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Ice cream for breakfast! Completely acceptable, if only to show off the food porn in this really cute bowl. But if you're curious, no, I'm not seriously going to eat the pickles with it.

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Obviously, it's safe to say that ice cream for breakfast isn't going to be the one responsible for making me fat in the next couple months. That's a blame that'll go right to Pete. Thanks, babe! Womb lease ends sometime in early June, but it'll probably be here faster than we think.

We're also not naming it after any of you assholes, so don't even suggest it.

I got Flower to sit still long enough for a Christmas photo.

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Yes, he was purring when I took it. He just always looks angry.

Yay, Thanksgiving is over and I'm stuffed. Do I get to grumble about what I'm not thankful for now? I seriously can't with these dreams right now.

It is way beyond time that I invested in a super durable punching bag. And cookies. And ice cream. And possibly some extra Kleenex.

I guess after I'm done boggling about the entire mess of dreamland, I can actually appreciate learning more of what actually went on during the monster war that took place a thousand years before current dream events. Ever since I started dreaming I kept writing down everything I could remember - history, legends, spells, charts and whatever else - and I've got several notebooks filled. In case there's ever a need to look back for reference.

Anyway, things got to the 'OH SHIT' point to where casting the Giga Slave was the last option. Except I got blown up before I finished, the team and I got separated, and when we re-grouped we found a graveyard of extinct dragons (also part of the reason why this entire goddamn mess even started), and discovered the last Dark Star weapon. Cue a present-time dragon massacre, I got the weapon out of its barrier then proceeded to get the weapon stolen from me, and I woke up with a pounding headache.

My involvement in all this can be attributed to my sister, the first human approached to deal with this mess, declined, and dumped the responsibility on me. In both worlds you're an asshole, sis.

ON AN UNRELATED NOTE, The Reeces Peanutbutter Cup Burger. I...don't know if I'd eat that. Drunk? Maybe. Sober? Uhhh. Depends how hungry I am. I mean, I've had bacon chocolate chip cookies before, that was some good stuff. But actual beef stuffed with peanutbutter and chocolate? Errr.

I'm selling Mum's house. It's just got too many memories associated with it at this point.

Does anybody have any recommendations on neighbourhoods or townhouses and the like? I want a pool, for strategic night swimming purposes.

Okay so...

I have dreams, of a dream life. But in the dream life... I have dreams of another dream life. So, I have the equivalent of two fake lives in my head right now and this super weird feeling that something bad is going to happen. Like it can get much worse.

I mean, really. I almost said yes to marrying a flying monkey. What even...

Plus side, I actually have a moderately respectable gamer score. Score one for raising the kid in at least one life.

Ever get to that point where your dreams stop being even remotely interesting and then segue into an inevitable train wreck? I don't care about prophecies, I don't care about your dragon drama (especially when all of you are suspicious bastards), please stop interrupting my plans of travel that involve a) me getting filthy rich and b) eating. I'd also appreciate the attempts of murder to stop, because I actually didn't do what this urinal cake thinks I did.

On the bright side, I can blame my sister for forcing me to handle this mess, otherwise I'd quit. But I hope I get cool stuff. I'm due for getting cool stuff again, dreamfairy. Hinthint.

Anyway, moving onto more realistic matters, is anyone interested in a big clunker van? It's a Frankencar, has been shot at multiple times throughout the year and still runs pretty well. It's got somewhat butchered shag carpet on the inside and I'm keeping the beaded curtains, fyi, but it'd be a good project for a grease monkey.

As for the blood in it, it's not mine, I didn't kill anyone, people who got shot just bled all over it. I'll, uh, discount it for that part.

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Halloween decorations, acquired.
Halloween snacks being decided upon


Cafe decorated? hell yes.

Obliterating Dracula's army was easier than being a woman, for fuck's sakes. I don't know how you lot deal with all this bullshit without setting creepy, grabby people on fire daily. There is no such thing as an 'accidental' touch, alright. Leave my tits and arse alone.

I also hope the OC's latest attempt at humour fucks off before my girlfriend has to take me to see her parents as a woman. Slightly awkward.

I love how Orange County fuckery repeats itself.

You win Lina, I found one pumpkin thing I like....and now I'm kinda tempted to retry all the things but I'm wary. And yet pumpkin bread is kind of amazing. Such conflicted.

Pumpkin coffee still tastes like sludge though I digress.

I need a new car.

Okay, I need advice.

Is it alright to tell a girl you've been dating for a couple of months that you love her? Is that too early or going too fast?

I have no idea what the hell I'm doing.

What’s my prize for solving a murder? Someone taping me in the privacy of my boyfriend’s dorm room and releasing a sex tape of us… where we aren’t even having sex might I add. Solved that one too. At least that was more of a collegey crime.

