Matu's Journal

haaaaa.

I hate smoking. I don't think smokers should have rights- and they should smoke far away from me. Really, I think smokers should stop smoking. Every time I see someone smoking, it looks stupid and it smells and I wonder how they do it knowing perfectly well how crappy it is.

And I also wonder how and when they picked up their first cigarette. Seriously, there is no reason to.

Back to doing loads of homework!
>:I

I'm constantly uploading pictures to my facebook, since my camera is broken, i take buttloads of low-quality, silly pictures with my laptop, and haven't been putting much up on my LJ~

If you would like to keep up, just let me know who you are, and add me!

http://www.facebook.com/#/matuska?ref=profile

Who sleeps in bed next to you?
lots and lots of stuffed animals.

What's a hidden talent you have?
sometimes when i'm busy doing other things, you might not notice i can draw. no that's a lie- i ooze obvious artistness. i can sew. that's about it, you know.

What did you last eat?
my second Thanksgiving dinner. borf.

Would you rather be famous for your singing, dancing, acting or athletic talent?
Acting omg. Can I sing while i'm acting plz.

What are you reading right now?
Mostly a fanfiction called Water. It's about a tentaspy. P:

If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be?
In bed with Mallory. ;D

What's really creepy?
Me, apparently. No, really.

Name one odd item within five feet of you.
a bull terrier.

What's your current fandom / obsession / addiction?
Team Fortress :U big surprise, there.

What did you really want to do today that you didn't?
ugh I missed the Macy's Day Parade ;_;

What are you most excited for?
First semester being over and CHRISTMAS BREAK YEAH.

What's your favorite snack food?
Buffalo Wing Flavored Pretzel Chunks! YEAH. Also, brie. fffff.

What is one thing you wouldn't do for a million dollars?
Get a sex change? Quit art forever? Mallory's answer was good but I already have too many answers that are similar to hers.

What's the movie that you've seen the most?
Fox and the Hound, maybe? or like... Shrek. oh! Spirited Away, too.

What's your biggest procrastination method?
INTERNET AND DAMN YOU, TF2CHAN.

Are there any bits of childhood that you miss?
only a whole bunch. elementary school and some old friends- and being naked and not caring. haha.

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter?
Winter, loving it so far- BUT WE'LL SEE.

Say something to the person who tagged you.
I hope i'm not too creepy for you.

I'm not tagging people because there aren't even 8 people that read my journal. ;D
Do it if you want, sillies.

Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile"

• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions

1. Favorite animals in order of their usefullness?
Horses and Dogs- my other favorites like king cheetahs or wolves or kittens aren't very useful at all! xD

2. Where is the greatest place on Earth and when was the last time you visited it?
I don't think i've been to the greatest place on earth... HMMMM.

3. HAY GURL U GAY? If there was one talent you could be absolutely perfect in what would it be?
THIS IS HARD. can it be a fictional one? like... flying? or shape-shifting? yes. OR. languages?! OH. that sounds fun.

4. If you joined the circus, what act would you most want to perform?
acrobatic stuff, if i wasn't such a fatty. maybe i could handle the animals, as long as they were treated correctly and had nice lives. :3

5. How much of a nerd do you consider yourself on a scale of one to ten (ten being the worst)?
..... 6? i'm not a very good nerd. i love the stuff, but i just don't have the booksmarts to be a proper nerd. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN?

Post made on TF2chan, when asked how I got into the fandom:

I got into the whole Valve thing really suddenly. I had never had anything other than a PS2 and a gameboy up until recently(never a PC either). I got really into the wii, and got one, which threw me into the gaming world- but i continued to dislike the xbox idea because of all the violence(how i was raised).

eventually, observing my friends play things like Half-Life 2 and Fallout 3 SERIOUSLY tweaked my interest. I thought, it's not just violence, it's amazing storytelling! Portal especially, since it was so different than games i had heard of before.

I spent all of last year getting more and more into gaming on the xbox, though I still don't have one, i'd be over at friend's houses often enough to play all the time. I loved the idea of achievements, and talking to people online while playing(fascinating!).

my friends bought the orange box, and knowing Half Life and Portal, i was instantly interested in the idea of the other game in the orange box- TF2! you play online all the time?! talking to other people? teamwork?! LOOK AT THE ART IT'S SO FUN! though at first I was terrified of my team mates depending on me and being disappointed because of my obvious noobishness, eventually I just threw myself in and got super into it, despite how bad i was. and I loved talking, always honest about my experience. "Don't give that uber to me!!"

finally, my sister got a PC for christmas. i wasted no time getting a Steam account, and after a lot of HNNNGGG, bought the orange box. then i learned that my sister's PC was not capable of playing any of the games. DISTRAUGHT was i! i was really mad at myself for not knowing to check everything first.
then a good friend of mine bootcamped his mac laptop- and was able to play TF2 on it. I let him use my steam account since i couldn't, and played whenever his laptop was available.

