illusion_is_mine

     This week was good actually.  I had a weird depressive episode at the end of my shift yesterday, but that does happen to me every so often.  

     Speaking of work one of my coworkers I talk to has been sort of annoying me lately.  His name is Eric, and he started following me around to my breaks and lunches after I asked him a simple question (I asked him if he played any Dark Souls games.)  Apparently the guy is a hardcore gamer, and enjoys hanging out with me.  It's normally not a problem, but he has some personality traits that annoy me just a bit.  That being said I guess it's better than eating lunch alone...lol.  He's an okay dude to talk to at work anyway.  

     Needless to say I found out the reason my ex-crush was acting the way he was because he doesn't like Eric at all.  I guess since I hang out with Eric he had a problem with it?  I don't know honestly, but I never realized how petty some guys could be until this situation happened.  It's like dude I can hang out with whoever I want.  Especially considering the fact that the crush doesn't really talk to me much besides polite formalities.  If he likes me he should just say so, and stop with the annoying passive aggressive behavior one day, and being overly nice to me another.  I can't deal with that type of behavior at all.  My coworker said she heard him mentioning that he doesn't have a gf so I'm not sure what the truth is with him.  Basically it's team no one right now.  I'll just keep doing me, and if people don't like it then that's on them. 

     Quoting Marina "You make be good looking but you're not a piece of art."  That's how I feel about the crush at this point.  I'm realizing even though he's good looking he has horrible personality traits, and it might be best if I just steer clear.  My friend is convinced he's a fuck boy, and she's probably right.  

     That aside I've been playing lots of Fallout 3 since I got my GOTY edition for my Xbox 360.  I also bought the Mass Effect Trilogy and decided to start that series properly by starting in order.  

     I'm finally going to see Black Panther tomorrow with my mom.  I'm excited!  Especially after hearing how great of a film it is.  I guess that's all for now.  Also yay for "Get Out" winning best screenplay at the Oscars last night.  It deserved it because it's a great film. :)

 So this week was okay.  This past Saturday my friend Elisabeth, and I went to the movies to see Logan.  It turned out to be really good!   I was really impressed with the plot, and the acting of the girl who played is daughter.  Word of warning if you're going to see this movie it gets very emotional towards the end.  In marvel fashion people stayed after the credits only to realize that there was no extra footage after the movie ended lol.  During the previews they showed a preview for a movie called "The Circle."  The plot seems super interesting, and totally up my ally since I tend to like dystopian type plots.  After that we grabbed a bite to eat, and we decided to call it a night.  

As for music I've been listening to the "Self Titled" Deftones album a lot lately.  I really dig the first track off that album a lot.  Their music always makes me wish I had a 7 string guitar.  I love their overall sound a lot.  I've also been listening to My Dying Bride, and a little bit of K-pop here and there because it keeps me awake at work.  

As for gaming I just recently purchased the HD Remaster of the first Resident Evil game, Mortal Kombat XL, and Battlefield 4.  I've been enjoying all of them so far.  Resident Evil looks really good remastered, and I've been working my way through the mansion pretty easily as Jill.  The first time I played it I played it as Chris, and failed miserably because he doesn't get nearly advantages as Jill does initially at the start of the game.  As for Mortal Kombat XL I was pleased that I still remembered a lot of the characters combos from the older games.  The fatalities are a lot easier on the newer game which sort of makes me sad, but it's not a huge issue.  The game is really gorey, but of course that doesn't bother me in the slightest.  I like the single player content for this game a lot more than Street Fighter V.  Capcom could take a lesson from this game on how to make decent single player content for Street Fighter in the future.  

Also I finally managed to get a copy of Xenoblade Chronicles for the Wii!  It's arriving today in the mail so I'm looking forward to it. :D

As for books I have kindle unlimited for 60 days so I've been taking advantage of that.  Right now I'm still reading "Ash" by Malinda Lo, Valis by Philip Dick, "Between Heaven and Hell" by David Burnett, and Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

 Well I decided not to go to Akon this weekend.  The main reason I didn't go is because my friend ended up having to work, and I just didn't want to spend the money only to go by myself.  Going to any sort of convention alone is a real drag.  I went alone one year and I was absolutely miserable.  That said since I had today off anyway I just decided to spend most of the day doing a few things around the house, and watch some movies.  Some of the movies were good, and some had crappy endings.  

I watched a few movies with Amber Heard in them.  I'll never understand why people spew such vitriol against domestic violence victims.  I get people love Johnny Depp or whatever, but that shouldn't cloud anyone's judgement about how he treats his wife.  He's more than capable of being a violent asshole, and has a history of being violent.  Either way I'm rooting for Amber Heard because she's pretty brave to speak out about the abuse despite being bashed by the public.  The only thing people seem to see is that he's Johnny Depp and he couldn't possibly do something like that.  I guess it shatter's their perfect/idol image of them and they can't come to grips with it.  I usually believe the victim in these cases.  I've been seeing so many misogynistic comments about her on social media it makes me sick.  I've never been a fan of Johnny Depp anyway, and I guess that's why I'm not shocked or surprised at all about any of this.

