Just figured I'd do the questionare after noticing doing it (and I think I noticed a few others as well far before her though)

Info
[ ] I am shorter than 5'4.
[ ] I think I'm ugly sometimes.
[ ] I have many scars.
[ ] I tan easily.
[ ] I wish my hair was a different color.
[ ] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
[ ] I have a tattoo.
[ ] I am self-conscious about my appearance.
[x] I have/I've had braces.
[x] I wear glasses
[ ] I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free(just liposuction)
[ ] I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger.
[ ] I have more than 2 piercings.
[ ] I have piercing in places besides my ears.
[ ] I have freckles.

Family/Home Life
[x] I've sworn at my parents.
[ ] I've run away from home.
[ ] I've been kicked out of the house.
[x] My biological parents are together.
[ ] I have a sibling less than one year old.
[ ] I want to have kids someday.
[ ] I've lost a child.

School/Work
[x] I'm in school
[x] I have a job
[ ] I've fallen asleep at work/school.
[ ] I almost always do my homework.
[ ] I've missed a week or more of school.
[ ] I've been on the Honor Roll within the last 2 years
[ ] I failed more than 1 class last year
[ ] I've stolen something from my job
[ ] I've been fired

Embarrassment
[?] Disney movies still make me cry. (Can't remember, haven't seen one in a while)
[ ] I've snorted while laughing.
[ ] I've laughed so hard I've cried.
[ ] I've glued my hand to something.
[ ] I've had my pants rip in public.

Health
[ ] I was born with a disease/impairment.
[ ] I've gotten stitches/staples.
[ ] I've broken a bone
[ ] I've had my tonsils removed.
[ ] I've sat in a doctor’s office/emergency room with a friend.
[ ] I've had my wisdom teeth removed.
[ ] I had a serious surgery.
[?] I've had chicken pox.
[ ] I've had measles

Traveling
[x] I've driven over 200 miles in one day.
[x] I've been on a plane.
[ ] I've been to Canada.
[ ] I've been to Mexico.
[ ] I've been to Niagara Falls.
[ ] I've been to Japan.
[ ] I've celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[ ] I've been to Europe.
[ ] I've been to Africa.

Experiences
[ ] I've gotten lost in my city.
[x] I've seen a shooting star.
[ ] I've wished on a shooting star.
[ ] I've seen a meteor shower.
[ ] I've gone out in public in my pajamas.
[ ] I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
[ ] I've kicked a guy where it hurts.
[ ] I've been to a casino.
[ ] I've been skydiving.
[ ] I've gone skinny dipping.
[ ] I've played spin the bottle.
[ ] I've drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[ ] I've crashed a car.
[ ] I've been Skiing.
[ ] I've been in a play.(as a kid)
[ ] I've met someone in person from myspace.
[x] I've caught a snowflake on my tongue.
[x] I've seen the Northern lights.
[x] I've sat on a roof top at night.
[ ] I've played chicken.
[ ] I've played a prank on someone.
[ ] I've ridden in a taxi.
[ ] I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
[x] I've eaten sushi.
[ ] I've been snowboarding.

Relationships
[x] I'm single.
[ ] I'm in a relationship.
[ ] I'm engaged.
[ ] I'm married.
[ ] I've gone on a blind date.
[ ] I've been the dumped more than the dumper.
[ ] I miss someone right now.
[ ] I have a fear of abandonment.
[ ] I've gotten divorced.
[ ] I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.
[ ] I've told someone I loved them when I didn't.
[ ] I've told someone I didn't love them when I did.
[ ] I've kept something from a past relationship.

Sexuality
[ ] I've had a crush on someone of the same sex.
[ ] I've had a crush on a teacher.
[ ] I am a cuddler.
[ ] I've been kissed in the rain.
[ ] I've hugged a stranger.
[ ] I have kissed a stranger

Honesty/Crime
[ ] I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't.
[ ] I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't.
[ ] I've snuck out of my house.
[ ] I have lied to my parents about where I am.
[ ] I am keeping a secret from the world.
[ ] I've cheated while playing a game.
[ ] I've cheated on a test.
[ ] I've run a red light.
[ ] I've been suspended from school.
[ ] I've witnessed a crime.
[ ] I've been in a fist fight.
[ ] I've been arrested.

Drugs/Alcohol
[x] I've consumed alcohol.
[ ] I regularly drink.
[ ] I've passed out from drinking.
[ ] I have passed out drunk at least once in the past 6 months.
[ ] I've smoked weed
[ ] I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them.
[ ] I've eaten shrooms.
[ ] I've popped E.
[ ] I've inhaled Nitrous.
[ ] I've done hard drugs.
[ ] I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
[ ] I can't swallow pills.
[ ] I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem
[x] I have been diagnosed with clinical depression.
[x] I have been diagnosed with one or more anxiety disorder.
[ ] I shut others out when I'm depressed.
[x] I take anti-depressants.
[ ] I'm anorexic or bulimic.
[x] I've slept an entire day when I didn't need it.
[ ] I've hurt myself on purpose.
[ ] I've woken up crying.

Death and Suicide
[ ] I'm afraid of dying.
[ ] I hate funerals.
[ ] I've seen someone dying.
[ ] Someone close to me has attempted suicide.
[ ] Someone close to me has committed suicide.
[ ] I've planned my own suicide.
[ ] I've attempted suicide.
[ ] I've written an eulogy for myself.

Materialism
[ ] I own over 5 rap CDs.
[x] I own an iPod or MP3 player.
[ ] I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga.
[ ] I own multiple designer purses, costing over $100 a piece.
[ ] I own something from Hot Topic.
[ ] I own something from Pac Sun.
[ ] I collect comic books.
[ ] I own something from The Gap.
[x] I own something I got on e-bay.
[ ] I own something from Abercrombie.

