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November 27, I999
Hey, today was pretty boring. I had Thanksgiving dinner today. My family didn't have it yesterday because my mom had to work(but she got a call that she didn't have to). My dad missed dinner, so me, my mom, and my brother, ate w/out him. Oh well. I played Final Fantasy VII today. I beat Ultima Weapon and got the new Guardian Force Eden. I feel invincible! I've maxed out Squall, Irvine, and Zell. Now I have to work on the girls now. Remember, if you ever play FF8, the Queen of Cards Quest is hell! I have been working on the d*mn thing for the past week, and it is so frustrating. I think I'll write a little walkthrough for the QOC quest, just to make it easier for others. I'm working on a FF7 walkthrough now, and trying not to reveal the massive story. It's kinda tough, when the story is so facinating *grin*
Urg, I am mad at my dad. I drew some pictures, and I need them scanned, but my dad is too lazy to install the scanner or whatever. I did a charcoal(my VERY first attempt at it!) of Kiros, a charcoal(my second attempt) of a Chicobo(they are so adorable!), a pencil of Bartholomew Fatima from Xenogears, my picture of one of my new online characters, One Winged Angel(noooo, not Sephiroth, heh), a pencil of a Moomba, and another pencil of Cait Sith on notebook paper. I'm going to the movies tomorrow, to see Toy Story 2 with my best friend for her birthday. Now I think this is kind of wrong. How old is my friend do you ask? She just turned 15. Her family is very...religious...and can't watch PG-13 movies w/out her parents seeing it first. R movies are out of the questions. Don't get me wrong now, my friend is a great friend, I've known her for like, forever, but she's not very street smart. Well, I think that's all I have to say today. Quite a bit I think....oh well *shrug*

December 6, 1999
Well, I guess I haven't written in a while. Things have been a little stressfull. Sadly, my grandmother passed away and I had to travel all the way to Vermont from Virginia. The trip was not fun. I did get to miss two days of school though, that was awesome. On Sunday morning at four in the morning, I BEAT FINAL FANTASY VIII! I was sooooo happy! The final boss was rediculously easy though, everyone(Squall, Irvine, and Zell) were at level 100, the final boss, Ultimecia, was only at level 65. It was so easy. I beat Omega Weapon too, Omega Weapon is the toughest monster in the whole game, so much harder than the final bosses, in all of their forms. It took me two tries, but I finally got it! :) I finally got to watch my anime today, Sailor Moon and Ronin Warriors(I despise DragonBall Z, the people are so.....ugly. I think that show is targeted at guys) The channels are all f**ked up in Vermont, pardon my French *grin* but I couldn't figure out the channels in time before my brother showed up and stole the remote. I suppose for me, well-drawn anime guys are a turn on *laugh*(Oooooh, Id....yeah, heh heh) I know, I'm totally screwed up. That's my fault, maybe, or Sephiroth's. Bishonen do have their certain charm *wink* Check ya later chickeys.

December 8. 1999
Well, today was kind of interesting. My pet mouse, Algernon died(for those of you who read the book 'Flowers For Algernon' You'll recognize the name) She was the cancerous, blind, one-eyed mouse, and pretty old for that matter. I suppose it was inevitable. I fould her lying under the mouse wheel, still alive, so I moved her(she couldn't walk herself) to her bed of tissues, put another tissue over and left some food. An hour or two later, she kicked the bucket. When I found her, I wasn't sure if she was dead or not, so I poke her a few times, then I called my mom over, then I poked the mouse some more. When Algy fell over, I guessed that she wasn't alive. So I put her in a few plastic bags, a jar, and put her in the freezer(yummy! Micicles! heh heh) I went to Anime Club at school today. There were a lot of people there, I was surprised. Usually, there isn't that much. Some of the seniors(wait, me and my friend Jennifer are the only freshmen in the club, everyone else is seniors and there's one junior) Anyway, the seniors got us pizza and sodas. I had a soda, cause they forced me to have it :) We watched Tenchi, two Slayers, two Ranma 1/2, and I think that was it. It was fun. When I got home, I buried Algy. I watched Ronin Warriors again, I found out that the voice of Sage in RW is voice of the guy who turns into Pichon(I don't know how to spell the name of the piggy thing) in Ranma 1/2. Ahhhh yeah, anime guys *laughs* I'm cold now, I wish it were warmer here. Up in Vermont, you had a good reason to turn up the heat. That was my exciting day. Tchao!

December 10/11, 1999
D*mn, I had something written here(really long to be exact) But some how my computer erased it, so I'm giving up for today. It was interseting though, for me anyway. I think I'll go get sick off of those Handi Snack Cheez and Breadsticks stuff. Salut(bye).

December 11(I think), 1999,
Well, I'll give this another try. Today was pretty uneventful. I cleaned my room and did my homework. My mom has been unbearibly cranky this week. Probably cause she's mad at the feud between my dad and I. I'm debating on whether I should submit some of my artwork to Gaming Intelligence Agency but I'm having my doubts. I keep thinking about it, like "What if they don't like my art? What if it's not as good as the older artists(most of the artists are much older than I) What if they don't post it online? Is my art good enough?" I guess I'm paranoid. I'm going to try and work up the confidence to submit it. Oh well. I'm probably going to be grounded for the next, oh, seven months. I'm not doing to well in Algebra(so sue me) and my mom is going to get royally pissed at me because I didn't ask for help. I mean, if I was doing bad in class(which I am) why the hell did my teacher not tell me! I am so mad at that! She didn't even make a move to help me. Most of the people(believe it or not) are either sophmores, juniors, and two seniors. I think there are two freshmen in class with me. I feel like a real idiot. I know that when I get my interim(which comes out the DAY winter break begins) my mom will ground me untill I get out of college(with a good amouth of yelling too) I hate this, just because I wear GLASSES(sometimes) teachers think I'm a bright girl and that I'm soooooo smart. I'm no brain, I can admit that. My English teacher got a look at some of my writing and she thinks that because I write so well(???) that I should be getting A+ in my classes. She gives too much work and I just can't keep up with it. I am sooo dead. And my mom, when she sees good grades I get, and bad grades, she says "Kate, I could kill you, you get these horrible grades, but you're a smart girl! I expect so much more from you." Pshaw, yeah right. She just doesn't want me to make her look bad(bad kids=bad influence of the parents) All I can say is screw that.

January 16, 2000
Darn, I didn't get to write my entry on Jan 1st like I wanted, oh well. My teeth are killing me, I just got my braces tightened and they hurt a lot. I got a lot o' cool stuff for Christmas, a LOT of Final Fantasy VIII stuff(got a great picture of my brother holding up the Siren action figure I got and flashing a thumbs-up. If you know what Siren looks like, you'll know why my brother thought it was cool, I wanted Odin and the 6-legged horse) Oh well, I'm back in school, it sucks. I'm doing a research project on Nobuo Uematsu(he composes the music for the Final Fantasy Series) I went to the movies to see Supernova, it sucked! Never ever see that movie, it's not worth your five(or however much you pay) bucks. I guess I don't have much to say today, I'm tired and a lil' cranky(stupid teeth) I'm planning on putting some FF8 stuff up, facts on side quests and such, to help through those tough spots. Well, check ya later!