ladystormchaser

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So, life has been kinda crazy, but all said, things are good. Found a decent friend at school, and he knows enough to tell me no occasionally. He's good for me, even if he does threaten my couch on a regular basis in his own jokingly X-rated way. The fact that neither of us are attracted to each other in any way is a real plus. Those of you who know me well will understand why this is a good thing.

Work is improving. I'm on a new team with a new schedule, mids this time. Kevin and I are on the same hours with the same days off, and this rules. In a mostly regular tabletop game, and other than a few financial hiccups with car repairs that make me want to burn down the Firestone building, everything is stable moneywise.

School is... insanely, but doable. I missed my bio teacher, who I now have for A&P, and it rocks. So far we haven't gotten into the hard stuff. Photography is fun, but I still wonder if I have the time i'd like to dedicate to it. Psych... I hate the teacher. I want to kick him in the teeth at least once every twenty minutes. He can't go much longer than that without inserting a random anecdote on why men are better than women. Want him to die. Intro to PC applications starts soon.

In other news, I still suck at bowling, and pool, and love every moment of it. Also, drinks made with tequila give me a nasty headache, especially when I drink a margarita the size of my head. Vodka made martinis are still awesome though. For others, it seems to be the season of employment. Jason got a better job. Kyle got a job. I even heard through the grapevine that both Sarah and Mykle have jobs, and I can't think of anyone who needed to catch a break more than them. Happy for everyone.

I've picked up Champions Online, which is everything I thought it would be. My only complaint is that I don't have nearly enough character slots to feed my altaholism. I've also been poking at Assassin's Creed,which for me is more like playing Adventures of the Retarded Ninja. Altair is a complete badass, up until the second he becomes possessed by the player, aka: me. I'm doing better on this go round. I haven't drowned the poor bastard yet, but I have accidentally flung him the wrong way off a viewing point and marvelled at how he bounces just a little bit when he hits the ground and dies. Oops!

So, in spite of the craziness and the fact that I'm still not married, life is pretty awesome. Hello out there to everyone in LJ land!!

How are you?

      Today is my birthday. Today I am twenty-one. My mother always said to me that birthdays are days of new beginnings, where the whole of your life past is gone, and a new life begins out of the ashes of the old if you choose it to. My father said to me that this is nonsense, but today, it is true.

     Six months have come and passed since the morning I awakened in a Seattle hotel room with tears in my heart for the one I have lost. Six months I have merely survived in the shadow of who I once was, and what I used to have. I slept. I ate. I found a job. I worked. I slept. I ate. Today, I am alive again.

     Today is a day of firsts. Today I pulled free Yusheng’s sword with the intent to defend myself with lethal force. Today I took a bullet. Today I took a life. Today I caught a glimpse of the life I used to have through eyes I never used when that life was mine, and I understood for the first time why things have happened the way that they have. Today, I entered three different buildings I should have had no business in to take something. Today I brushed rubble from my shoulder after blowing into a room of safe deposit boxes. Today I took an optical disk encrypted with corporate secrets. Tomorrow, I will pay a decker to crack it.

     Today I am someone other than Bai Xuemae, or even Rong Daiyu. Today I become Black Jade.     

     Today, I become a Shadowrunner.