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May. 6th, 2017


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I just wandered into a freaking forest.

Plus side, I'm just sitting in a tree and watching a bunch of furballs murder Stormtroopers. Quality entertainment.

May. 1st, 2017


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It's all fun and games until someone gets a frozen water balloon to the head and starts bleeding.

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So today a clown held the door for me.

It was a nice Jester.

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Trying to be ahead of the game, this year, for Pride.

Here are this year's shirts from DP, for $20:
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As before, all proceeds will go towards local LGBTQ shelters.

They go on sale today and will be sold until the day of Pride and come in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and pink. Stop on by the store!

Apr. 25th, 2017


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I know that people are a bit more on edge right now with the situation with phones acting up and the Northern Lights being visible like they are but that is honestly no excuse for rudeness in the grocery store. And neither is age when you get right down to it. I understand that no one likes waiting in line I really do but when I’ve got one item and your cart is almost overflowing - don’t berate me for refusing to let you go ahead of me in the line. In the amount of time you spent screaming about me being ungrateful and rude - I could have completed my purchase and been gone.

Apr. 21st, 2017


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Been thinking about new career choices. I'm running on empty though, for ideas.

I love my father, and I love our business, but it is too dependent on talking in daylight hours. And I? Cannot do that anymore.

Apr. 14th, 2017


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I would just like to recognize all the other parents, guardians, and otherwise patient souls who have spent the day with a kitchen that smells like vinegar and hard-boiled eggs. I've got a dog who has a streak of green and a pool of hot pink staining his beige fur because my darling daughter knocked half the dye onto the floor when she got too excited about her purple egg being ready and forgot about all the other colors.

I also might be tapping into her college tuition fund to replace this marble countertop if the stain remover doesn't work.

Easter is stressful. Every year I think it'll be a nice quiet holiday. And every year I'm proven wrong.

Apr. 9th, 2017


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Man, Amazon sells my favorite soda and my favorite snacks? I might never leave the house for food again.

Seriously, though, there is more to life than Bai Bubbles, especially in spring. Friends, family, I insist we make this Easter a rager with lots of good food, good booze, and good laughs. Peter, Esmeralda, Presto - I'm looking at you to help me organize this shit. I mean, unless you have plans. In which case, got room for your favorite psychic?

Apr. 6th, 2017


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I'm certainly not complaining, because who could complain about their problems disappearing without a trace.

But it certainly is odd that my dream pregnancy has just... disappeared, presumably to never be spoken of or acknowledged again. These dreams sometimes make me feel as though I'm going mad. Did it even happen, or was it all in my head?

Apr. 5th, 2017


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These dreams are becoming intriguing. My brother and I have made some alliances in London, and we have freed Whitechapel from Templar control. I think Jacob's happy because he finally has the gang he's always wanted. I suppose I see the merit in having a gang, but strictly in the having numbers and allies on our side as we attempt to undo the Templar control, which is in every level of society in London. Working from the bottom up is not an easy task.

Though I have found some music boxes across the city that contain some medallions that open a vault hidden beneath the city. A vault that Michele Regue made. I believe he hid the Aegis there, and I am determined to recover it. Though Jacob thinks I'm wasting my time chasing some mad man's music boxes across the city. But he never did appreciate these sorts of things.

One of our new friends is none other than Alexander Graham Bell. The man is quite the genius, and I rather enjoyed working with him. He even upgraded my gauntlet to allow me better access to leap across rooftops in London. And I leapt from the very top of Big Ben after I helped Alexander fix a device of his. I have to say, that Leap of Faith was the single most exhilarating experience of my life.

Though why must my Assassin outfits all come with corsets? How are they conducive to fighting? I never understood this, even if it was the fashion. At least I had the sense to wear pants.

Apr. 4th, 2017


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want to know what's fucking creepy? skeletal fucking horses. that's what. also i have never seen them before, but they were pulling the carriages. i mean, okay, they're also fucking badass as hell, but fuck. according to dream knowledge, they're called thestrals. that sounded convincingly like me

Mar. 25th, 2017


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You know, in my dreams the things that I think I hate the worst aren't the Silence. Oh, don't get me wrong, I hate them for what they did and how they took me away from my family but at least they got to raise me in a way in a past regeneration. But I hate the Weeping Angels so much more. They denied me the chance to see my parents through the rest of their lives. Oh, yes a vortex manipulator is like a motorbike but even I could only work through those holes a certain amount. So they lived to be quite old and I didn't get to see them do it.

