There is no Fourth Wall

Fruit Bat and I watched a movie tonight from 2002. The Crocodile Hunter movie. (May Steve Irwin rest in peace.)
I say this purely from amusement.
There is an element in films, known as the fourth wall. It is the invisible barrier that keeps the actors separate from the viewer- the fourth wall is said to be "broken" when an actor interacts directly with the audience i/e- smiles directly into the camera, winks at the camera, speaks to the camera, etc.
If you want to see some spectacular breakings of the fourth wall, I recommend Spaceballs- where the actors actually kill a camera technician, or Blazing Saddles, where they break off the set.
However, in this particular movie- there IS NO FOURTH WALL. It has been demolished, never to return.
Fan's of Steve Irwin's show will know that that's just the way he ran it- speaking directly to the viewer about whatever was going on. That is neither good, bad, or indifferent- but it sure made movie night more funny.

TNR and Honors

I realized today that I should probably update on here. Why? Well, because I haven't in a while. Not that it really matters, I mean no one reads this blog. I feel like you and I are just talking to ourselves Vulpecula. Am I right? I think so.

*pouts*

Ah well, there isn't anything wrong with rambling to ourselves!!! YAYS!!!

Anyways, I'm applying for the Honors Program! I'm very excited about it. I'm a little annoyed though. While I was filling out the info online I realized that I forgot to ask the lady in the Registrars Office what my SAT scores were. Now I have to make another trip down there tomorrow. It must be done.

You all remember the feral cats on campus, yes? I know Vul and I have mentioned them in passing. Well, I'm attempting to start a TNR Program on campus for the cats. For those of you unfamiliar with TNR it stands for, "Trap-Neuter-Return." Basically you trap feral cats, take them to a Humane Society that offers TNR, and they spay/neuter the cats, give them their shots, and de-worm them all for free! Then you take the cat back to where you caught her and let her go. Afterwards you continue to take care of them and monitor their health.

What I want to do is start a program so that the cats on campus will get food, but not be able to reproduce and cause more feral cats. The only problem; the one and ONLY humane society in here no longer offers TNR. Therefore, I'm having to play email-tag with different organizations to find out how I can reinstate the TNR Program here. I am not having much luck. I really hope that I'll be able to do this. It would help out these cats a lot! I have three people who are willing to help. I'll keep everyone updated on this. When I say everyone I mean Vul and myself....LOL! XD
Those pics are of Ariel sticking her head in my truck to steal the treat bag from me. The other one is of the three kittens that Vulpecula and I have been taking care of. The dark orange one is Saul, the cream-orange is Solstice, and the dark grey one is Midnight. Such sweet babes!!

And, of course, my sweet Toby!!! *hugs puppy*

Victory!

Hah! No evil temperature/fever can last for long against my immune system! A nap yesterday, a long night's sleep, and I'm back to 98.6!
Of course, it helps that my mom called and told me what to do- I've never been sick on my own before, luckily this one was fairly easy to handle.
I love you mom! And I loved the E-card you sent me!
My throat is still a little scratchy and I've got a little cough every now and again- but I figure its just allergies. I'll take the cough over the temperature.
If you should happen to like the picture, here's the link to it.
http://kyrio.deviantart.com/art/Watashi-wa-kattaze-9650065

whoot...

Well, that little cough I was talking about yesterday seems to have ushered in something else. I woke up this morning tired and achy and felt downright miserable through my classes, until I decided that I just wanted to go back to bed. This is unusual enough for me that I decided to check my temperature, 101.2. I don't know if that's considered running a temperature or running a fever, but it looks like I'll spend this weekend sleeping.

differences

Well, one thing is definitely different about this town- at home around this time of year, I would be stricken with drainage and a alternately stuffy and runny nose. Here, such is not the case- but I have developed a cough, which I am rather pleased about. I'll take coughing over drainage any day.
The main purpose of this post is to show off this picture, Beauty and Beast by sketchy of DeviantART. Unfortunately, the original (uncolored) version has been removed from DeviantART, probably because the artist never finished it. It took me a long time to color this, and I never would have even attempted it without my new best friend, paint.net.
The girl in the center is Kid, from the game Chrono Cross, the woman to the right in the white dress is... let's call her Kid's mother, Schcala Zeal, the glasses belonged to Kid's guardian, Lucca, who died in the fire that you can (sort of) see behind Kid. The pouch-thing is the Astral Amulet (sans logo, even I'm not that dedicated, it wasn't drawn there, so I didn't color it.) The red/orange fire wolf/fox/beast is a highly stylized version of Lavos, or the Timedevourer, the malignant alien prescence within the earth that was supposed to cause an end to life on the planet. Lavos was tricky to color- in Chrono Cross the Time Devourer (which is NOT the same thing as Lavos but is close enough for my purposes) was the color of fire, with a blackened belly such as you would see when you pull a charred log from the flames and part of it are still glowing cherry-red.

Things I've Learned The Past Few Weeks

Think before saying something sarcastic. It can get you into trouble.

You can apply the concept of surface area to volume ratio to anime! *chuckles*

Riding your bike against the wind takes longer than walking.

People in war tend to be drunk. *ROFL*

Don’t try spinning over ground with pit holes. You can twist your ankle.

Riding your bike and looking up is NOT a good idea.

Lollipops are illegal in Washington.

When walking by a group of people smoking, clutch your lungs and put your hand over your mouth and nose while saying, “Must…not…inhale… cancer…eating away… my…insides…!” This will reward you with nasty looks and the highlight of your day!

Washing your truck in San Angelo should be a state competition of who-can-dry-their-vehicle-the-quickest-before-dust-and-grime-cling-to-it.

Doing cartwheels on asphalt is dangerous.

Ducking behind a bed to hide from overly happy preps armed with make-up attracts odd looks, but works!

Being almost anemic isn't fun.

things aren't always as they seem

It's true. They aren't. This is just a short post to showcase the latest picture I've colored, and to mention something I found funny.
I found myself in need of a book to read, and Fruit Bat let me borrow one of hers (which she had not yet read), it's called A Wolf Story by James Byron Huggins, its a christian novel, and I found myself interested. I opened it to begin reading and discovered that it was about... hares.
Think rabbits, but wild and capable of defending themselves reasonably. The first five chapters are about hares. Lol. After that I think we get into some wolves, but I'm not quite there yet. I just found it infinitely amusing to hear the hares talk about battles that they'd been in, and how they were going to fight. Thus, I am loathe to call them rabbits.... but seriously. Hares?
The picture is of the Kingdom Hearts character Axel as a lion (Axel Lion by hibbary, DeviantART)- I colored it last week, but forgot to post it....