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Has anyone's dreams ever just -

Reset?

Like it started out like I was dreaming all over again, with my childhood and my parents dying and then the attack on my town, but then different things started happening. Even Midgar seems different somehow.

There were things that were not there the last time and events that are happening differently.

I don't know what to think.

that damn nightmare again
circus
My parents falling from the highwire. Enough.
It's been haunting me all week already.

Say what you will about this place, but the fact that I found a place at 10pm to get a funnel cake is pretty damn awesome. One point Orange County.

I realize being a lawyer you deal with a lot of people out of court, you actually try to settle before you go before a judge.

Sitting at the table for a deposition, the man kept referring me to as a child.


Sir, I'm here to take your statement, I'm the lawyer who is sitting opposite of you, not a child.

On a scale of 1-10, how heavy is the irony in a law student alternatively resourcing half of this semester’s books?

Does anyone know how to repair a stuffed animal? Duck's head tore off this afternoon and Marc is very upset. He hasn't panicked this badly since Maman's last round of tests

Well this was an interesting night. While Regulus was cooking dinner I was playing with the girls at the table when all of a sudden I heard this...only word I can think of to describe is crackling noise coming from the stove. Normally I stay as far away from it as possible for everyone's sake but that worried me so I went over to see what happened and found that one of the burners had popped a hole in itself. I immediately turned all of the burners off, moved the pots and pans off it, bundled him and the girls into the car to go to dinner and then to buy a new stove. They're supposed to deliver and install it tomorrow while I'm at work. And I already told the clerk at the store - I don't care what they do with the old one so long as they remove it from the property.

I don't usually remember my dreams, but the one I had last night was super intense. I mean, like it felt real, even though it doesn't make much sense.

So....that just all happened.

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This is Bella. A friend I think? of Amycus rescued her and her puppies from a bad spot and they asked me to take her in once the puppies were weaned. I honestly was expecting her to take longer to get settled in with me but it’s nice that she has so quickly. And unlike a certain fluff monster I know and love and will still happily sit, Regulus - she is willing to share the loveseat with me when I’m watching TV.

She’s actually a lot calmer than I expected about being left alone for a few hours when I’m at work. As long as I take her for a walk and give her a cuddle and make sure her dishes are full before I leave. The only thing I’ve noticed that makes me worry is that she seems to have some type of nightmares sleeping by herself in the living room so I moved her bed into my room and that seems to help. And sometimes she’ll just get on the bed with me after I’m asleep unless I’ve brought somebody home with me

I don't care if Daddy says we don't need one - when this is all over, I'm buying another generator for the house. Flashlights are wonderful and are helping with reading and everything but it has been a longtime since Daddy had to take care of a two year old during a blackout. I'm two minutes away from screaming and pulling my hair out

I'm tempted to see if I can't find out if there's a General Pyxis in this world and how much he's like the old man in my Dreams. At least there he's willing to listen to people. I'm still not thrilled about them separating Eren and I but at least Pyxis is letting me help with planning the defense of our home. And is trying to protect Eren too even if he is having to lie about things. Or at least I think his explanation of why Eren can turn into a Titan is a lie. I don't like the idea of Eren's parents okaying him being experimented on by the military.

The plan we come up with is for most of the troops to gather at the far wall, away from the hole and lure as many of the Titans as we can over there to give Eren, Mikasa and their group an easier shot at the hole for Eren as a Titan to plug up with a boulder. I swear to God if he gets his dumbass self killed there I will kick his ass.

I officially hate summer and the heat. Not very scientific, but I could give an analysis of why some people dislike warmer weather.

Personally, I will be staying in my lab as much as possible. Something awesome will happen!

So this is 18, huh? Have to say, it doesn't really feel any different than 17.

Guess I'm officially an adult, even if I'm not legally allowed to drink for another three years.

Laurel decided today that the best way to convince us to agree to take her and her sister to Disney Land every day of summer vacation was to sit us down and give us a presentation on exactly why it would be a waste of money to not go to Disney every day. I'm kind of impressed that she did her research. We've got seasonal passes, because we do go that often and it just made more sense to get them. She did her research on how much it costs for all of us, how much it would cost to buy it individually, and how much money we'd be saving by going every day.