I bloody hate the Weeping Angels for that.

But at least I've got my vortex manipulator here now. Maybe I'll take her for a spin. Too bad this couldn't have happened before the invasion. I would have quite liked to have them to take some of this angst out on.

Mar. 24th, 2017


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I decided to drive out to where we had defeated Ungoliant a few years ago. Where the giant spider had fallen, there now grows a tree.

Even from the darkness, life can return.

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I keep forgetting Poe's gone. He got transferred to a different base a few weeks ago, but I keep calling him thinking he's right around the corner. It's so weird not having him here.

Mar. 19th, 2017


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Made something special with my Dragobete snow water - a gift! My first 'potion' of the year is a tested vitality tonic made from a recipe handed down through generations and I am quite proud of it. I even put it in a snazzy little bottle. I have serious skills.

Mar. 18th, 2017


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I've had a set of healing herbs carried over from the dream fairy aside from Dream Set #2 and behold, it was a saving grace - woke up with my windpipe not in the best shape thanks to an assassin in Dream Set #3 that snuck into my bedroom and almost choked me to death while staying in a castle. Someone didn't skimp on the money it took to hire a killer with some credibility, and it turns out this guy's never missed a target up until my swordsman pal heard the scuffle and barged in (wearing pajamas) to fight him off me. Nothing gets by Gourry, not even sneak attacks in the room next to him. It's like having a guard dog.

And now begins that reliable, stable cycle of being hunted, losing sleep, paranoia, another possible end of the world scenario caused by yours truly, but who knows. This one's got enough variance that it might go down differently. I'm still waiting for the fruitcake in cheap priest robes to show up and troll me appropriately.

Anyway, I stumbled upon the princess I named my daughter after and I hope, hope that I didn't curse my kid into fulfilling her namesake's reputation. Which involves longwinded speeches of justice and truth, while standing up in a high place, in the face of danger, like the demons she's talking to are about to realize the error of their ways and stop doing what demons do.

Mar. 16th, 2017


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Some sects of our Magic Guild are looking a little sparse, since people have come and gone over the weeks and months. I thought I would put out another open call for recruitment. Potions are not my specialty, but I have been practicing more and more - however, we could use the help there and in most other areas.

Please let me know if you are interested. I'm Zatanna, by the way, in case we have not been formerly introduced.

Feb. 24th, 2017


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For the record:

I ain't funny for thinking that these stupid dreams are because of the water. Don't you all tell me that you readily accepted the dreams as memories from the get go. Who would? Let's be serious here. Name someone that was all "oh geez these aren't dreams they're memories" from the beginning?

Once again: I. AIN'T. FUNNY.

Though I'm sure everyone out there thinks it's oh so hilarious that a grown man dreams he's a raccoon. HA. HA. HA.

Jackasses.

I did not fight and nearly die for this country to be made fun of for the goddamned dreams that I've had, thank you very much.

Feb. 15th, 2017


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From Hearts to Shamrocks! We've got all your heart-shaped cookie needs, discounted for after the holiday! And I'm bringing in mint lattes and Shamrock cookies early! Because I can't help myself. Please don't mind my rainbow and pot of gold decorations all around the bakery.

Feb. 14th, 2017


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I have to admit I did not expect love potions to be something you could buy but over the last week I have been enlightened. I definitely didn't expect them to be as popular as they are though. Surely people don't truly believe they work?

Feb. 10th, 2017


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Went shopping.

That was weird. I haven't gone shopping for me in awhile.

Also, of my array of friends who wants to go with me to get tattooed? I'm feeling like I need a change.

Feb. 7th, 2017


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I saw the guy who dances as Puck for the first time outside of ballet class. He swung by Alice's Tea Cup today. It caught me completely off guard because he and his friends were completely punk! That seems like a paradox, doesn't it? A punk ballet dancer. He's really nice, though, and the group tipped well so they're alright with me.

I know nothing about the punk lifestyle except that The Clash is pretty cool. I must have looked pretty lame to them.

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Okay, I don't usually celebrate Romani holidays, but Dragobete is coming. Who's ready to kiss some girls? I know traditionally it's supposed to be boys kissing girls, but hey, traditions evolve. I'm sure I'll be kissing someone else. Not a girl. Might make a pilgrimage to catch some snow to melt, though. They say the resulting water has magical properties if melted on Dragobete.

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The best thing about February is the half priced chocolate on Feb 15.

