Young Women's and Excellence is this week! Got my princess dress and half my faith project done- now just have to decide what else to present. My sister suggested a sculpture from last year, and I thought maybe a few drawings I'm really proud of? Like my Alphonse Elric profile pic on FFN?
Okay, I've got three or four things to talk about. That's it. As to how long it'll take for me to talk about them... we'll see.
I AM FINALLY DONE WITH PE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE! The class I have for 2nd semester instead of PE is Psychology. So far... I'm still trying to figure out how the teacher teaches. As far as I understand, he takes a few minutes to discuss a section of the book with us, and wants us to learn the vocab words, and... that's all I got. *really confused* Are we supposed to study outside of class too? I'm too nervous to ask...
I made two friends on my first day! They were nice enough to see me sitting by myself and started talking with me. The first girl is really nice, and the second girl actually is more like me than either of us (or Blondie- I told her about it later) expected. Like, she loves to draw (but she does it a lot more than me), she wears glasses, she plays percussion in the school band (and I play at home), and she loves FMA!!! *fangirl shriek*
I'M NOT EVEN KIDDING! If she had seen as much as me, we would love it the same amount!
And u no FMA iz mi lief.
I have been bringing one of the volumes every day to read throughout school. Honestly, I could read more than one book, but I don't want to make myself accidentally lose focus. I just tend to have enough free time throughout the day to do it.
But yeah. On the second day, I whipped out volume... 12? And she gasped and said that she loved it and I gasped back and was like "Whatareyouseriousthatisawesome!"
She told me they were the first manga she ever read, because her friend told her to read them (and I guess she was borrowing all of the books from that friend) and got so close to the end when suddenly her friend said she would stop letting her borrow them! She had read 25 out of 27 books!!! What a butthole of a friend!
So she had died when her friend said that, and had always wanted to know how the series ended (with good reason; that ending was SICK). And here I am, a huuuuge fan, who actually owns all of the books! (I am more and more thankful as time goes by that my parents got them for me.) So, we made plans for her to borrow a few at a time, from the very beginning, so that she will get to read the whole thing! And maybe later she can watch some of the animes and movies! (She didn't know there were movies!)
She is always super busy though, so I wonder how long it'll take for her to actually get to read all of them. As long as it happens before the end of the school year, it's cool with me. And as long as she doesn't lose any of my precious books!
Apart from that, nothing super interesting has happened this week, besides that now I'm actually wearing jewelry to school (usually just a pair of earrings I got at Claire's. *giggle* I have so many, and most of them are really casual and random and silly, so I don't actually look fancy. That's perfectly fine, since I feel weird if I'm dressed up at school. (...Although I'm getting more used to that because of Niisan Tie Day.)
Oh wait! We went to a stake dance yesterday. *sweat drop* Like the sockhop a few months ago, but this one had no theme. We went with Kay, but the guy driving us was... (Thinking of a code name...) Chulo? I mean, my sister likes that he talks kinda ghetto Spanish, and has that accent in English. I give him the name Chulo! *does knighting ceremony*
Of course, we got dressed up (not as much as last time, but we were all still nice) and... had little fun at the party. Seriously, these people not only request songs that are impossible to dance to, but they didn't do much dancing to the ones you could! There was a lot of slow dances too, which wasn't fantastic considering we were three girls and one guy, and Kay was often separating from us to talk with her other friends from her ward.
At least we got to meet some guy named Ricky who seemed to be having the time of his life. If we were at some party with beer, he probs would be the guy who drank way too much. But, this being a party with only chocolate, cookies, and water, then you know that's what he's really like.
I shall continue with my retelling of Winter Break. I finished with the second Monday, right?
Tuesday, we just lazed around until the afternoon, when we went to my sister's friend's house for a movie night. Unfortunately, almost no one could make it. I got to see part of The Raven (which I was really enjoying- I've heard there's a new series that's based off Edgar Allen Poe too, something like The Calling? I should find out for sure), when I ended up being picked up to go to the house of a family from our old branch, where my mom currently was. So I got to see Elenita and her sister! I was talking and stuff with them for hours. So worth it. Psh, I can watch the rest of The Raven some other time.
The next day was New Year's Eve! In the evening, we went to a party at a Spanish brach near my aunt's house, since the one for our old branch got cancelled! We went with a family who I think I haven't given any names to on here... And while there, we saw Loki (see "Comic Con!") and his family. It just wasn't as fun as the other branch's, but at least we could still dance and talk and drink cider together when it turned midnight. (I choked on my first sip- perhaps foreboding something that'll happen soon? What a great way to start the year.) I also texted with Allakai a little, since we hadn't talked since I went to Utah. I'm sorry, we've been busy!