The answer is still no, Disney is a privilege and not an expectation. And she didn't take food and souvenirs into her math. But she is in elementary school and there were hand drawn graphs. So I'm still impressed.

So I finally made it to Hogwarts in the Dreams. And - I really wish my school here had been in a castle but you can’t have everything. They use a hat to sort everyone into their houses and I know that Snape wanted me in Slytherin because he was convinced that’s where he’d go but the hat shouted out Gryffindor when it was put on my head and I went over to that table. Part of me wishes that I’d been put in the same house as him because he was put in Slytherin - then I’d at least know someone. But I’ll make friends. I know I will.

I PASSED

I'm officially able to practice law in California!


Also got a job interview later this week.


Win/Win for a Tuesday!

I have an exciting trip planned to South America. Chile, specifically.

Well, exciting for me, probably a lot more boring for other people. Lots of digging in the dirt.

I’m really starting to question my taste in some of my friends in the Dreams. This girl I hang out with there named Morgan saw Catty and I in the restaurant before Catty time travelled us out of there, landing us in the boys locker room which I still can’t think about without blushing. Here and in the Dreams I’m willing to bet but luckily we have the demerit slips from the coach as proof we were at the school at the same time we were at the restaurant. I don’t think I see it in the Dreams but I can definitely see it here - Morgan’s kind of a bitch. She tried to steal my necklace and then when finding out that the guy we both like in the Dreams, Michael, asked me out tries to convince me that he just wants to take advantage of me so I should be careful. Now I don’t know Michael here and I don’t really know him all that well there but my guydar can not be that far off. He’s a nice guy. And really cute.

And then after that Morgan decided to tell me that I should go see our classmate Serena because she’s a fortuneteller and ask her what the future holds for me when it comes to Michael. I woke up to the slip with my name on it laying on the nightstand so I guess...fun reminder of that entire fiasco?

Hogwarts is massive...I never thought I would get to these dreams, Ams talked about and now I get to dream them.

The sorting hat was a little daunting, but I knew where I belonged, I knew where Amycus belong, same house as our father.

Life is certainly different and when I woke up, I was disappointed, till I discovered...my wand!


I can safety say I haven't blown anything up.

Mid-May is when I will get my results back.

The last four week have seem to drag by....not sure if I can make it another month or so.

So what exactly is the timeline before we can safely assume those damn soldiers are gone? I want to know when I can feel safe going to check on people that are on the ground and not expect to look up and be surrounded by soldiers with their weapons drawn on me.

I lay down for a nap and fall directly into a dream where I got my letter to Hogwarts, finally since I've known that's going to be a part of them for ages, and then went to Diagon Alley to get my school supplies. Including my wand which I did enjoy that part since I didn't choose my wand, it chose me which yes is a very weird sentence but a true one. When I woke up the wand was laying on my pillow and just having it here feels right somehow.

[Magnus Bane]

After practically destroying my room trying to practice using it with my magic - any chance the Institute has a room I could use to practice? Preferably not full of things anyone will be pissed at me for accidentally breaking?

I've never been happier to be able to turn invisible than now. Definitely came in handy this morning when I was on my run.

In a week I will be sitting in a room, taking my exam.

I can' believe it's almost time, where has this month gone?


Time to tighten up on my studying.

Nothing like being at the National History Museum and some guy asking why there are only bones and not a live exhibit for sabertooth cats, as if it would be like a petting zoo or something.

Hey kiddos what vegetable does sailors ban from their ships?

LEEKS!

Anyone else hear that Planters killed Mr. Peanut? I haven't seen the commercial yet, but I just saw the twitter post on it. The best part of it was other corporate twitters responses to it. I wonder what made them decide to kill off an iconic mascot like that.

February 25 and 26, 2020 are the dates set for the bar exam.

It's time to buckle down and to a refresher, so I can ace this test and get a job within a law firm.

I think I just figured out the true reason why we've always gone to England for Christmas with my parents - our lights just came to life and wrapped themselves around Chip. I couldn't even get mad at him for destroying the living room trying to get out of them. Now to figure out what was more heart wrenching during that entire fiasco - his whimpering or the girls crying because their puppy was being hurt. He wasn't actually - just a few patches of fur got torn out.

