Yeah, kinda.

If you go to the Forum and go to Exchange and get to the Price thing, it has topics for each year and each collectible/event item :D It's how I am choosing them xD

Augh, man...

I REALLY want Steampunk Gear, but the people offering it want way more than I have. XD

Also REALLY want Voodoo Doll Skin and Cloak of Death, but they're always part of a set, and no one wants to break the sets. -_-

I unno, I made some list in my art thread xD ha ha. I don't remember what I put lol

I'm such a hoarder. I've got loads of stuff I should probably sell, but I keep thinking "but.. if I keep it longer I could get so much more gold for it later!" >.> Maybe I should take a look at the exchange guide though, and try to sell something. Not that I have anything to do with the gold really.

I think the only reason I am not a hoarder of CIs is the fact that paying for those is pretty inconvenient for me xD Though now that they're in USD, I could get a good deal by paying with euros. I ordered a lot of stuff from the States and saved a lot of money this year. xD

I guess the worst was a pair of elf ears. I just had to buy them, they were hand-made and I wanted to support the artist. xD Only thing is that I don't really know an occasion where I could wear them.

Haha, that sounds really cool. Wear them to parties! :D

Wear them anywhere :D ha ha. It'd be interesting having people go "OMG! You have elf ears?!" and stuff!

It's why I like wearing my pin hat, fish hat, and my gothic lolita dress xD and having weird hair :D I get to be unique and make people cock their heads lol

DAMN YOU PATTY D:< You are your hoarding and not needing money!

It definitely isn't the reason I wear the stuff I wear and dye my hair crazy colours and put dreads in it.. but it sure makes for an easy start of a conversation, which helps since I can be socially retarded sometimes.

YES I AM. So there. What'choo gonna do about it?

I just like being weird lol xD but I wouldn't waste money on elf ears if I never planned on wearing them! xD I rather just wear them and stuff! I dress how I want to :3 but reactions are priiiiiceless.

IMMA HACK AND MUG YOUR AVATAR'S ASS D:<

I wear the stuff I wear because I like how it looks. And if some people think it's too dramatic or it looks stupid, then that's their problem. Though it can be kind of funny when they react in an extreme way.

I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY. And you'd need to find my mule anyway, because that's where I store most of it.

This is making me feel like I sound bad xD I dress the way I dress because, honestly, I love it. I was the FIRST goth at my middle school, probably the first goth in my town, actually. Hot Topic didn't exist here yet and I got the clothes from my step mom who was the manager of the Hot Topic in Arizona somewhere xDD I've always dressed because I liked it xD Hell, wore a hideous jacket for three years in elementary school just because I liked it xDD I just like laughing at the weird looks I get too 8D

xDDD I'LL SICK MY HACKING KEVIN ON YOU D:<
Just kidding :3
I like earning my stuffs.

Haha no worries, I know what you mean, silly.

I like earning my stuff too, but I do prefer real life stuff and other internet things to Mene.

Man, it's raining like a motherfuck. And it's foggy as hell too, which is weird. It never gets foggy in Iceland..

Hot Topic. Oh man. Don't get me started on that place.

I miss my dogs augh! The worst part is they're at my mom's house, RIGHT ACROSS THE FUCKIN' STREET but I can't go see them!

I'm definitely glad we don't have Hot Topic in Finland. Or at least I will not allow it to land on our shores. xDD

Erik, I can only imagine how fucking infuriating that is!!! D< Wait until your mom and anyone else in the house are gone and break in and steal them (or reclaim ownership if we don't want to make it sound ethically questionable)!!!

Those places are fucking everywhere here, augh. And I am, unfortunately, subject to the infuriating "did you get that at Hot Topic" CONSTANTLY. It's maddening. *grinds teeth*

My mom DID buy them, and pays for their food and vet bills and such, and as of now I have nowhere to live myself, let alone space for a dog (or two). I was always the one who gave them attention and took them out on walks and made sure they were fed every day. Sigh.

Just start wearing a tag saying "no, I fucking didn't get it at Hot Topic". xD

It's one thing to pay for the food and vets, but it's raising and taking care of the dogs that matters just as much! D: Though I wasn't entirely serious earlier, I'll have to agree. I wouldn't take a dog into a tiny apartment - even though I have wanted to for at least 18 years of my life (one year went in learning to express myself in the language of humans xD). I'd rather wait until I have the space so that the poor thing doesn't have to stay indoors 24/7 like I. xDD

I would but I've grown very fond of giving people who ask my most condescending and pitying expression possible. I'm a jerk and I love it. XDD

Exactly. As much as I hate to say it, those dogs are better off staying where they are for now, until I can get my life in order. There's also two parrots who are rather neglected as well. I became very very fond of them. I miss them as well. :/

Erik, that sucks about your dogs. :c I really hope things start working out better for you!

