Cleaning bores and irritates me. But I prefer to keep things very clean so not to worry about a bulk of cleaning at a certain time of week.

Electrical work? Bah. Not many problems show themselves at a time in my dwelling, luckily. I'd try to fix it myself before having someone come in to fix it.

Cleaning is quite annoying in my opinion ... haha

I usually find cleaning obnoxious but lately it's been fun. *is weirded out*

I'm gonna get an associates in Science, heading towards Vet Med. I get animals, and they get me. I've thought about doing it for a while, but I was afraid I would end up with no more feeling for animals. Also...>.> I've acquired an African Grey named Chet. Still not sure how that happened, but I am now the proud owner of an extremely tempermental bird who loves to poop on me and constantly likes to inform me that 'It's time to eat' and loves to make a sound that resembled a dying zombie. 0.0'''

But anywho, I'll be majoring in Vet Med, after eight years of slaving over books, lmao, and minoring in Business Administration.

And it's not anything anyone has said Tachigami. Stating the cold hard facts. I come from scum, I've lived like scum. Living with my Aunt is the nicest place I've ever been in. It's weird. I had an old lady in the neighborhood come up to me today to play twenty questions. Weird.

I hate cleaning. It's never been fun. Maybe because being the oldest child I had to clean up after a thousand screaming brats. Not literally, of course.

Kisu, that's great! Maybe a little odd that your African Grey makes dying zombie sounds, but otherwise great that you're headed toward something you love to do! Leaving the negativity and bad past behind is the best way to move forward, after all, but never forget where you came from.
Come now. You're not the only one. I may have lived well off with my family but once I left, I headed downhill very fast. Luckily I found someone, one someone, who slapped me around enough to get me back out of the scum and doing better now. Since she's around I'll not go back there. As long as you have a reason to move forward, why go back?

What? I'd say that's weird. Maybe beyond simply 'weird'.

I clean houses for extra money. Not bad at all. I charge ten bucks an hour. Made forty easy today. But, I hate cleaning. I'm just good at it. I wish I could forget, lmao. I'm a better person when I do. Now that I'm home, it's probably gonna be a lot of pot for me. v.v I hope I can stick with the college and work. I wanna improve my life, and my Aunt knows how to get there, and has so many helpful connections, like the freaking mayor and dean of Dacc.

It's not something I'm whining about, trust me. It's made me who I am. I may not trust people, but I know how to live on my own, I know how to survive without anything. Doesn't mean I'll stay scum. I don't plan on going back. And as much as I want to forget, at the same time, I want just as badly to remember, as strange as that must sound. It reminds me of why I'm doing this and the goals I have for myself.

I guess I can't really blame her. My clothes are definately not the best, and this is a very very high class neighborhood. It's obvious I don't really belong in it. She was probably part of the neighborhood watch or some stupid group.

I'd rather clean yards. Wait... I already do that. Basically clean people's yards, trim their trees, cut their grass, plant their flowers and whatnot. That's amazing, though. Why can't I know important people? I know a crazy girl and her crazy kid, and a few others. Important to me, of course. I'm glad I know them.

I'm not whining either. It's not really helpful, is it? Trust few and remember your past so you don't make the same stupid mistakes again. You can easily rise out of the trashy past you came from to be more than anyone could conceive. It's not strange at all, really. I know my mistakes, and acknowledge them, as should everyone who came from the same situations.

Maybe. Something like profiling, but I understand paranoia.

XD I wish I could do some landscaping. As for right now, when people want me to do outside work, I don't trim or cut anything, I just pull off the dead parts of flowers and I'll plant new ones where they want. -shrug- I don't like any of it, but a job's a job, and I'll do it.

It's very helpful. If you knew my life, lol, you'd understand how many times those skills have come in handy. Hopefully, I will be able to make something of myself. It's weird for me. Like today, I had lunch with one of the best lawyers in this state. He came down from Chicago just to visit my aunt. Before he left he handed me a buisness card and told me to call him if I needed help with anything, and he'd been glad to help 'Such a smart and polite young lady'. And the only thing I could think was how years ago I lived in a trailer with no heat, no air, no electricity in the middle of the country. It's amazing. I'm glad I can make an impression on such important people. I don't think I could have gotten into college without the knowing the dean, either. Or maybe I could have gotten in, but without her urging me to do so, I never would have tried. I think this is the closest I've ever been to being proud of myself, even though it's my aunt's connections, I feel like I'm the one making an impact on them, you know?

-shrug- I don't know. I just tried to be nice, and I gave her one of those fancy cards I had to pay too much to get printed. So we shall see what becomes of it.

I don’t usually let it get out of hand. If someone wants something drastically changed, they’ll need to call an expert landscaper.

