(All) Things Bad About My Muse

  • Absent-minded – Preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one’s immediate surroundings. Abstracted, daydreaming, inattentive, oblivious, forgetful.
  • Abusive – Characterized by improper infliction of physical or psychological maltreatment towards another.
  • Addict – One who is addicted to a compulsive activity. Examples: gambling, drugs, sex.
  • Aimless – Devoid of direction or purpose.
  • Alcoholic – A person who drinks alcoholic substances habitually and to excess.
  • Anxious – Full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous.
  • Arrogant – Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance. Inclined to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior. Snobbish.
  • Audacious – Recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; braze, disobedient.
  • Bad Habit – A revolting personal habit. Examples: picks nose, spits tobacco, drools, bad body odor.
  • Bigmouth – A loud-mouthed or gossipy person.
  • Bigot – One who is strongly partial to one’s own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.
  • Blunt – Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. Frank, callous, insensitive, brusque.
  • Bold – In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent. Abrupt, brazen, cheeky, brassy, audacious.
  • Callous – They are hardened to emotions, rarely showing any form of it in expression. Unfeeling. Cold.
  • Childish – Marked by or indicating a lack of maturity; puerile.
  • Complex – An exaggerated or obsessive concern or fear.
  • Cruel – Mean to anyone or anything, without care or regard to consequences and feelings.
  • Cursed – A person who has befallen a prayer for evil or misfortune, placed under a spell, or borne into an evil circumstance, and suffers for it. Damned.
  • Dependent – Unable to exist, sustain oneself, or act appropriately or normally without the assistance or direction of another. (see: eating proper meals, getting enough sleep)
  • Deranged – Mentally decayed. Insane. Crazy. Mad. Psychotic.
  • Dishonest – Given to or using fraud, cheating; deceitful, deceptive, crooked, underhanded.
  • Disloyal – Lacking loyalty. Unfaithful, perfidious, traitorous, treasonable
  • Disorder – An ailment that affects the function of mind or body. (Mild depression.) 
  • Disturbed – Showing some or a few signs or symptoms of mental or emotional illness. Confused, disordered, neurotic, troubled. (Sociopathy.)
  • Dubious – Fraught with uncertainty or doubt. Undecided, doubtful, unsure.
  • Dyslexic – Affected by dyslexia, a learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to recognize and comprehend written words.
  • Egotistical – Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance. Boastful, pompous. (to a certain extent)
  • Envious – Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another’s advantages; covetous, jealous.
  • Erratic – Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric: erratic behaviour. Eccentric, bizarre, outlandish, strange.
  • Fanatical – Fanatic outlook or behaviour especially as exhibited by excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions on some subject.
  • Fickle – Erratic, changeable, unstable – especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious.
  • Fierce – Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid.
  • Finicky – Excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy. Too much concerned with detail. Meticulous, fastidious, choosy, critical, picky, prissy, persnickety.
  • Fixated – In psychoanalytic theory, a strong attachment to a person or thing, especially such an attachment formed in childhood or infancy and manifested in immature or neurotic behaviour that persists throughout life. Fetish, quirk, obsession, infatuation.
  • Flirt -To make playfully romantic or sexual overtures; behaviour intended to arouse sexual interest. Minx. Tease.
  • Gluttonous – Given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink. Voracious, ravenous, wolfish, piggish, insatiable.
  • Gruff – Brusque or stern in manner or appearance. Crusty, rough, surly.
  • Gullible – Will believe any information given, regardless of how valid or truthful it is, easily deceived or duped.
  • Hard – A person who is difficult to deal with, manage, control, overcome, or understand. Hard emotions, hard hearted.
  • Hedonistic – Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.
  • Hoity-toity- Given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous. Prone to giddy behaviour, flighty.
  • Humourless – The inability to find humour in things, and most certainly in themselves.
  • Hypocritical – One who is always contradicting their own beliefs, actions or sayings. A person who professes beliefs and opinions for others that he does not hold. Being a hypocrite.
  • Idealist – One whose conduct is influenced by ideals that often conflict with practical considerations. One who is unrealistic and impractical, guided more by ideals than by practical considerations.
  • Idiotic – Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless.
  • Ignorant – Lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact. Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge.
  • Illiterate – Unable to read and write.
  • Immature – Emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish.
  • Impatient – Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay; restless. Unable to endure irritation or opposition; intolerant.
  • Impious – Lacking piety and reverence for a god/gods and their followers.
  • Impish – Naughtily or annoyingly playful. 
  • Incompetent – Unable to execute tasks, no matter how the size or difficulty.
  • Indecisive – Characterized by lack of decision and firmness, especially under pressure.
  • Indifferent – The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally, remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern. Having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless.
  • Infamy – Having an extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act that affects how others view them.
  • Intolerant – Unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion and narrow-minded about cherished opinions.
  • Judgmental – Inclined to make and form judgments, especially moral or personal ones, based on one’s own opinions or impressions towards others/practices/groups/religions based on appearance, reputation, occupation, etc. 
  • Klutz – Clumsy. Blunderer.
  • Lazy – Resistant to work or exertion; disposed to idleness.
  • Lewd – Inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious. Obscene or indecent, as language or songs; salacious.
  • Liar – Compulsively and purposefully tells false truths more often than not. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
  • Lustful – Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires.
  • Masochist – The deriving of sexual gratification, or the tendency to derive sexual gratification, from being physically or emotionally abused. A willingness or tendency to subject oneself to unpleasant or trying experiences.
  • Meddlesome – Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner, given to meddling; interfering.
  • Meek – Evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness.
  • Megalomaniac – A psycho pathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
