'll take your hand
    And hold you close to me
    And we will dance
     
    -Nikira
  10. Nikira

    Inspection Stress

    By Nikira,

    Our church has been under the process of constructing a brand new Children's Wing over the past year or so. It's been greatly needed for a looong time - we have up to 120-130 kids and 20-25 adults participate for both Sunday School and Children's Church every week, and the previous building we had could only fit about 90 safely. It was crazzzy.
     
    So now the building is nearly finished. Electricity works, plumbing works. The new servers for all our computers are huge and sweet.
     
    We had our first inspection on Tuesday, but boo, we didn't pass. ;; It was just smaller stuff, I believe - not enough emergency lights was the big thing - but it needed to be fixed by this afternoon. I don't have a clue whether they got it done or not.
     
    What's kind of ridiculous is that this building was supposed to be inspected in May and be ready to run in June. We had some construction issues around March ro so, so that moved the date of inspection to June and grand opening in July. Some technical issues popped up not much later after that, so we got moved to mid July/early August. That stuck for a while. Then, within the last month, so many stupid things have happened - We got sent the wrong type of tiling three times, the cabinets were delivered two weeks late, and the company we had purchased the carpet from didn't send us the right kind, but the people in charge of laying it down didn't find out about this lovely little fact until after all the carpet had been glued onto the floor, thus cutting another week or so into our deadline. >> The final inspection is today at 2:30. If we don't pass, then the move-in date will have to be moved to late September. ANOTHER MONTH.
     
    We can't afford to wait another month. Sheesh, if we don't pas the inspection today, we'll have tonight and Satuday to re-do a schedule we've been planning for over three months. Not to mention that the space we've been using for Children's Sunday School/Children's Church will be completly occupied on Sunday.
     
    SO, if we fail inspection...
     
    Where in the world are we going to put 120 kids for three hours?
     
    D=
     
    My father's really stressed about this - he's one of the head honchos for this project.
     
    So keep your fingers crossed that this works out.
     
    ~Nikira
  11. Nikira

    Scribble Of Fire

    By Nikira,

    IT'S SOMETHING BIONICLEY! (it's been what, like 6 months?.... I'm sososorry, I'm trying my hardest Dx)

     
    Still working on the flow of the design, but I think you'll be able to tell who he is. xP
     
    I'll be cleaning it up and trying to color it... er... sometime.
     
    First things first: I need to figure out where in the world his rockets attach to his body. I can't tell from the pictures I have.
     
    Maybe I just need to find better pictures.
     
    Oh, and I got a 29 on my ACT =D (I got an almost perfect score in both the English and Reading sections - like I was off by one point - overall I was 1 point short of a $4,000 scholarship, man ._.)
  12. Nikira

    Toby Is A Skin Shredder

    By Nikira,

    We've still got the cat from several entries ago. He's made no attmept to leave, so we're just keeping him after all.
     
    Dad named him Toby. It's very fitting for some reason.
     
    Anyways, because he's still got his claws, he's been a bit of a nuisance. He loves to scratch up stuff.
     
    Including us.
     
    See, he hates to be handled. You can pick him up every now and again and he won't complain, but most of the time if your hands get anyhere near him, it's teeth and claws and a bunch of long, deep scratches and a lot of bleeding on your part. My sister got a nice "Tahu scar" across the face because of one of said attempts.
     
    He's been getting in fights with the neighbor cats recently, so he comes home with all these new scratches or a piece of his ear in shreds. >< We thought that he had had one said wound across his chest (turned out that he didn't), but silly me, I tried to move his front leg while he was sleeping so we could look.
     
    Next thing I knew, my hand was locked in his mouth and he was hanging off me by all 20 claws like a lemur.
     
    It was kinda funny at first.
     
    Then I tried to move.
     
    ><
     
    And that's why my arm's got a nice large gauze patch on this morning. He got me pretty good. XD;
     
    Yay.
     
    -Niki
  13. Nikira

    Rain

    By Nikira,

    Today is the 3rd day in a row where it's rained and thundered and lightning-ed, all day long.
     
    ...
     
    I thought it was summer. What happened to the sun? :[
     
    shush lightninged is SO a word
     
    -Nikira
  14. Nikira

    October

    By Nikira,

    I wub October. It's not because of the fall-ness. It's not because of Halloween and all its teeth-rotting candy oceans.
     
    It's cause I turn sweet 16 a week after Halloween.
     
    ~*~
     
    Not many drawings done, unfortunately. I have a whole bunch of stuff to do for my church, not to mention I have about a dozen or so elementary-age kids following me around every moment I am in the church, who want to look at my sketchbook.
     
    At least I'm popular among the kids.
     
    Oh, and my dad's birthday is on Sunday, but he isn't here for it. ;_;
     
    ~Nikira
  16. Nikira

    Start Of Finals Work

    By Nikira,

    Long final English paper is looooooong and I'm not even done with it.
     