I was gonna continue, but this is just getting too long. I'll tell the last part of Winter break net week.
There had been some time during that break (right before the... *shiver* ...Victoria's Secret event) when I suddenly wanted to write as many names as I could think of for the FMA characters... if they were the opposite gender. That's pretty common in the fandom, and I wondered if I'd do a better job. (Some people chose unnatural names, in my opinion, or they didn't change the name at all.) Some of them came out pretty amusing and so perfect; like, Roy Mustang became Ramona Mustang. Is it just me, or is he totally a Ramona? It's difficult to figure out his appearance as a girl, though.
I suddenly remembered one or two weeks after I made a huge list of names (while reading an FMA book and saw one of the extras) that everyone in Mustang's team had a code name (except Mustang himself), so I guess, in the gender bent world, most of them would actually be named Jacqueline and use the code name "Jean" or something like that- basically reversing the names and code names. If I changed everyone's gender in FMA, though, then the military would be totally dominated by females. *big blink* *whispers* Just something to think about.
I'd actually later had a dream that I suddenly turned into a guy. It was a bit terrifying.
I wrote a short excerpt, I guess you can call it, for if I actually made a whole story about gender bent FMA, that introduces Team Mustang. I'll probs add to it when I think of more. (Note that, like some people believe, Female!Ed and Al would probably keep their nicknames the same, so that's why they're referred to like that here, despite being girls. ...Actually, I wasn't totally sure if I could change Alphonse to Ally, because it just seemed even crueler to put a little girl in the armor than a boy. I wuv him too much to do that. It can go either way here.)
Eden kicked the door open, grabbing the attention of the people inside.
"Hey, Chief." She looked over, seeing a slender blonde leaning back in her chair, her feet kicked up onto her desk. Jacqueline Havoc, the laid-back one. She always has a cigarette hanging out her lips if she can get away with it. Let's just say she has street smarts.
"How are you?" the lieutenant next to her asked. She was heavier, yet still retained some of her figure. Her reddish hair just barely reached her shoulders. Hayley Breda was great at strategizing- she was rarely caught slacking off.
"Eh," Ed muttered to them as she plopped down on the sofa, then waited for her sibling to sit too before immediately taking as much space as possible.
"Someone's not in a good mood," commented lightly the Master Sergeant. Her black hair was always tied back in a ponytail to keep it out of her work. The bespectacled Kate Fuery was usually seen with a radio or other gadget in her hands.
"Is she ever in a good mood?"
"Yeah, when you aren't around."
"Ouch, Bre! You're hurting my feelings!" Havoc dramatically placed her hands over her heart.
"So where's the Colonel?" Ed interrupted.
"Out," Hayley replied.
"She had to go investigate a case. The one that happened on the bridge." Ed's head turned to the member that spoke the least in the group. She was the oldest, yet had one of the lowest ranks. What the gray-haired woman didn't have in combat skill, she made up in plenty of other talents that held much value. Vanessa Falman, the walking encyclopedia.
"Oh, yeah. That thing in the newspaper, right?"
"When will she be back?" Al asked.
"Most likely after lunch. I'm sure she would rather eat out instead of coming for cafeteria food."
Eden groaned and made the motion to leave when the door opened again.
In walked the Colonel. She was a beautiful woman who looked young for her age, with seemingly effortless black hair down her back and eyes that were lit with determination and a bit of mischief. Ramona Mustang had a lot of ambition, and the higher-ups did not enjoy watching her climb the ranks.
Behind her was the only male of the group, Rick Hawkeye. The blond was always composed, always prepared. Nicknamed "Mustang's babysitter", the sniper with a very sharp eye was very reliable and loyal, but also able to make decisions for his and the others' safety, even if it disobeyed orders, and was a vital part of missions.
"Hey, Boss! You're back already?"
"Yes. There wasn't much to see." She paused and rolled her eyes at the position of the 2nd Lt. "Could you at least try to be ladylike?"
Breda snickered while Havoc dropped her legs back to the floor and smirked. "As if any of us are ladylike."
"You're the least ladylike."
"Actually, I think the better example here is Fullmetal," Breda pointed out, and they all looked over to the couch where she sat.
Eden flinched when all eyes were on her, not having paid attention to the conversation, but quickly regained her usual attitude. "Whaddaya lookin' at, beeyotches?"
"You just proved it to them, Ed!" Al sighed, slapping a hand on the face of the helmet.
K bai!
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