Fic time, you got it. Am super-bored at work. Still not the ZoLu I'm working on. And it was NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS LONG. But there you have it. Partially inspired by evilpsychojoe. Something in here happened to him once, but I'm not telling you what so it'll be a surprise. ;)

Title: The Tale of The Great Captain Usopp and the Fire
Rated: PG/PG-13? I never know. People drink and curse. Sanji smokes. That's about it but America is paranoid.
Word Count: 1,641
Characters: Straw Hats through post-Water 7, but no real spoilers other than crew members. SanSopp if you want it to be. [stfu, I like them]
Summary: Do you really need one with a title like that? Usopp tells one of his stories. Things get interesting.

( Allow the Great Captain Usopp to tell you the story... )

SUP FOLKS. I come bearing the bad news that our gorgeous weather ceased to be over the course of about 8 hours where the temperature plunged 30 degrees. Suffice it to say that I am not adjusting well. Weather is a cruel bitch and that, quite simply, is that. Now have a list of funny things:

[♥] Despite the lack of bats, my job has continued to be absolutely hilarious through this week. Tuesday was everyone ASKING about the bats and today? Well, today I walk in and realize that all the lights are off and the shop isn't open Now I come in at one. We open at nine. I was justifiably confused.

So I call the Boss Man.

Me: Hey John? I walked in and all the lights were off, is there something going on I need to know about?
Him: No? Who was supposed to work this morning?
Me: ...Well actually you usually do, John.

Yeah, my boss forgot to open the shop. Excuse me as that STILL amuses me.

[♠] Joe can successfully blow smokehearts, provided the wind is not being retarded.

[♦] And speaking of Joe, google documents offended his sensibilities.

[♣] And last but not least, enjoy a rundown of the contents of my purse, as it's oddities often serve me well.

+ 1 wallet plus moneys [duh]
+ 1 cell phone [duh]
+ 2 checkbooks
+ 2 lighters
+ 1 small bottle hand lotion
+ 1 map of the London Underground
+ 1 Oyster Card [only useful for above]
+ 1 magic wand
+ 1 whoopie cushion
+ 1 pocket kite
+ 1 tire guage
+ 1 black marker
+ ? lipsticks/lipglosses
+ 1 pencil
+ 1 pink highlighter
+ ? play tickets

And my purse is not large. I am prepared for anything.

[♥] I have found enough giraffe-man icons to make me happy. Be proud of me!

[♠] Happy Valentines?

I accidentally managed to throw a party last night. It totally wasn't on my to-do list and parties here? Are usually either planned by a group effort or Carie. But no. Not this time. And it was on ACCIDENT.

The original plan was that me and Joe were going to pick up some interesting beer to drink, stuff we hadn't tried before. Cause that sort of thing's fun. And we were just gonna chill and watch OP and stuff. And then Michael called and invited me over to dinner [which was home-made shrimp scampi and very good] with a couple of his friends, one who I'd met a few times before, the other being his girlfriend who randomly ended up being someone I know from German class. So after that, we ended up back here and doing the beer swap with MORE people and then some other friends called up looking for something to do and THEY came over and well. Yeah. Accidental party thing!

After everyone else left we finally DID watch some OP and then Joe crashed on the couch.

When I woke up today I walked out to this message on the chalkboard:

( I thought this crappy picture from my phone was smaller )

I. Am still amused.

And life is good.

I never can come up with decent subjects for anything these days. Because everything is basically some sort of weird hodge-podge of whatever or fic or who-knows-what.

Yeah I have no idea where I was going with that either.

Life's pretty good. Financial Aid checks came today and I got a lift up to the bank between classes from Steph so i could go ahead and take care of it. Oh my god you ALWAYS know when checks go out because EVERYONE AND THEIR BROTHER IS AT WACHOVIA. This would be because it's basically the only big-chain bank in Statesboro. Most of them are very, very regional. Hell, there isn't even a BANK OF AMERICA. Which drove me crazy for three years before I caved to the lure of a physical building to bank at instead of the single BoA ATM in the student union. Great job, Statesboro.

So today while driving/riding around town it really struck me that in a few months, I won't be living here anymore. I really want to go around town with my camera and just take pictures of all the places I go a lot, where I walk, what I drive past. All the things that people usually just take for granted, you know? Like the place I go to buy my alcohol, as terrible as that sounds. It's this run-down Fast & Easy with a PAINTED sign with bad cartoon-like drawings and the paint's peeling and just getting in and out of the parking lot can be an adventure. Almost as much of an adventure as finding stuff in there. They've got a bunch of different wines and probably more types of beer than anywhere else in town. Plus, they sell Strongbow. I don't think there's anywhere else around here that does. It's a unique little place, you know? And somehow I wonder how much longer it will last like it is before someone decides to tear it down and make it look even remotely modern. Hell, I'll miss it and my aging apartment complex and all the other stuff that just is so....Statesboro.

So yeah. Would anybody be interested in seeing those if I do it?

In other news, if you hadn't caught on yet- I quit bnf_brawl a few weeks ago. It's been sort of a relief. I hadn't been on there nearly as much as I should have been in ages and I'd just become completely jaded to it. Last semester when I just couldn't manage an internet life, a real life and a school/work life I just got out of the habit, yanno? Never really got the spark for it back. Now I feel like I can really be a PART of fandom again because I'm not forced to produce something half-assed at the end of each month for characters I barely play. Weird sort of freedom. I thought I'd miss it more but I think I did the majority of "moving on" back in October/November. Hey. that's life.