He's getting extra treats after dinner tonight.

I hope that whoever wrote the sign I found in the teacher's lounge today didn't mean for it to come across as creepy as it did? At the same time I think I am going to give up coffee at work for awhile and just drink water instead...

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We didn't really celebrate Thanksgiving in my family. Dad an I were usually on the road. But I think I'll give baking a turkey a try. Ok, since it's just me it'll be a quail but I can make a sweet potato or something. I'm open to ideas! Come on, people! Give me your best/worst family traditions!

Hello Orange County, I'm Alecto Carrow.

I will be staying here for a long while, getting settled with my family and reconnecting with my best friends.

You'll be seeing me around.

[Lily]

Oh Lily!! SURPRISE!

You know, if I wanted to live in a goddamn winter wonderland I'd move to Canada or something. I'm just glad that I d9nt have to deal with traffic anymore. We've had dozens of accidents since the white stuff started falling. Mostly fender benders, but seems like everyone forgets how to drive as soon as this shit hits the ground. You'd think they'd be used to it after a few years of this.

Chris is excited though. Six-year-olds get excited about the dumbest things. I googled things to do in the snow. We don't have a yard or anything like that, but I think I'll take him to the park after school today to make maple taffy and maybe have a snowball fight. If anyone wants to come along, the more the merrier.

Speaking of Chris, his seventh birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks here. I've got no idea what I'm supposed to do. I guess I could just make reservations at Chuck E. Cheese, but then I'd be expected to pay for all his little friends, wouldn't I? I definitely can't afford that on my salary.

so trying to learn things you didn't know in the dreams is apparently annoyingly slow going. like who invented this peter pan-esque fucking patronus spell. think of something happy and try to cast this spell and nope. apparently that's not working. what kind of fucking happy does this thing need?

napkin has been staring at me in silent judgment since this started.

Well, this little community seems...

... Honestly it seems like it needs a good party. Look, Orange County, you're boring. Except for this strip club I've looked up on google, where's all the fun people? All of this dream talk is putting me to sleep. Though I like that one mention of being locked in a dungeon, if you know what I mean. ;) Shame it doesn't seem to entail any good times.

I'm Isabela and I have a boat. A boat I like to call the party boat, and I think I need to set one up, stat.

Now, I'm not saying the Dreams are real, or even that I'm having them (two weirdass dreams does not make a pattern), but if I never have to see a pack of bunnies chew their way out of their mother's stomach or chew their way through a living human being again it will be way too soon. It was only slightly less disturbing to watch 100,000 rabbits suddenly drop dead en masse.

I need a goddamn drink.

In my Dreams there are these things called teleportation grenades (my squad calls them Future Cubes, which in my opinion is a more creative name). As the name implies, they teleport things from one point to another instantaneously by using two grenades. Or if you use the alternate setting, you can put a large object -- like a tank -- into a space of holding (for lack of better term) until you need it.

They can technically teleport people too...but it's not a pleasant experience. Unless you like the feeling of your insides being on your outsides and then shoved back in again.


....anyway, I found a set in my living room this morning and may have had a little too much fun teleportation things around the apartment.

So what's this place like for Halloween? Big parties? Real ghosts that seem to walk around?

I think my dreams are running with the seasons. First I had a dream I saw the end of the world from the year 5 billion. The last had aliens that appeared like ghosts and brought the dead back to life. Scary movie plots if I ever heard em.

I'm so sad!! It's National Taco Day and I can't eat any tacos!! There are so many foods that I used to eat all the time that I don't realize I miss until they're brought up. I'm just gonna go wallow a little more about not being able to eat tacos today.

sooooo if this week was totally not already awful because someone shot me, i would probably make more of a funny out of everything that was happening. only like shit is trying to seriously fuck with me.

protip: do not get shot. it hurts.

pro-protip: learn magical healing while you can. benefits are great.

