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Today when I went to pick up my research paper, so that I could actually, you know, revise it, I learned that it has apparently vanished off the face of the earth. The combined powers of SantiWall have absolutely no idea what happened to it; Santillan told me to email it to her and she would read over it tonight. Which... okay, I actually saw this coming, because on Monday when I asked about it (after Waller told me she didn't have my paper, so ask Santillan) Santillan wasn't actually sure where it was. I rather think that the God of Research Papers mistook it for an offering, much like the God of Art did to my ruler (and most of my erasers, and every pencil sharpener I've ever owned, among other things).

Santillan also said that she wasn't entirely certain that my paper would need that much revising, because I'm a strong writer. I already know that, but it's nice to be told every now and then, especially since I've never really talked over any of my writing with Santillan. Regardless, I'm looking forward to her suggestions. I was actually kind of looking forward to a paper copy with red pen marks everywhere, but I'll take what I can get, I guess. (I don't like seeing red marks on my maths tests; I love seeing them on my essay drafts. Mostly because red marks mean that I can improve, which I am all about when it comes to writing.)

I have fifty-three questions left to answer about The Great Gatsby, and I think I might end up typing out what I already have and then just typing the rest, because I really don't feel like writing it all out by hand. /: (I've also had the questions for a week, so of course I wait until the day before they're due to do them.) I don't think I'm going to finish reading it, but I liked what I did read. I also think I'm one of the few people who didn't get a book in which some previous asshole owner had written ending spoilers on the inside cover... not that it matters, because the first thing I did after reading the first section was spoil the ending for myself, lol.

Some lazy fun stuff, and then English homework, I think. When I get back from GS tonight, maybe Santillan will have finished with my essay.

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So at the Girl Scout meeting, we were talking about creepy stuff. For some of the others, this meant paranormal videos and whatnot. That stuff doesn't really scare me, though; if only because I'm not particularly interested. There were only a couple of things I could actually mention, because there isn't really much that scares me.

The first was Metroid. Specifically, the very first time I played Metroid Prime. So, I've just gotten home after having bought the game. It's 10:30, but that's okay, I've played games much later than that. Of course I turn off all the lights, because that's just how you play games at night, you know? So I'm sitting there, in the dark, playing Metroid. Okay, so this whole abandoned frigate thing is a little weird. It's very... quiet. And the music is a little bit creepy, but it's Metroid, so that's to be expected. There's nothing to shoot at - well, at least that means nothing's shooting at me, right? So I'm going through, and I'm going through, and... space pirate corpses. Well, they're already dead, that's okay. So I'm scanning them, and they mostly died of... not pleasant causes. But that's okay, I'm Samus, that's totally fine. And then there's this one sitting in the corner, looking just as dead as all the others. Okay, so it's another space pirate corpse.

THEN IT STARTS SHOOTING AT ME no lie I screamed a little. I suck ass at that game, so I'm just glad I haven't gotten to the "O hai there metroids, you're all chillin in glass tubes, that's totes fine with me, I'll just pass through." and then when you have to go back through the room and it's all dark and OMG THE METROIDS ARE ALL FREE and okay, I think I got them all that's coo-OMGOMGOMG IT'S BEHIND ME OMG WHERE IS IT OMG GET IT OFF GET IT OFF GET IT OFF OMG

The second thing was the weeping angels, from Doctor Who. Which... at first I didn't think they were all that creepy. Like in Blink, I didn't think they were that creepy; mostly because I wasn't really thinking about them. Then when they returned in S5, yeah, then they started getting creepy. And then I remembered that one statue at the cemetery we pass by all the time... the weeping angel statue. Yeah, that's not creepy in the slightest. Especially the last time we drove by, when mum was all "Wave to the angel~!" except... there was no angel. Which was like... nnnnngh. And then I just realised - of course it's gone, because all the angels fell through the crack in the universe.

Which, when you think about it, gets really creepy because that means that the whole time it was waiting for people to stop looking at it so that it could eat someone's face off. (Not really. They actually snap your neck.)

But yeah. With that cheery thought, I'm going to work on my Great Gatsby assignment some more. ♥