I've never been to a Hot Topic, but from what I've seen online and the people that talk about it, it's not a place I'm very curious about. I probably would've loved it when I was a teenager though, sadly.

My family is thinking about going on a vacation this summer, I thought I was going to stay home all summer but things might be changing! There's this website that is basically house swapping, and we found this amazing apartment really close to Barcelona - it's quiet and far away from the city enough for my parents to like it, and there's a train right by it going to Barcelona center for me and my brother, it's right by a beach, it's got a swimming pool, enough beds for all of us.. ahhh I'm really hoping we'll get it. I've never been to Spain, Barcelona sounds amazing. :D

Yeah, things have been rough for a few years. XD Things are bound to get better soon. I hope.

Augh that sounds amazing! O_O I hope you guys get it! I've not really even been out of the country. And barely out of state, too. Bleh.

Things can only get better from now on, I hope. I like the philosophy that when life gives you hell and you lose things that were important to you, maybe life is telling you you don't need those things anymore and you should view it as a fresh start. I dunno how applicable that is in your own life and I know it can and usually is more complicated than that.. but I think it's a good way of looking at things. I used to dislike people who would always say everything happened for a reason, but I've started realising that even if I don't quite believe it myself, it's a really good way of looking at life. It helps to get rid of regrets and to get over things.

Yeah, I'm really excited. Which usually jinxes things, I should try and stop thinking about it. And not talk about it to anyone else. I swear, every time I get excited about things that might happen and talk about it to other people before they are absolutely confirmed, they always fall through. I need to learn to keep my mouth shut. >.<

Yeah, everyone has a different situation, and it really is impossible to completely understand what anyone else is going through, even if you've "been through something similar" or even "been through the same thing." It's never the same. But it is good to try to think about things like they happened the way they should have, when it comes to the past. That way you don't spend a whole lot of time beating yourself over things you "could have done better" and whatnot. As for the future, I still don't know how I should think about it, though. People like to think they have control over what happens in their future, but they really don't. But they're not powerless, either... I've met people who were SO deep-seated in predestination that they never really tried very hard socially. And it showed. *rolls eyes*
WOW I AM RAMBLING.

I know how that is. O_O
Everything good that happens to me falls through, and I always end up thinking I jinxed it by talking about it. I like to think I'm above such things (and the Zodiac, and horoscopes, and scary things living in the mirror, and the slender man watching me from the window...) but I'm not as reasonable as all that. XDD

Also, forgive me if nothing I say makes sense, my brain is fried, and when it's fried it speaks in a different language. I start word-vomiting without putting the things I say through that process of making them intelligible for other human beings. XDD

No worries man, you're making perfect sense. P: And yeah, I know what you mean. Predestination doesn't mean you never have to work for things.. things will only come to you if you seek them out. But it's good to think that the past happened the way it did because it was supposed to, and not keep thinking "what if..". That's just a waste of time.
The future.. is just a big mystery. You can try to affect it, but even if you do, it'll probably surprise you by changing things. I hardly ever plan things and just let things happen. I used to think about the future a lot and plan, both short and long term ahead, but I'd always just end up disappointed. I definitely prefer this way of living.. spontaneity is so good for you. I might have vague plans, like.. I'll probably go back to uni in the fall and finish my degree, and I would like to go to Egypt during reading week with my friend if we can afford it, and I might move in with him and our one other friend.. but I'm also aware all of those plans might change and so I don't build up too much expectation in any of them, and that way I don't get disappointed. And I'm able to enjoy whatever happens.
Do I sound like a goddamn hippie? I sure feel like one when I talk about this shit. Oh well.

My biggest issue in my life right now is that I am completely unable to be independent. I rely on other people for everything, I have no job, I only have a high school degree, no insurance, etc. I am an EXTREMELY spontaneous person by nature, and I hate waiting for the things I have taken the time to plan out. I'm the kind of person who does things as he feels like it, which has so far proven to give me hit-or-miss results. Usually miss. XP
I also have this interesting medley of disorders that can often render me pretty much useless for long periods of time, which definitely doesn't help my efforts to be independent. I've depended on one or two people at a time my entire life, which has always been stressful for them and for me, and all of the people I grow to trust with my life end up leaving rather violently. *rolls eyes* I do great with people when they are complete strangers, or mild acquaintances, but when people start getting closer than that I have this knee-jerk reaction of fleeing. XD But then on occasion I stick to someone like a leech and never let go. XDD

...Wow, I hate talking about myself. I could very well go back and delete it all, but I don't see the point, so I'll ramble just this once. XDD

I unno what's being talked about 8D hi.

'Lo. I am reading. Whatcha up to?