The movies I watched or re-watched were:

• Jennifer's Body (I love this movie sfm!)
• All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)
• And Soon The Darkness (2010)
• Circle (2015)

I've also been listening to some new music.  I got the new Katatonia album, and I got my vinyl/CD version of the new Lacuna Coil album.  I also listened to the new Thrice album which is pretty awesome.  I really dig all the songs including this one.  I really love that song off their new album.  I remember listening to "The Illusion of Safety", and now to the new album and thinking their sound matured so much over the years. I have to go to work tomorrow, and Monday (boo overtime D:)  So I'm going to go do some reading or watch dvds.  

 This week was good.  My cousin decided to throw a going away party for my aunt who's going to Kuwait in January.  She'll be gone for 45 days, and then she'll be coming home.  She works for the military, and she's always been the adventurous type so she's really set on going.  The party was fun.  My mom's sister has a daiquiri shop that also serves food so that's where they had the party.  It was a good atmosphere, and it was nice spending time with family and friends.

So Christmas is next week, and I'm getting into the Christmas spirit slowly but surely.  My mom made Christmas cookies today that turned out great.  My parent's are also having some renovating done on their master bathroom so we've had people coming and going working in the bathroom.  They'll be finished with part of it tomorrow, and then other people are coming to do the flooring part.  

Tomorrow my mom and I are supposed to finish up on some Christmas shopping.  I have to get gifts for a few other people, and I refuse be caught in the last minute crowd next week so we're doing it tomorrow.  

As for fandom related things I saw the new X-Men: Apocalypse trailer recently, and I have to say I was impressed.  I didn't expect much going in because many of the X-Men films are really hit or miss, but judging from the trailer this one is going to be very interesting.  I'll hold my final judgement until I actually see the film, but the trailer seems promising.  I'm a huge fan of the comics, and honestly I need to revisit the "Age of Apocalypse" arc in the original comics. 

 Since I can never think of a title I feel like that one fits.  I'm sitting here watching "Pretty in Pink", and realizing that I'm a sucker for 80's movies.  I like a lot of 70's movies too because I like the occasional occult horror films from that era, and the 70's horror films in general.  Netflix always helps give my fix for those sort of films whenever I'm in the mood for them.  So far I've watched Twin Peaks, some of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), 3 Women, The Prophecy, and a few others.  

Aside from that I've been watching "Game of Thrones" lately, and I enjoy it!  I was initially apprehensive about starting that series, but I do like period based shows so I figured I would give it a try.  It's a pretty good show with a lot of action going on constantly.  The people in the capital are pretty ruthless just like I figured they would be.  King Jeoffrey is a masochistic douche-bag, and his mother isn't that much better.  I do like John Snow, and I feel really bad for him.  Anyway I'm on season 3 now so things have been getting interesting.  I'll be caught up with the series before I know it.

I decided on getting myself a Nintendo Wii for my birthday.  I'm going to order it this Friday whenever I get payed.  I asked a friend for some game recommendations, but she's more of a Nintendo DS person so she couldn't offer too much help.  I've been browsing amazon trying to find some games I might like.  I haven't played any current video games in years so I have a lot of catching up to do.  I did find a few games that I think I might like.  

I've been having issues with my car since yesterday.  I went to drive to the store that afternoon but my engine light came on.  My dad called a family friend, and he's going to look into it, and try to fix the problem.  There goes that money I had saved up.  Oh well...

I told my sister I was considering getting a tattoo and she was like "YOUR GETTING THE TATTOO!  I'M NOT LETTING YOU BACK OUT ON THIS!  I'LL GO WITH YOU!"  lol.  My sister is pretty crazy.  I know she's serious though so I guess I'd better get ready for it xD!  

Happy belated Valentines day to you all.  Last week was good.  Last Wednesday my family took my grandmother out to eat for her birthday.  We had a great time, and it felt wonderful spending time with my family again.  It was just a few of us, but my grandmother felt loved on her birthday. :)

I got a few things I ordered last week, and I'll post pics of everything once it all comes.  It's mostly music, a dvd, and some clothes.  I got pretty good deals on everything so I was happy about that.  

My mom really wants to see "50 Shades of Gray" at the movies, ( Read more... )

 Since last week was my birthday I ended up being busy most of the week.  As I mentioned in the previous post the concert was last Thursday, and it was awesome!  I got to meet Lacuna Coil which was a very pleasant surprise.  It didn't hit me until it was finally my turn to meet the band, and for the most part I couldn't really figure out what to say to them except for the usual "Hi"  lol.