"Fake" Eulogy

--commemorative speech about me, written in the third person from my sibling at my funeral with "hypothetical illustrations." Half of the stuff I hope to do, and the other half is stuff I think would be fun to do but probably never will.

From an early age my sister Christie was someone who knew what she liked to do and knew what she wanted. When asked as a child what she was going to be when she grew up, she said a teacher, and that never changed no matter what happened in her life. She also loved to write and started off by making simple stories on our family's computer with a storybook program. It evolved into making elaborate tales with her action figures until she was using pen and paper, and then it came full circle when she used whatever word processing program she had at the time. All of these things helped shape who she was and how she led her life.

Writing was always a part of her being. The same year her teacher recognized her talent and submitted her short story to a contest was the same year she met her first real friend. They made fun of me back then, but I know how close they were. They were two peas in a pod-they were so much alike it was scary sometimes. Together the two of them joined our middle school's newspaper in eighth grade, where both put their interest for writing into print. She started then what would become one of the biggest fanfiction series anyone could find. She was also a big fan of video games and Japanese animation, so it was natural to combine the two into one large set of stories that may never have concluded if it didn't have to. Her best friend would soon join in, and by the end of high school, just the last part to their series had reached over a thousand pages. I tried writing a story like theirs, even though I never really watched any of the shows it was based on. She told me it was funny, but I think she was just being nice. They both knew they could never publish it, but that didn't matter. It was the perfect creative outlet for them both, and with the fading away of that story, she had the chance to develop her own unique characters into yet another epic plot. It was her master work, but she never wanted it published, either. She just worked on finishing the series, and only those who were close enough to her were lucky to read it. Instead, she focused on getting through school to reach her most important goal.

She worked her way through college by remaining employed at our local supermarket. It was the same store our father used to love to shop at when we were kids, and she always thought it was funny how she ended up working for them for eight years. I would come up to annoy her so often that everyone there knew who I was. She loved her co-workers and enjoyed helping customers with what ever they needed. During this time she also worked as a tutor for high school students until she earned her education paraprofessional certificate from Chaffey College, at which point she became an instructional aide in a high school science class under Miss Kathleen Darina. She would become my sister's mentor and help her get to her goal of being a credentialed science teacher. She also earned her Associates Degree in Biology from Chaffey College before transferring to California State University at San Bernardino, where she majored in anthropology, completed her credentialing work, and earned a Masters in Education. She once told me all of the hard work it took to become a teacher was worth it and how grateful for she was to that one teacher in tenth grade who instilled in her a love for biology. She taught it for 34 years before retiring at age 60 and traveling the world like she always wanted to do.

Despite how she said she would like to move out of California one day, she never did. In fact, she ended up teaching at the very same high school she graduated from, wanting to help her alma mater become a good school once again. She never stopped writing, even when she was a full time teacher and helped co-author a series of very popular biology textbooks for high school students. It was hard to be taken seriously at first since her degree was in a different field of science, but her passion and knowledge helped her persevere. She also wrote and published a series of short, funny stories based on her time worked at the grocery store. She usually had something to say when she came home every day so it was fun to see them in print.

She loved to write, she loved to teach, and she loved to help people. My sister and I didn't always see eye to eye, but she was there if I needed help with anything. I know I was frustrating sometimes, but she believed in me until I finally found my place in the world. I never really said thank you, but I hope she knows, wherever she is, that not only will I miss her but so will her husband and all of the students she touched. Goodbye, sis.

Since I'm now stuck at Chaffey

To take since I cannot transfer now for at least a year:

Anthro 1L (Spring probably)
Anthro 2 (Fall)
Bio 52 (Fall)
Bio 55 (Spring)
Ed 400 (Fall)
CDE 2 (Fall)
Stat 10 (Spring)

Question: Now what will all of those earn me?

Answer: An AS in biology, an AA in anthropology, and a level 1 education paraprofessional certificate.

Worth it?: Very much so.

Two Things

Newest favorite song: "Fireflies" by Owl City.

If there was another white judge up for nominee to the Supreme Court, they would not be pushing so hard about he or she being inclined toward favoring their own race. Sotomayor getting grilled in such a way is nonsense.

Next In Line

--Meese

You’re just so typical, I took you for original
Like all the other ones, like every other hit and run
Hard pressed for Hollywood reacting like the royalty would

C’mon and pack ‘em in. You pack ‘em in

Stop and rewind now I know what I’m leaving behind
And you’ll always be the next in line
Make a scene, make a scream like you’re losing your mind
And you’ll always be the next in line.