I'm not sure what is more disturbing, the dreams or the insane amount of pumpkin spice everything. A bloke can't walk down the street without being assaulted by the stuff. I don't get it. Why is the bloody stuff so popular?

wizarding prison, here i come. well, this is totally lame. can't even count on regrettable prison sex. at least i avoided the dementors. those assholes are the worst and i don't really want to wallow in all of my regrets for the rest of forever. sounds terrible. so good job avoiding that mess.

isabela. i found something for you. i'm presenting it to you...as soon as it gets here because i already bought it. but look at it. it's what's up. i'm linking this here so everyone can buy their own because obviously you all want one, too.

[ooc: pls understand this is NSFW]

In case anyone is interested, Millennium Lint, that's the current name of our band, is playing at [name of club] on Saturday night. It is a 21 and over club, just an FYI. So come check us out.

Also, I'm beginning to run low on that True Blood stuff Pam gave me before she left. I'm not really looking forward to having to figure out how to get blood again once I run out. This is the unfun part of being a vampire. Well, and the part where everyone I love will age and die while I watch. That part isn't fun either.

Round #3 with Hellmaster (may it be the last ever, peace out jerkface) went a little differently then I'm used to - Lord of Nightmares just went whoosh out of my body after Big Bad Destruction happened, no bargaining necessary - but I can't complain. My hair's not blonde, nothing's going into the abysmal toilet of nothingness, it's a good day. Now the next adventure involves finding the Stupid Swordsman a new legendary sword because his got transported back into its rightful overlord, and some idiot village mayor tried to convince me Excalibur was real so I punched him in the face. I don't know how I didn't get arrested but, well, can't complain there either.

In other news, Pete and I are looking for a doctor in our lovely dream community whose got some experience with genetics. We want to get our recently mobile child tested for this mutant gene, and I know there's a couple of you out there who might know someone?

( PM to John Constantine )

You know, aside from having a Facebook that I use mostly to look at car pictures, I can't say I've ever used one of these social media things. One of my coworkers pointed me here after my babysitter bailed last minute and I had to bring my kid brother into work with me.

So, guess I should introduce myself. Name's Leon, 24, and I'm single, ladies. I like surfing, football, basketball, baseball, cars, and locking up criminals.

Oh, and I'm looking for a cheap (like, really cheap. Not that I'm broke or anything. I could still take a girl out for a nice dinner), reliable babysitter who can watch a kid during strange hours until the end of the month.

I'm thinking the most impressive part about these damn stories, dreams, whatever - is that even with the whole slaughtering of weird-ass humanoid creatures (man, they just appear everywhere), I still manage to keep my white suit pristine. These motherfuckers are ugly and straight out of nightmares. They're all teeth and laughs.

Pristine white suit and bringing comrades back from the dead. It's some zombie shit right there, not sure how I ended up with that skill when they were being passed around.

Y'all drink a lot, don't you? I can see why.

i have no idea how i missed it for this long, but i just discovered this movie called machete and it is the funniest thing i have ever watched. the priest is basically the best part of the whole thing.

there's a sequel, too! machete kills. i am totally watching it once i'm done with machete. this is basically the best thing i've ever found. who doesn't like a good movie where a guy kills the bad guys with a machete pretty much the majority of the time?

Dream!me seriously can't catch a break. First there's another battle against Sebastian and his new dark Shadowhunters, which we sort of won; despite not killing Sebastian. Then we got a break for about a week, before we got attacked by more Endarkened and the others escaped to Idris, but not before Izzy and I talked about where out relationship stood and she gave me her necklace to protect me while she was gone, which actually came in handy when some more Endarkened attacked, me, Maia and Jordan, but of course right after I escape the Endarkened, I get kidnapped by some of Maureen's vampire cronies and, still being obsessed with me, she wanted to force me into a relationship with her.

I can only imagine how I'm gonna get out of this one.

Remind me not to move ever again. Despite the fact that El and I didn't have a lot of furniture to actually move, it still took all fucking day. You would have thought we moved across town instead of to an apartment in the same building. At least now though, Eliot has his bed back, or will have it to himself once my new bed is delivered this week.

Speaking of Eliot, this is a very rare picture of him looking very un-Eliot because all of his good clothes were packed away. So of course, I have to share it.

( He's going to hate me. Oh well. )