I’ll take sex tapes over murder any day.

I’m over these dreams though, can they be done now?

So I guess after the world wasn't destroyed, and everyone in my dreamworld who died was miraculously resurrected (except for the douchecanoe responsible for the 'let's make you destroy the world' drama), killing two demonlords means this demonically created barrier keeping our specific continent away from the rest of the world is down. Every kingdom wants to send explorers out (probably to conquer, let's be real), and I'm just interested in going for magical studies.

Then a golden dragon decides to attack the port city the day everyone's launching off, a tsunami is accidentally created HOW DO I KEEP DOING THIS and everything's destroyed. To avoid blame I convinced my people to help me steal a ship and sail off.

And starve.

It seemed like a good idea, I guess. But the tsunami really was an accident.

On the bright side, there's pumpkin spice everything practically available, so it's time to indulge in 'basic bitch' tendencies.

I got my first dream!!! Maybe I shouldn't be glad, since it came in the library and I made a noise falling off my seat waking up and I'm pretty sure the librarian hates me but...

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whelp. last night i dreamed i said "ta da!" and then wiped out half of all creation.

Some days I just wonder why I even bother. Why I'm here. Why I haven't fled yet. Today? One of those days. Ugh.

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"Labor Day" should technically be "Labor Free Day", right? Seems to be a misnomer to me. Of course, I've never been one to labor all that intensively. I only take note of it because it amuses me.

Little amuses me.

I'll take what I can get where I can get it.

I know that one day I want to have children with my fiancé. We've discussed it, and a small family will be ours if all goes well. However, I'm kind of terrified at the actual process of labour. My mum was really very... insistent upon me giving her grandchildren, so she made me watch a lot of labour and delivery videos on the internet. (Among other weird things.) It's one of the things I don't miss about her.

All that being said: I wish Mum were around to watch this video with me. Don't worry, if you click it takes you to an article about a woman who is going to have a dolphin midwife. Yes. I said dolphin midwife. There's a video of another woman included as a sort of footnote. She had a human midwife, but a dolphin attending. The dolphin looks suitably confused, as would anyone who had a person randomly come into their house, plant their arse down, and start birthing a child would look.

So now I am equal parts nostalgic and homesick for my mother, as well as grossed out.

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My reality is nothing but blackness while my dream world burns. Nothing like a double dose of world destroying chaos to push you through your week.

At least in my dreams there's a general idea of how to fix it. Because it's my fault Which is you get the big guy to swing his hammer around a bit and shout at people until they do things. I mean. It works. And Asgardia lived happily ever after, the end, blah blah blah.

I think I ate a bird though Oh and now I have a magpie to go with my hel pup. That's pretty legit. Just me and my evil menagerie.

PS. People who should never rule a realm: Volstagg The Voluminous. What a gong show.

I'd say it's good to be back home, but considering the conditions... Home sweet home, I guess.

What'd I miss the past few days?

Drink it up, people. There have been weirder things. When a freak storm always hit my parents broke out the vodka, so I'll be upholding that tradition. Happy Sunday. And don't do anything stupid in the next couple days, sheesh.

I've had such a restless night. Awful dreams about, well, the world ending is really the only way I can described them. Such darkness and fear. I woke up very out of sorts about it and this feeling of dread just isn't leaving me.

I'm glad I don't have to work today.

And boom!

The old man finally replaced my electrics because I am a responsible adult!

Well, semi-responsible. If I can avoid crashing into anyone with my bike, I might get a car. Or a scooter! ZIP ZIP ZIP! I'd love a scooter!

This means summer is gonna rock!!! Or it would if I could afford to do anything... stupid allowance!

In the Dreams last night, Setsuna came back from Heaven all depressed. He wouldn't talk about it, but I figure his little girlfriend dumped him or something when he went up to rescue her. Leave it to Setsu to get all bent out of shape the over some flatchested little girlie. Oh, and I guess he got a bunch of people killed, but whatever. Either way, kid needs to learn how to let shit go. Being the good friends we are, Kira and I busted down his door and in order to cheer him up, threw him in a fountain.

And then the fucking turdmonkey pulled me in after him. He didn't pull in Kira, the fucking bastard.

Anywhatzit, I woke up fucking drenched this morning. These dreams can be a real pain in the ass sometimes.

Next up on The Mighty Katou's Epic Afterlife Adventure: Me, Kira and Setsuna are going up to Heaven to rescue some peeps and fuck up some Heavenly Army Ass. Whoda thought someone like me would go to Heaven someday. .... Then again, given some of the angels I've met, you ain't gotta be no fucking saint to be there.

Ok, gotta stay on top of this social networking stuff. Gotta stay up to date.