[Filtered to Luke Castellan]
What are your thoughts on Valentine's Day? Love it? Hate it? Take it or leave it?

Feb. 5th, 2017


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One of the coffee shops I frequent (yes one of. I have plenty.) has a "drink of the month" special. For February, it's a Raspberry, White Chocolate Mocha. Sounds like sugar in a cup to me, but people swear by it. So I've ordered one, and am waiting for the barista to finish making it.

Should I be this nervous over trying a new drink?

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who thought it was a good idea to make dream me a teacher? this is a terrible idea. muggle studies and deputy headmistress? what even? lol. someone trusts me. trusts me to be the worst at this job or maybe someone just hates students.

Jan. 19th, 2017


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had a cocktail waitress at work show up after days gone missing swearing up and down she tried getting her nips pierced in an alley and then got abducted by someone who wanted to take her kidneys.

this is why you piss off from hardcore drugs, kids. that's revy's post for the 2017. done.

oh, and after the hundredth goddamn time i passed my GED. shit was hard for someone who started basic education in her late twenties but whatever, i'll boast however i want and celebrate with barrells of rum. maybe i'll get something that's better than a) editing sex tapes or b) kicking people out of strip clubs for asinine behavior, but probably not. it's the jobs with that little bit of shame that more fun and pay better.

Jan. 18th, 2017


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Seriously, Dream!Me? Seriously?

"Hero For Hire: Terminal Do-Gooder Wants to Do Good For You"

I don't know what I was thinking.

Jan. 16th, 2017


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I've been thinking that now that I'm settled and getting comfortable around the area, I should get a job. Something for after school and the weekends.

Does anyone know of any place that's hiring?

Jan. 15th, 2017


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It would be nice, very very nice, if my friends stopped dying in my dreams.

That is likely too much to hope for, I'm sure.

Jan. 12th, 2017


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Auditions for A Midsummer Night's Dream are a little over a week away and I just did something to my ankle. This is awful. If I can't dance my best for the audition then I definitely won't be in the production. Dancing through the pain is a bad idea, too. I wouldn't want to hurt it even worse. The doctor agreed to check it out tomorrow so I'll know the best way to treat it. I mean it's not horrible pain, but I don't want it to become horrible pain.

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Never underestimate the power of love. In my Dreams it seems as if my cousin was brought back from death by the sheer force of his girlfriend's love. I wonder what he would have to say if he knew he was a werewolf with a hot blonde girlfriend in my Dreams. I miss him, but I don't have a phone number for him. Us Rumanceks aren't always in touch with one another. Sometimes it takes weddings and funerals to bring us together. Here's hoping it's the former that brings my beloved cousin to me.

Jan. 5th, 2017


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There are whispers about the Anaheim Ballet's spring production! I'm so excited. It sounds like it's down to either Romeo and Juliet or A Midsummer Night's Dream. Both are so beautiful! Obviously I have hopes to dance in both of them. Dancing in Swan Lake was so rewarding. It was my first professional production and I personally think I rocked it. Who knows? Maybe I can do well in the next one, too!

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Dreamed about dying last night. I guess that's the downside to dreams repeating. I did the only thing I could think of to do - Cycled like my life depended on it. My legs feel like jello, now, but I feel a lot better. There's something to be said about physical exertion. It's too bad it can't make bad dreams go away permanently.

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I am offering New Year readings at a discount for the next couple of weeks. Whether you need help with finding direction for the year ahead or want to see if there's any changes coming to prepare for hopefully I can help.

Come along and see me. [List of places Vanessa offers her services at including Much Ado About Books and various new age shops]

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So Gabe and I are now engaged!

Since I've kind of gotten used to saying it I figured I might as well announce it here too but he proposed between Christmas and New Year and obviously I said yes.

It's all new and we haven't talked much about when or where or details but I cannot stop grinning, which is sometimes awkward in the ER ;)

Jan. 4th, 2017


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i didn't know how much affection i felt for my bed before now. it's been a very real experience.

Jan. 3rd, 2017


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If I never see a ball of fur again, it'll be too soon.

After we dealt with both the furballs and the Klingons, my dreams decided to throw a nice series events at me. The worlds that were basically like Rome, Chicago Gangsters and Nazi Germany really stuck out to me. So did meeting Spock's father and starting an arms race on another planet in an effort to even the playing field after the Klingons gave one side advanced weapons.

And the giant amoeba.

It's hard to forget the giant amoeba.

