of guarding one's self against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect."

~Niccolo Machiavelli


Did everyone have a good Christmas? n-n I did. I got The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, which I'm totally reading right now (it's so cute its gotta be the smallest book in size and thickness I have). I'm normally not into politics but the way he words things is so interesting. And he seems to have politics down to a "T" despite being from like...the 1400's.

I also got some pretty funky clothes fff I'm go glad I actually have clothes that are -fashionable- omg. I got [link] These, which I totally am gonna wear like no one's biz.

I also got the entire Prince of Persia series (I only asked for Sands of Time tho MY PARENTS GO OVERBOARD FFFF) so I'll be good for the next....year. God why haven't I tried this game before. If the Prince and Altair ever had babies they'd have the most unstoppable person in the world.

That's as far as I'll go gift wise cause I hate bragging and my parents like to spoil me ;-;

Did you guys have fun?

It's a tough time of year for everyone, I know, but can you guys do me a favour? ): Just give some support. She's having a real rough time right now and I think she deserves a pat on the back for all she's been through.

I know many of you guys h4t3 the xmas but please help make her feel like its worth having.


Thanks guys, and Happy Holidays.

Leonardo you give me the best advice.

Assassin's Creed 2 is effin amazing. Seriously its like it and Assassin's Creed 1 aren't even the same SERIES its so diverse. I've changed my clothes' colour like a bajillion times (I still can't find the difference between Venetian Azure and Venetian Teal. They look the same)

I'm also kinda digging the whole \"going-inside-churches-to-find-my-ancestors\" thing. I'm a huge Italian Renaissance fag (I'm looking at you Leo) so looking at the inside of this architecture was pretty amazing.
I'm just kinda wondering why my ancestors are all in Italy. I mean one of them is freakin EGYPTIAN. WRONG CONTINENT?

Oh and I got the hidden gun too. Pretty much the best firing system ever as it lets you take time to aim. the glowing white line helps with my depth perception too.

The glyphs are getting much much harder x-x I'm refusing to use a guide on these cause I think the puzzles are pretty cool. One of them was kinda like a safe cracking type of puzzle, and I had to match up numbers with Sumerian counting symbols. So...I guess I learned something out of all this.

Although some of it still confuses me .___'

Sorry I haven't been active. A lot of stressful stuff has been goin on the past few months. I didn't tell really anyone because...well who wants to hear about that? But it's been bottled up for quite awhile and I really need to let it out.

1. We found out my dog probably has a brain tumor. Which has happened for like..the past two dogs we've had. While it isn't my favourite dog out of the ones we have, I've been trying to train him with no success, and he keeps trying to be dominant over me. So I get a tad rough with him to show my dominance. This makes me think if the brain tumor has something to do with this, and I keep pacing back and forth wondering if my training made this worse. I want to blame myself, but my parents will think I've been cruel to this dog if they knew I chinbop him for nearly everything he does (he likes to show dominance a LOT).

2. House reconstruction. We got our kitchen remodeled about a month ago, and it still isn't done. I'm constantly caught in the middle of this bickering between the contractor and my parents, and I'll quite often have to listen to the painters or the cabinet guy try to sneak their way out of fixing a problem. I'm much more passive than my parents so its really hard to try and sound forceful. That and I don't have a clue as to what they're talking about. How can I argue about a stovetop model when I don't even know what model it is? We've had to order four stovetops, each one of them broken.

3. School. I'm normally not one to bitch about school, but it's been pretty rough. I have to constantly go out of my day to please my history teacher, as he assigns 3 hour videos outside of class. Cause you know...I don't WORK or anything. I've been staying later to try and get them done, because if I don't then I get 10 points off my final exam. Oh and there's only three grades in this entire class: 1st test, 2nd test, and final exam. So 10 points off the final really IS a big deal. I also went to have an appointment with Advising and they just decided now to tell me that I need a foreign language. Even though it doesn't say that on my planning sheet. So I'm stuck going another semester at my college to earn my Associates. Thats like...$1500 of my savings account down the drain.

4. My dad. I don't know if I mentioned this in a previous journal, but my dad's been having heart complications. He underwent minor surgery a few months ago and we thought it was all cleared up, till he comes home one night and says his heart feels like it's going to beat out of his chest. I got seriously freaked out at this because the doctor said he was supposed to get better. He's on medication now for it, but he likes to be stubborn and "take it only when he thinks he needs it". My dad can be a jerk sometimes but I worry so much about him.

So to those of you who I talk to--sorry if I seem on edge/have been. A lot of shits just been falling down around me and its wearing down my esteem.

Oh btw I'm a terrible person.
Tell your friends.

you suckers B)