She likes the sound of it, I say there’s something wrong with it
I told you what you need. I told you everything

Stop and rewind now I know what I’m leaving behind
And you’ll always be the next in line
Make a scene, make a scream like you’re losing your mind
And you’ll always be the next in line

Mean what you say, kid. Before you waste it
Slam on the brakes now, before the breakdown
You’re so much older now
You’re holding out, you’re holding out
So c’mon pack ‘em in. You pack ‘em in.

Stop and rewind now I know what I’m leaving behind
And you’ll always be the next in line
Make a scene, make a scream like you’re losing your mind
And you’ll always be the next line.
Always be the next in line.

Pairings I like

From various anime or games:

Ash/Misty
Dawn/Zoe
Jessie/James
Link/Malon (Ocarina of Time)
Link/Ilia (Twilight Princess)
Link/Tetra (Wind Waker)
Giovanni/Delia Ketchum
Tenchi/Ryoko
Tenchi/Ryoko/Ayeka (Tenchi in Tokyo continuity only)
Ayeka/Ryoko (IF done right)
Achika/Nobuyuki (Tenchi Universe)
Trunks (DBZ)/Sasami (Tenchi)
Anju/Kafei (Majora's Mask)
Ganondorf/Nabooru (Ocarina of Time)
Aoshi/Misao
Kenshin/Kaoru
Keiichi/Belldandy
Keitaro /Naru
Gohan/Videl
Goten/Bra (fanon couple)
Domon/Rain


...someone needs a life

What got me into...

Anime: Pokemon

Electronic music: ATB's “Let U Go”

Video Games: Super Mario Bros. on SNES

Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the N64

Writing: Story Book Weaver for the PC and action figures

Fanfiction: my Zelda: OoT and Pokemon random crossover

Drawing: Someone in tenth grade history asking me to draw him SS Vegeta

Notes for a story never finished

Lost in Hyrule- Link meets Ash, Misty, and Tracey. They help him save Hyrule, following the same quest as Ocarina of Time. At the end, Zelda does not send anyone back in time. The Pokemon trainers remain in Hyrule. Neo is after Ash, and Exzavier is after Link. Link is “killed”, and somehow, the Pokemon peeps end up 1000 years in he future. Link is brought back to life, and they have an adventure in a really old house. They meet Stormy, Erika, Zoe (Tracey's gf from home), and Sabrina. Exzavier develops feelings for Erika (grass Pokemon trainer). They defeat Ganon finally, but Erika dies. They are then sent back into the past, only to find Malon is dead. Neo wants Ash to join him, and when he refuses, Neo kills Misty. The gang embarks on a journey to save their souls and bring them back to life. They meet Maximus, Stormy (again), and Krystle. Eventually they are successful, and the Pokemon trainers end up going back home finally. Link leaves Hyrule with Malon at some point before Exzavier can come back from the Shadow of Hyrule to kill him. Going forward in time does not create another timeline like going into the past does, meaning when Ash and company visit Hyrule's Shadow, nothing happens. Any timelines Exzavier creates here do not matter as nothing significant happens.

He begins looking through time to find Link and kill him. He finds the adult OoT timeline, but Link is not there since Zelda sent him into the past at the end of the adventure. He hops over to that time, finding Link embarked on another adventure but never returned. He is living in Termina, stuck there because Judas (ultimate evil bad dude descended from Guy) doesn't want him to ever meet the Chosen Ones. He goes back again, creating the final timeline where the Chosen Ones will eventually show up along with DBZ and Tenchi peeps. He also meets Ethios, who wants Link dead. They team up to destroy the hero for different reasons (Exzavier to avenge his lost love and Ethios because of his love, who is descended from Link). Link only comes home in the last timeline because Zelda is worried about Exzavier. X lets Link stay in Termina for a bit, forming a relationship and making his best friends so that it hurts more when he kills him. This also warps the time relationship between Hyrule and Termina, meaning only one years passes in Hyrule for every seven in Termina. Ethios originally wants to kill him early on, but he when he fails, he doesn't try again, his mind changed by the fact his love may have changed her mind. He is unaware that there are different timelines, unlike Exzavier. He thinks by eliminating Link now, his love will not exist when he returns to the future. He lets Link live, but then he finds out the truth and messes with Romani because he can, but he loses any intention of hurting her or Link. They also know from the same future Kazuki aka Yttriu. He knows all about the timelines and Judas, and this is why he convinces Link that he needs to return home (without telling him of course). Link goes home and eventually meets everyone else. They all battle against Judas to save this world. In the end they will win but at a great cost to many of them.

No new timelines are created unless there is a significant event that would cause the stream of time to be disrupted like Link meeting Ash or Exzavier showing himself to Zelda's father.