Jan. 1st, 2017


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I really sort of loathe those nights where you just receive a whole dump of dreams in the few hours of sleep you get - from stabbing Jekyll/Hyde to death, to battling a Kraken, to meeting my half-brother (I think I prefer having a sister here in this other hellhole) and then dealing with an Evil Queen and her cleavage, it was certainly a whole bunch of madness typical to good old Storybrooke.

But my four-month-old slept through the night, a good thing, and I went out to a New Years party and came back engaged. So all in all a successful start to 2017, I'd say.

Engagement party details forthcoming, now that the weather seems to be shifting and it's not too bloody cold to host something on the Roger. Perhaps I ought to give official tours or offer pirate adventures or some such, yet I can't help but be protective of the lovely girl.

Dec. 28th, 2016


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It feels so weird to think that tonight was my last night working at Taste of Home and that I'll be starting college next year. Seems like a lot's changed in the past few years for me since finding out who my biological parents were. Some of it bad but most of it good. I'm kind of excited to see what else the future hold for me.

Dec. 22nd, 2016


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It's my birthday! Cmon, tabloids, write something good about me. I dare you.

Dec. 15th, 2016


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How is it that I left the frigid cold in New York City and arrive to SNOW?! I thought California was FUN IN THE SUN! Katy Perry and Snoop D O Double G clearly lied in their song. Along with the Mamas and the Papas. LIARS ALL OF THEM! I didn't even bring a parka!!

Also, Hi I'm Papyrus!

Dec. 13th, 2016


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oooooookay, then. i guess we really did that. wow. we jumped from planning to doing in the dreams pretty quickly. i still look weird and i really need to stop wearing my hair is a super tight bun. it does nothing for my features. also that's how you go bald. death eaters up in this government.

Dec. 4th, 2016


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So is it just me or is everybody going around like this snow isn't unusual? Because from what I've read this is pretty strange for California.

Nov. 23rd, 2016


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Never been into Thanksgiving, but I think I'm going to do a tiny turkey this year. Roast it. None of that deep fried stuff.

Anybody have a good recipe for stuffing? I hear stuffing is the lynchpin that holds a Thanksgiving feast together.

[Presto]
Got Thanksgiving plans?

Nov. 20th, 2016


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I had a dream...well, I tend to dream somewhat regularly but I think I had a DREAM.

Turns out I am part of a group of heroes known as the Crystal Gems. Although, I'm not completely like them cause I'm only part gem...and my bellybutton isn't really a normal one, dream-Steven has a quartz gem where his bellybutton should be.

And it gets better! Dream-Steven can summon a shield with the power of his gem! Although, he's not really good at it, yet.

I feel like a dork cause it sounds like I am talking about myself in third person. Still, it was so cool. Helped fight off a huge centipede-type creature and then, ended up with a tummy-ache from eating way too many Cookie Cats which are ice-cream sandwiches in the shape of cat faces. Oh, and dream-Steven is 13...I want superpowers! :(

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That's weird. My dreams started repeating.

Like, I had this big, insanely wild dream of an epic battle between good and evil, and then when it ended, I started dreaming little dreams from all through my first run. It's disorienting, really.

Does that happen a lot here?

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Anyone ever... roll over in bed, expectin' someone from a capital-D Dream to be there and bein' real disappointed when they aren't?

Nov. 19th, 2016


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This truly is the month of Dreams. Last night the leader of the resistance against the Strigoi Councilwoman Feraldo came to visit Eph and myself to talk about Eph's failing biological weapon. We both told her we were onto something more, something better. I told her about the microwaves. She was less than pleased with our progress and ripped us a new one for not being quick enough. I thought she was fabulous.

Meanwhile, I invented a device that projects microwaves. We tested it on a Strigoi in an experiment Eph devised. We were on one side of a chain link fence with a bowl of blood, the Strigoi on the other. The idea was to try and get it to attempt to get through the fence and stop it with the device. It worked for a while. The device made its IQ plummet, dazing it and leaving it stunned for a while, but then it seemed to recover and actually opened the fucking locked gate of the fence. It almost came at us, but Eph killed it. My conclusion? The Strigoi somehow found a way around the interference. Back to square one.

Seems like I'm doing more science than hunting as of late.

Nov. 17th, 2016


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My dreams can stop sucking any time now. I'd be totally okay with that, but I have this feeling that they won't stop sucking any time soon.

trigger warning; mentions of suicide and death. viewable to all )