Oh my god this entry is depressing. It's like all these different parts of my life are just...wrapping up. Coming to a conclusion. Ending. This is definitely not what I had in mind when I started typing.

SO TO LEAVE IT ON A HAPPY NOTE. As soon as my check clears the bank, this is so going to be mine.

So I've been almost entirely non-functional today. Last night I stayed up WAY TOO LATE fangirling One Piece like crazy and just clicking from link to link to link on the OP Wiki. I can't even tell you how amusing that was. So then the exhaustion of the past WEEK eventually crept up on me and I went to sleep when I realized I could barely even sit up anymore. And stayed that way until almost 4 this afternoon and just sorta drifted in and out until like, 8 or 9 and I'm actually sleepy again.

Never host two parties in a week oh my god. Kicking drunk people out and clearing up afterwards is Never A Good Time. But I don't think the stove has ever been so clean.

And there's still confetti all over the lawn.

But seriously. One Piece has EATEN MY SOUUULLL. I should not have been able to stay conscious that late when I was that tired. It makes no SENSE.

Neither did the fact that I was perfectly content to sit still until I had the urge to take a late-night shower and promptly once I had nothing but a robe on, felt the need to wander all over the apartment until I caved and got into my PJs.

And this entry serves absolutely no purpose. Time to sleep. ♥!

OH. PS: It's stayed somewhat-cold for long enough now that I'm actually ADJUSTING. I'm impressed. 33 degrees and I don't actually want to die everytime I set foot outside. Which means I fully expect it to be up into the 70's again by the end of the week. [And next week go to the 20's]

I've discovered why I love RPing again. School's going well. I'm managing to sleep properly. My classes aren't killing me despite the intense busyness that's already struck and I still have enough One Piece anime to keep my entertained for WEEKS.

I swear I'm shipping everything on the face of the planet though.

Which means I wrote a random gen fic? HAHA. Here. Random fic attack.

Title: Addiction
Rating: PG/PG-13. Smoking. You know. America's silly about it. Otherwise it's basically G.
Characters: Sanji and Luffy
Word Count: 461
Summary: Sanji needs smokes and Luffy tries to eat everything in sight. As usual.
Spoilers: Sanji smokes? Luffy eats? Nothing, really.

( Click me if you dare. )


I love random ficbunies. XD Especially when they're nice and SHORT.

I wandered outside a few minutes ago and there is a giant ICICLE hanging off the roof. And I mean giant. Though it's the only evidence of coldness at ALL. It's sharp and pointy and I would break it off and chase people around if people where here. Fail.

I think I had something meaningful to say before the icicle so I guess I just leave you with this:

( Love me, for I lj-cut. )

So I haven't posted in a couple of days. Probably to make up for the THREE POSTS IN TWELVE HOURS LOLOLOL. Sorry about that? It was all important stuff, yo.

So, what to say, what to say...

School starts back on Monday [NOOO, MY FREE TIME! ;_;] but it's my LAST SEMESTER HERE which means it shouldn't be so bad but yeah. I actually got re-excited about the idea of going to Ireland for school last night because we had one of our strangely frequent dinner parties and it turns out that Meagan [not me, clearly, I only have one a in mine!] is applying for Trinity too, which is what I had been thinking about doing.

Which means that if we both do it and by some stroke of luck, GET IN, that we'd be over there together. I'd know someone. I could possibly already have a ROOMMATE. And yanno, that's damn good incentive. But hey. I'll try for it, and that's what matters, right? I'll be in debt for YEARS, but I'll also have a foot in the door for a decent job doing what I love.

And if I don't get it, to the workforce on a boat I go! Either way, I have plans. And a few months ago I sure as hell didn't. So life is good and not currently trying to kill me.

I started watching the One Piece Anime a few days ago! It's much slower going because well, you're kinda set on how fast you can watch as no matter HOW fast you read, you can't speed up the video! But I completely love it and EVERY SINGLE TIME I hear Luffy laugh it just makes me grin like a maniac. He's amazing and I adore him.

As far as OP fandom goes I still don't know what the hell I want to ship. I read a good number of ZoSan a few days ago, then started reading ZoLu yesterday and I would REALLY LOVE to see some LuZo but I haven't seemed to stumble on any yet. It's been a good time though. I think I really like not shipping anything in particular because there are just SO MANY OPTIONS. I was like this with Harry Potter to an extent, but not as much as with OP. I had definite favorites. And then just liked other stuff too when I ran out of fic for my favorites to read [possible, I assure you.] But with One Piece....just. Anything goes. And yeah. LOVE IT SO MUCH.

My new glasses are great. *__*

And DDR makes my legs hurt.

Oh, and I'l the Jenga Queen and the Hungry Hungry Hippos failure. My hippo was totally bulimic. THE BALLS WOULD GO IN HIS MOUTH AND JUST POP OUT AGAIN! WTF IS THAT.

Yeah. Enough. ♥!

Once again for nickelodeon!! Who is sleeping, I believe!

Title: A (Not So) Quiet Night
Pairing: Shanks/Buggy
Rated: PG?
Word Count: 312
Spoilers: Through Buggy's backstory. So NOT MANY.
Warnings: Crack. Duh.

( It was always about the food. )

I swear some day I'll write a real entry!!

I swear to god I AM going to finish the Cricket.Wiper still sitting open in my taskbar, Steph. But hey. Have some simpler crack.

Title: Help
Author: Me
Fandom: One Piece
Pairings: None
Word Count: 454
Warnings: Flying beverages?
Spoilers: Pre-Water 7, but not much in the way of spoilers except Who is On The Crew. Another Day at Sea.
Summary: Luffy has a question

( Here there be treasure! )