Random
[ ] I can sing well.
[ ] I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.
[ ] I open up to others easily.
[ ] I watch the news.
[ ] I don't kill bugs.
[ ] I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for the sake of being able to rhyme.
[x] I curse regularly.
[ ] I sing in the shower.
[ ] I am a morning person.
[ ] I paid for my cell phone ring tone.
[ ] I'm a snob about grammar.
[ ] I am a sports fanatic.
[ ] I twirl my hair.
[ ] I have "x"s in my screen name.
[ ] I love being neat.
[ ] I love Spam
[ ] I've copied more than 30 CD's in a day
[x] I bake well.
[x] My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue
[ ] I've worn pajamas to school.
[ ] I like Martha Stewart.
[x] I know how to shoot a gun.
[ ] I am in love with love.
[ ] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
[ ] I laugh at my own jokes.
[ ] I eat fast food weekly.
[x] I believe in ghosts. (negligible)
[x] I am online 24/7, even as an away message.
[ ] I've not turned anything in and still got an A in a certain class.
[ ] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room.
[x] I am really ticklish.
[x] I love white chocolate (dark preferred)
[x] I bite my nails.
[x] I play video games.
[ ] I'm good at remembering faces.
[ ] I'm good at remembering names.
[ ] I'm good at remembering dates.
[ ] I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Apparently the payment has been finally done and The Packs Den is now accessible once again. Updated some database credentials and such (since it was complaining of improper credentials) and thus now accessible. The next step further will be on planning the future of the forum, such as going forth with upgrading to a different/better server potentially soon.

Upon noticing that my email client asked me for my password of my @thepacksden.com email account (which only happens when an error occurs), I noticed that the hosting of The Packs Den has been suspended due to lack of proper payment, and that the owner of the hosting plan hasn't noticed yet (of what's predicted). It was predicted that the hosting was going to last until December, since that's when the domain expires, yet apparently the hosting expires today as it seems. I've contacted Anthony Brownrigg about this issue, so hopefully in the upcoming days it may get resolved.

To check for status changes or updates (like of the forum being moved), check [link] Information for accessing the IRC PackChat is also implied on there as well.

Some other details:

• This has no correlation with the effort of moving to a better server
• This does not at all mean that the forum is entirely lost or being put to an end at all.
• A backup was made of the whole forum database, and some of the forum files (some files that couldn't get backed up were some avatars or attachments, this is due to file permission issues with the hosting provider). Although, the update was made a few days ago, thus doesn't have the posts in the past few days (after the backup was made)

Today I checked deviantART and noticed an interesting change. I looked around and noticed more areas of customization and functionality. It had a more organized and convenient feel, thus I felt to vote "I'm impressed" on the poll regarding the upgrade. Then I noticed that apparently 26% were not impressed.

So then I started looking through the comments to that poll, and some of them were just "i liek the ol layout better. change it back". Thus apparently a portion of those whom are within that 26% seem to have issues with letting go of the past. If people really think the new deviantART layout is more complicated, then it deeply worries me how the users themselves even know how to use their own internet browsers...

There's also this itch I have that's telling me that some of them are still using Internet Explorer 6 as well... (note: IE 6 is 7 years old, just upgrade to version 7, or perhaps version 8 which is coming soon. Or best of all: use Firefox, Safari, or Opera).

Also, yes, there may be a few bugs here and there, but those will obviously be fixed. It's not like they'll just leave it that way. This is the stage of conversion called 'conversion hell', which is the stage when all the bugs are found and when people stop griping about it simply being different (which occurs only 3% of the whole year).

I'm looking at the layout right now and I don't see how it's more difficult. A lot of it is just moved around. Also, the page for showing recent messages and deviations from people you watch has been changed around. This is a feature, not an issue. I'm assuming there's a way where you can just go into the settings and revert it back to the traditional way if you really can't handle something that's more convenient.

[EDIT] I've also noticed a little trend. Apparently a majority of those that are sh*tting a brick about it are kids 14 years old and younger.

[SECOND EDIT] Apparently there was one of these fools who was like 14 years old and whom was trying to start a rebellion regarding the new layout. Whereas they wanted the deviantART staff to completely drop all their progress and just revert to the old layout since they said the new one was too confusing for them. Thus they were basically going through and agreeing with every comment about someone disliking a simple detail about the layout and asking them to help them rebel against the new layout. HOWEVER, luckily an administrator came through and cleaned up the pointless mess and banned the individual.

Feeling like crap as usual. I even looked back at my journal I wrote on the September of 2007 and it seems that not much has changed as of my life. And also that it seems that my journals here have been nothing more than just complaining like a lifeless moron, since that's probably what I am since I apparently haven't taken an initiative to make a change at all.

At least I'm finally out of school for the year and passed every class. I'm just working a lot more. Some days I've just been getting deeply stressed in general. Otherwise I came across something interesting of which my friend found, is something called "Pandora". It's basically an online music system in which you choose which songs you do and don't like, thus it'll try to stick to those types of songs and eventually replay the ones you implied that you do like. My account on there is at: [link] (though I doubt many people enjoy the type of music I listen to xP).

Basically you insert what song or artist you enjoy, and it tries to match it. It records that data as a "station", thus you can switch between what types of music you enjoy when you have separate stations. One thing to note, the services seem to be a little slow at first (or at least for me), thus you may have to just give it a couple minutes for it to register and so on.

Otherwise, yea, I've pretty much been working lately. I've mostly been stuck in my room throughout the break so far (though I'd obviously like to do more), but no friends seem to be interested to do anything nor do I even know if I have true friends.. And yes, I need to eventually somehow get out of the habit of writing these types of journals since it's pessimistic for the most part and since my own life is my owned damned fault.