THEN i found gay tf2 pretty much as a joke. "Haha i bet there's gay tf2 art! I'LL MAKE MY FRIEND'S EYES BLEED." Then I found TF2chan, and fell in love. OOPS!

THEN i became obsessed with the idea of getting my own laptop and to do the same thing. I'm poor. I'm going to college, started this year. A laptop seemed impossible. Then a miracle happened. MY GRANDMOTHERRRR offered to buy a new laptop for me to bring to college. GLEEEEE!

My macbook is now happily bootcamped, and I play TF2 as often as possible. I am very, very happy.

On that girl gamer note- I don't care what people think of me, i love to talk to the other players. It happens pretty often that people will ask "are you a little boy or a girl?" I just laugh and tell them GURLLL. And i play on all kinds of servers... can't say i've been treated badly. I used to suck, and I still do suck at playing many of the classes, but lately i've noticed that I'm able to climb to the top-ish of scoreboards when i'm playing the right classes. I kill a lot more in one life now, and if necessary, i can stay alive longer than i used to be able to. What?? Marley's not awful at a videogame other than katamari?! WHOA.

I'm sorry, this turned into a novel. :I
TL;DR: I used to suck and now I don't suck so much, and I haven't been treated badly on servers. I got into gaming thanks to my friends. THANKS FRIENDS. I found the chan and fell in love.

A few minutes ago I was wondering my dorm blind with Ethan, also blind. We had scarves tied over our eyes and it was a lot of fun, and there was lots of giggling and accidental poking of people who I didn't know who they were. Haha, I was so scared of running right into Jameson, who is big and scary(but actually pretty nice).

Anyways, have some Halloween pictures, all taken with my laptop. D:

HE SAID WHAAAT?


me n' Sakara


Calvin being a CUTIE PIE, before I put makeup on him and gave him bloody gashes on his face.
AH. Let me tell you a story!
He got very high and also drunk at the party, and I was really iffy about him drinking, but there wasn't anything I could really do. and when it was time for bed, I helped him towards my room but he stopped and hurled and I held his hand the whole time. The first thing he said after he barfed was "bummer." and this sounds so awful but it was a TRULY SPECIAL BONDING MOMENT, REALLY. all I could do was laugh, and reassure him, of course, because then he barfed some more and then he said "sorry." all sad and drunk and i was like BAWW DON'T BE SORRY IT'S OKAY I LOVE YOU.

then i helped him take the laytex off his face, dragged him up the stairs to my room, and put him to bed on my couch. poor baby. D:

Anyways, have some more pictures:

YAY


LOOK AT SAKARA'S HAIR. IT IS HER REAL HAIR AND SHE DID IT HERSELF. SHE IS CINDY LOU WHO!

( moar moar moar )




My pumpkin baby!
I can't put a candle in him because we aren't allowed to have candles in the dorm, bawww.





My blue hair! hallo!

( Pictures pictures pictures! )


Other TF2 cosplayers!



GAYMANWATCH. [Erin]





The Nostalgia Critic, Doug Walker was a guest :D



Arin, AKA Egoraptor was another guest.
very nice guys :U

because my camera is dead, dead, dead!









up next, Infinite Bits 2009!

Gym-ing!



Me and my babies at the Harvest Ball <3
all wet and bundled because it was COLD n raining!

more Harvest Ball:

Garcia is ADORABLE.


mmmmmason jarate!


Calvin drums <3



some 2D projects :>




extreme frisbee playing! so much fun... but i'm terrible at it!!


i found a dead squirrel >:


the library! <3

( MORE more more )



FALL COLORS N' FALL LEAVES N' I LOVE THEMMM.


Pyro costume excitement!



green hair! it's already washed out, derp, but i'll dye it again soon :3


eeeeeeeeeeeee



i found this on the ground bawww <3333

I don't know why, but photobucket decided that a picture of Jabes in a ripped up tye-die outfit was inappropriate. P:

Anyways-

update on what i've been up to!
all these pictures were already put on Facebook, so i was slow to put them up here! now i'm behind!
HIGHLIGHTER PARTY.



Caitlyn, Erica, and Liz


birthday jello shots. P:


me!

Liz, Erica, Me

Lily, Caitlyn, Liz, Erica

hay guys!


a whole bunch of people trying to get a picture xD


Will n' Pete




Liz n' Liz, birthday girls


Jose! xD





Liz and Lisa dancing questionably. xD


they're singing the barbie song :I


d'awww


there was a 'make your own clothing" party going on upstairs. we got some visitors.



yes, a dorm mate of mine has bacon on her butt.


i borrow'd Will's hat :3


someone broke their bowl! whoooops.

we won! all the different dorm buildings competed. :D
BIG TROPHY?!