    It's also not the only long paper that's due within the next couple weeks. It's the longest, but it's not the only one. ;_;
     
    Grawrawrrwagh my braaaaain. Dx<
     
    *eats random Matoran*
     
    -Nikira
  17. Nikira
    I ate decent fried chicken for the first time in months. Yum. I ate decent beef for the first time in months. Double yum. I ate decent food for the first time in months. Cafeteria food is icky and blah after a while. I'm actually sleeping for more than 4 hours a night. Very glad for this, as I was so sleep deprived last month I could barely function. FREE LAUNDRY AND NO WAIT. ...stop giving me that funny look, Smeag. :| CAT. :3 This one is important. Seriously. Ask Smeag. Or Tufi. I FINALLY got Takanuva Titan. Leg articulation stinks (I like Mazeka better as a 2008 box set), but I've wanted him for quite a while now. <3 No homework... well, sorta. Not as big of a homework load as I thought this time around, although I have a fairly large project (about 23+ pages total) due when I get back. Plus some research thing that I haven't even gotten my assignment papers for that is due next week. Ack. o_O; Other than that, the amount of work is pretty light. I finally got to go back to the doctor. He still don't know what's wrong with me even after running quite a few tests, but he ruled out quite a few things which is always good. He recommended a nutritionist, so I need to go find one of those sometime this week. Other fun stuff! It looks like I'm meeting up with a fellow BZPer sometime next week after I get back! It shall be most awesome. =D -Nikira
  18. Nikira
    I CANNOT PASS THIS GAME ARGGGG. D=
    I keep getting bombarded on the fifth level and lose all my power-up stuff within seconds. ;.;
    EDIT: Well, I finally managed to survive enough to actually get pass level 6 and get the MoLf code for the first screen, and now I have to re-do the whole thing with the MoLf thing... and I got stuck on level 5 again and died. ;;
    EDIT2: Yay, I passed it with the MoLf. =D
    I got nothing in return, but hey, I passed it.
     
    High Score: 134,600
     
    But I must admit, for being so annoying farther into the levels, the beginning music for this game is rather awesome. =D
     
    ~Nikira
  19. Nikira

    Bl11

    By Nikira,

    Holy cow.
     
    Dude. Dude. I read this book in like the last 30 minutes.
     
    Lego has now reeled me into 2009 whether I like it or not.
     
    Holy. Freakin'. Cow.
     
    I commend you on this book, Greg. What a way to end the year!
     
    I mean... seriously.
     
    HOLY. COW.
     
    @_@
     
    *is not going to sleep easily tonight*
     
    -Nikira
  20. Nikira

    Bookmarks!

    By Nikira,

    Bookmarks! :3
     

     
    Gali, Pohatu, and Lewa respectively.
     
    Thinking about selling these when I get the rest of them done (7 total). They're approx. 1.5x5 in. and would be around $2-4 a piece (I want to find some protective film or something first, no idea how much that'll cost. )
     
    Interested? No? Okay then, well, happy Wednesday I guess.
     
    EDIT: Uhhhh wow. XD; Between you guys and my art page on a different site, I've gotten so much feedback about these! Thanks so much!
     
    -Nikira
  21. Nikira

    The Right Me

    By Nikira,

    So, Niki really needed to re-publish this, more for herself that anything else.
     
    ~*~
     
    Living life and doing stuff at school is harder this year, for multiple reasons. It took me a while to remember that the hectic pace of life won't stop just because inconvenient or seemingly unfair things happen to me or to people I know. It's difficult, and sometimes it's hard to realize that all I can do is keep trekking and aim for the main promises I gave to myself and to other people. I have no reason to mope about it - in fact, that often just makes it worse. I have people I know who love me, so even if I feel alone, I can't use the excuse of being alone.
     
    I may not be able to do things I used to for whatever reason, but I can still encourage, train, chide, listen, understand, and love. I can still be me, even when it feels like life is trying to turn me into someone else.
     
    That's really, really hard to do some days, but it's always true.
     
    The current me wants to be kind, compassionate, honest, understanding of other people and putting them before myself. I'll take that any day over being negative, self-centered, snappy, rude, and deceitful, simply because life is taking a turn I am scared about or that I do not want.
     
    I'd rather be a person other people enjoy, and more importantly I'd like to be someone I can enjoy looking back at in the mirror every day. Wouldn't you agree?
     
    -Nikira
  22. Nikira

    Sandpaper Pain

    By Nikira,

    My AC entry is almost finished.
     
    I may need another black and another brown pencil to finish it, though. Mine are only an inch long now, and it's getting painful to sharpen them, especially when I use my sandpaper block. I chafe skin. And bleed.
     
    It is not fun to be in pain for the cause of art. D:
     
    ~Nikira
  23. Nikira
    No, not those pirates, ya sillies. That movie doesn't come out until the 4th. I should know. It's cirled and dotted and has big red arrows pointing to its date on my calendar.
     
    No, it's more like the pirates that Turakii would hang out with. Pirates of the more economical nature.
     
    Pirates like these guys.
     

    (Apologies for the poor quality - sending a picture through several e-mails killed it. >>)
     
    My whole family's going to see a screening of this loverly diddy on Monday. From what I've seen of the trailers, it's gonna be a blast. ^^
     
    "Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me..."
     
    -Niki
  24. Nikira

    Gone

    By Nikira,

    September 3, 2002 - July 29th, 2008
     
    Miss you bunches already, Dusty-dog.
     
    I'll never forget you.
     
    Hope you get walked to your heart's content in doggy heaven. : )
     
    -Nikira
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