That’s amazing. Perhaps if I could just be more outgoing I’d be able to befriend or even meet some people like that. But this social phobia I have... It’s murder, really it is. Probably stopped me from a lot of life-changing decisions and meetings.
But you know what? Despite being taken advantage of my whole life, lied to and cheated out of almost everything I had to live for, I’ve become a massive motivational speaker for the ones who know me, for those who just sometimes... come to me out of the blue, as though they knew I could at least offer kind words in a time of trouble in their lives. I take my bad past and turn it into a good future, if not for me, for those around me. Sometimes, you just need someone to push you to make the right decision, or you’ll never even try.
Whether or not you’re proud of yourself, you’d better believe that I am, regardless of whether I’ve ever really met you, because you’re working to turn your life around and that’s always something to admire in someone.

Heh, really. Well, let’s hope she’ll take the gesture on a good note.

That's very true. I owe my aunt a lot. She's a very, very smart woman, with tons of life experiance and tons of helpful advice. I have a hard time speaking with people, but it's very common for us to stay up late chatting. I owe her tons. ^u^

I have a friend I call Signora, who is the sweetest but toughest girl I've ever known. She's set me straight so many times I can't even begin to repay her. You'd better let your aunt know you appreciate her every day. I can't do it for Signora, she'll hit me for being a wussy. So she says.

Her sense of humor keeps a pessimist's life lighthearted.

That's her actual name? Interesting. I try to...but she gets mad at me. Says I say thank you too much. 0.0' I'm just trying to show her I am so grateful for everything. She's driving me all around too, helping me go to the college, cause it's on the other side of town, and she says that's too far too walk, lmao.

No, no! Sorry, I called her Signora once and she liked the 'name'. Actually she likes the Italian accent in general. I usually forget her real name sometimes because I basically call her that, and it's usually what she goes by. Seems your aunt and my friend are a lot alike. Signora tends to get annoyed if I say 'thank you' too much. So I do every week. Just say thank you for being there in general. She doesn't do much more than just be there, but that's more than enough.

Hey all... that sounds like a good reason to say thank you... people who are just there for you and you know they are.

Good day, Maiden! Or, morning, is it? I can never remember!

Although I'd agree one hundred percent. A perfect reason to thank one's friend or family member, it's the best we can do sometimes.

Oh, Maiden, I'm on my Sims while here as well, do you think a Sim version of Alden (from the waist up of course because obviously we don't have merfolk bottoms in the game) would be interesting? I may be able to forge a figure of him. Would like the challenge as well.

You could always try it. It's afternoon here... 4pm... Wed... which amuses me. I am going to town for supper so I will be a little late getting back on tonight. Sorry for the delay in our story. Actually my kids are late to class so... I might be able to read and respond now...

I tell you what, in some cases my game lacks a lot of detail. But only where it's needed! In other cases it's perfect. This is one case. Hmph.
Anyway... I can never get used to such drastic time differences, apologies for my forgetfulness! The world confuses me. But that's quite all right, I know most others have a life and things to do. No need to apologize! And certainly no need to rush, really. Do reply when you feel you can. I can keep myself busy.

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Also, I just uploaded the screenshot of Alden! Sorry for the place in which it was taken, daylight pictures usually aren't the best considering my computer.

He is kinda lanky in that one. Oh well, love the hair.

No worries on time difference. We have our own world existing on here where time doesn't make much of a difference most of the time.

True, but it was as close as I could get without odd proportions. His head already looks a bit bigger than it should be.

I suppose you're right! Sometimes it's just a bit scattered is all, a place in which time doesn't seem to have much relevance. Unless you're talking time limits in threads, in which there tend to be made up by the thread leaders themselves.

Speaking of which, I've been thinking about a new contest. What do you think should be next?

hmmm... how about an avi contest? Have some rules like only red and silver items used...

Ohhh, Avi contest sounds fun...-sneaks off to check gold.

And yes, it's a nice feeling, sometime, knowing that someone is there. It's a bit daunting, too. I feel like it's one more person to let down sometimes. But, I'm just gonna try my butt off and hope it's worth it.

An avi contest... That sounds good. I'll have to think about a theme, though, maybe color scheme.

You just have to try. If you fail, you fail. Some things just happen, you can't stop it. We're both working to outrun that fail, though. Let's hope we can run fast enough!

Hi guys! How's it going?

Not bad, Papi. I'll admit I woke up an hour ago, so I was really slacking today. That ought to show my staying up until three thirty in the morning!

What do you think about an avi contest next, though? I'm considering the idea right now.
It may be a while before the contest is up, though, I'd like to spread them out a bit.

I've been looking trough job postings all day. heh

That sounds like fun! I just hope I have enough things to meet whatever theme you come up with. ^^