Not really a whole lot to report on my end. Kind holed up in my apartment over the weekend processing what Gale told me the other day and what the hell I'm going to do about it. At this point I think the only thing I can do is be ready when or if shit really does go down. I can't really do anything about it until then, right?

I hate waiting for the shoe to drop.

Ok, so, Valarnet, what do you guys do for fun around here?

Alrighty, Valarnet, I need your sage input.

Anyone else have dreams that are done and over with, but are still experiencing physical changes? Because apparently I'm going blonde, so unless someone's been sneaking dye into my shampoo every day, I've got no other explanation.

And if someone is sneaking dye into my shampoo, I will find you. And punch you right in the intestines.

Father's day is coming up. Thanks phone for the reminders. I suppose that's progress for me that my only reaction is to shrug and not consider running off to find him and punch him in his stupid face with my shiny new automail. Yay for me. I've grown or something?

My phone is dying and the power isn't staying on long enough to charge it. This is getting annoying.

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My brothers here.

My dreamself has finally moved on from high school to college.

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Ain't just the northwest getting power issues, mine keeps flickering.

This morning a demon landed on my car. I don't even need to ask if that's 'normal' around here, because I'm pretty sure it is.

Anyone know of a good auto repair place? That's probably been asked before too, but I may as well open up those channels of communication again given recent events.

Peeta, stay home for me, okay? There's demons around.

Time to go practice saving the world again.

For my money, there's nothing quite as therapeutic as soundly kicking someone's ass.

Kitty, more training, please. Logan, you'd have been very, very proud of me.

I don't usually post about stupid articles, but apparently a Taco Bell in Chicago is going to start serving alcohol.

The amount of relevance that is to my life right now is both hysterical and unreal.

I'd go to that Taco Bell...

You know maybe you guys *coughcindylinaloganetccough* were right, there's nothing more enjoyable than taking a day off and lounging in the hot tub with a margarita and knowing it's totally okay to do that. Not that I've not been itching to go to the cafe but...


Kitty
We need another night out soon, you know.

Oh look another year where I don't talk to my mom on mother's day. Yay.

But I did get a call from my kids the twins. I miss them terribly.

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You really weren't kidding about these dreams. Now I've even had one! Feel like it's because I ate something weird?

I am never doubting a thing people tell me about what I'll read on here again!

I feel vaguely accomplished. Made bacon wrapped pork loin for tonight's dinner. Scheduled time off from the cafe to get taken to Disney (this is a thing, right, sir? We are doing this?) and I actually, willingly, purchased a second bikini.

LINA BE PROUD OF ME.

Also whipped up Cheesecake Ice Cream.

Okay.

I now own the best backpack ever.

And I am not even remotely sorry. Not. Even. Remotely.

Yeah, while my bro's trying to make "the most epic fried rice ever!" I guess I'll check this thing out.

Yo! Name's Finn, and I like to help people! Need help? Contact me.

ETA: Like with yard work, and minor home repair.

shit, I got too stoned

That moment when you make an abundance of macaroni stuffed baked potatoes wrapped in bacon, and then you eat it. Like, all of it. I am, for once, genuinely concerned about my health but at the same time, regret nothing?

Does chewing on salad counter-act all that, or should I just not even try?

It's official! I'm unemployed! WHOOOOO!! Nothing like building a fort in the living room as you scan through your computer, looking for things that look interesting!

Alright, so it's sort of a lie. I'm so lax 'cause I feel like I have a good shot at a friend's company...fingers crossed!

I think part of me will miss the travel. But domestic wasn't worth seeing my friends all the time.

Watch out OC, Rose Tyler is back!

Got another dream gift. Not exactly sure what to do with this camera. I'm not exactly a photographer or a PI, but it's pretty awesome.

Hey there internet! How's it going? Hope you don't mind another person joining in on the excitement. I've never been much of a texting person or... what is it, blogging? But, there's a first time for everything!

Name's Tifa! New to this network, but not new to the area! I've lived here for a long while now. There's probably more exciting introductions than this, I'm not really sure what else to do here. Guess that will do for now!

Oh! But, one important thing: Happy Earth Day! Do your part to help take care of our Planet!

Ever put something on from your dreams and then have a really hard time convincing yourself to take it ofF?

Paris was so much fun that I almost didn't want to get back on the plane. But now that I'm home, I think it's good to be back. Vacations are wonderful, but I missed everyone. And I think there's something to be said for getting back to some kind of daily routine.

I have so many presents from France to people! It's going to take me all night to sort through everything. I think I'm glad I mailed some of this back home so I didn't have to worry about taking it on the plane with me.

How is everyone? I heard I missed some Orange County strangeness?