LOOK AT THAT.


LOOK AT THIS, HOLY CRAP THAT STEAK WAS ONLY THREE BUCKS.
<3 i finished the last of it last night ahaha.





WHAT. WAT WAT WAT.


Liz, what are your doing, you can't do a split!


at the Red Arrow!




my christmas lights~


THE best letter in the world. <3

IT'S OFFICIALLY FALL!



Alicyn's friend Sondra visited and we made banana bread!



And I made sushi one night just to see if i could!
numnumnum.






EXCITEMENT. Bootcamp'd my baby- YOU WANT PRAY GAME?


Some nice bits and such that Brian n Erin sent me! <3




Me, Liz, and Erica giggle over my gasmask. :D


little Will made a huge cookie! It was delish.



dohohoho!

Alicyn, Andrew, and I went to church together last weekend. We ended up going to two churches and found ourselves invited to one of their brunches- FREE FOOD YEAH. That quiche thing was SO GOOD. Also, the churches were gorgeous.








and holly!

super duper GROCERY SHOPPIN. <3







i did abbey's hair, bleached and dyed blue.


orange, derp derp!



"FIRST DAY O SCHOOL" PICTURES.


lol american cheese.


Nick being crazy.



peep holeys.

<3 room updates



Drawing class! O:


Will and Jameson(spelling? wtf i'm too lazy to get up and look at his door)
playing Halo together, ahaha.



Going swimming! and Andrew looking like a G.
the girl is Alicyn. :3


watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in the common room.


2D Design class~


Leon's door. Leon is our room adviser! He is very cool. In fact, i might have a tiny mancrush on how cool he is. He has a mustache. He's a painter and he has fun and wise stories to tell.



Jabes celebrates his birthday. :D





party party party.



Jose gets a haircut :D

packing the car to get here... JUST BARELY FIT all my crap in there!


there was an animal for everyone's name on their doors. i'm a goat. :I
some people got some awesome animals, and some people got really sucky ones xD
they're random though... cute touch :D



before... (my roommate's stuff is in there, she got here before me)



AFTER. (THAT'S MY ROOM MATE, HI LILY.)



room <3





some random cool city bits that are nearby!


hanging out the window in the commonroom!







this is the French building and it is pretty sweet. also, that's a band playing in the French building after orientation and dinner. :D




party time! Jabes is the kid in the killer overalls, and he is epic and very friendly! he brought me to this party and everyone was super nice.


cat at this place was sooo pretty <3



our entire dorm collected in the hallway for our house meeting. isn't it cute?


this is a bee that is very adorable and i think i got a very neat picture of him. <3


this is Alicyn and Andrew! today we walked around and looked at some churches, but none of them were open so we didn't get to see the insides yet. These two are very adorable and sweet! They are in my dorm and I will get to see them every day. :B

<3<3<3

Isaac loves his guinea pig plush


Ozzy gets a bath!




before i unpacked my room!




TREE THAT FELL AFTER BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AT FUDAVILLE AHHH.


d'aw <3





skunk in the house helping itself to cat food before i scared it off...


annnd, my room before i left it...



and my compy with brand new stickers onnit <3

So me and Dad, Emma, Sarah, Jason, Durban, Jimmy, Rita, April, Chad, Tom, Clint, and Cosmo... is that everybody? I think it is. So, me and 12 other stinky hippies just took over this billionaire's mansion on an island and had a party-sleepover. Haha, sleepover. Except... everyone picked out their own bedrooms, just because why not? There sure were enough bedrooms! Btw my bed was hella comfy.

Jimmy and Rita picked the room that the Bush's stay in when they visit. ahahaha.

Can you say midnight golfcart speeding through the wooded trails? I can. Who knew golf carts could be so fun? Oh gosh, driving with my aviator's hat was the best.

On to the pictures!
Tour of the house through my photos:

Driving up the dock to the house!


the ol' homestead!


view of the children's playhouse from the house.


the livingroom that's connected to the (main)kitchen! (excuse me i donno what i was thinking- didn't take any of the kitchen! the whole house is amazing fghdlfkjsg)


upstairs... ANOTHER livingroom? wat? (there's another on the other side of that fireplace wall)


the dining room!


let's go up the stairs... again...


to the... hat room. didn't get any great ones of the... many, many bedrooms.


but i did get this. terrifying.


let's go back down... a DIFFERENT staircase, since you know, we've got like 4.


to visit the children's playhouse...


and the zipline...


how about one of the private beaches?

actually, i do believe it's about time for a hop off the dock!


and a pie...


and a hat party!




oops! time for a joyride!


and some firespinning! (with a crab hat)



the rest of our adventuring can be found here!
http://s996.photobucket.com/albums/af90/matuskaa/Events/Island%20Party%202009/

and that's all folks! Marley, signing off for today!