  • Naïve – Lacking worldly experience and understanding, simple and guileless; showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgement.
  • Nervous – Easily agitated or distressed; high-strung or jumpy.
  • Non-violent – Abstaining from the use of violence. 
  • Nosy – Given to prying into the affairs of others; snoopy. Offensively curious or inquisitive.
  • Obsessive – An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone.
  • Oppressor – A person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures, to keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority.
  • Overambitious – Having a strong excessive desire for success or achievement.
  • Overconfident – Excessively confident; presumptuous.
  • Overemotional – Excessively or abnormally emotional. Sensitive about themselves and others, more so than the average person.
  • Overprotective – To protect too much; coddle.
  • Overzealous – Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
  • Pacifist – Opposition to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes. (Can double as a merit in certain cases)
  • Paranoid – Exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others.
  • Peevish – Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction.
  • Perfectionist – A propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards. (see: technology)
  • Pessimist – A tendency to stress the negative or unfavourable or to take the gloomiest possible view.
  • Pest – One that pesters or annoys, with or without realizing it. Nuisance. Annoying. Nag.
  • Phobic – They have a severe form of fear when it comes to this one thing. Examples: Dark, Spiders, Cats 
  • Practical – Level-headed, efficient, and unspeculative. No-nonsense. 
  • Predictable – Easily seen through and assessable, where almost anyone can predict reactions and actions of said person by having met or known them even for a short time.
  • Proud – Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem and will often shirk help from others for the sake of pride.
  • Rebellious – Defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
  • Reckless – Heedless. Headstrong. Foolhardy. Unthinking boldness, wild carelessness and disregard for consequences.
  • Remorseless – Without remorse; merciless; pitiless; relentless.
  • Rigorous – Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; demanding strict attention to rules and procedures.
  • Sadist – The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others. Deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty.
  • Sadomasochist – Both sadist and masochist combined.
  • Sarcastic – A subtle form of mockery in which an intended meaning is conveyed obliquely.
  • Skeptic – One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions.
  • Seducer – To lead others astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt. To attempt to lead or draw someone away, as from principles, faith, or allegiance.
  • Selfish – Concerned chiefly or only with oneself.
  • Self-Martyr – One who purposely makes a great show of suffering in order to arouse sympathy from others, as a form of manipulation, and always for a selfish cause or reason.
  • Self-righteous – Piously sure of one’s own righteousness; moralistic. Exhibiting pious self-assurance. Holier-than-thou, sanctimonious.
  • Senile – Showing a decline or deterioration of physical strength or mental functioning, esp. short-term memory and alertness, as a result of old age or disease.
  • Shallow – Lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious.
  • Smart Ass – Thinks they know it all, and in some ways they may, but they can be greatly annoying and difficult to deal with at times, especially in arguments.
  • Soft-hearted – Having softness or tenderness of heart that can lead them into trouble; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection. They cannot resist helping someone they see in trouble, suffering or in need, and often don’t think of the repercussions or situation before doing so.
  • Solemn – Deeply earnest, serious, and sober.
  • Spineless – Lacking courage. Cowardly, wimp, lily-livered, gutless.
  • Spiteful – Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; vindictive person who will look for occasions for resentment. Vengeful. 
  • Spoiled – Treated with excessive indulgence and pampering from earliest childhood, and has no notion of hard work, self-care or money management; coddled, pampered. Having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or over-solicitous attention.
  • Squeamish – Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted.
  • Stubborn – Unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; bull-headed. Firmly resolved or determined; resolute.
  • Superstitious – An irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear from an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.
  • Tactless – Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others.
  • Temperamental – Moody, irritable, or sensitive. Excitable, volatile, emotional.
  • Theatrical – Having a flair for over dramatizing situations, doing things in a ‘big way’ and love to be ‘centre stage’.
  • Timid -Tends to be shy and/or quiet, shrinking away from offering opinions or from strangers and newcomers, fearing confrontations and violence.
  • Tongue-tied – Speechless or confused in expression, as from shyness, embarrassment, or astonishment.
  • Troublemaker – Someone who deliberately stirs up trouble, intentionally or unintentionally.
  • Unlucky – Marked by or causing misfortune; ill-fated. Destined for misfortune; doomed. Parker Luck
  • Unpredictable – Difficult to foretell or foresee, their actions are so chaotic it’s impossible to know what they are going to do next.
  • Untrustworthy – Not worthy of trust or belief. Backstabber.
  • Vain – Holding or characterized by an unduly high opinion of their physical appearance. Lovers of themselves. Conceited, egotistic, narcissistic.
  • Weak-willed – Lacking willpower, strength of will to carry out one’s decisions, wishes, or plans. Easily swayed.
  • Withdrawn – Not friendly or Sociable. Aloof.
  • Zealous – A fanatic.

New Year’s Ham

camiechan:

She smiled and shook her head, gently rubbing down his fur with the soaked rag and turning him from side to side in order to get all of him.

“Now, now senpai, you can’t be sleeping in the water or youll drown, and im not waiting untill your fully awake becuase dried alchohol isn’t fun especially on fur.” She wasn’t sure if he understood anything she was saying but she kept talking anyway as she worked.

…just let me dieeeeee…

It wasn’t quite a hangover – not yet – but the amount of sensitivity his groggy, heavy head felt was beyond uncomfortable. It was cold. That’s what he knew. Cold and wet. And he wasn’t able to fight back at all. The paw he lifted to swipe at her was completely ineffective, and he swayed with every attempt.

What Would Conan Do? (OOC)

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Our house was broken into while we were out this evening, and we were robbed. As far as we can tell, all that’s been stolen is the PS3, Wii, two laptops, and two guitars. That sucks, but we’re okay, our cats are okay, and the damage is fairly minimal. We have insurance and will be dealing with all of that nonsense tomorrow. In the meantime, though, now that we’ve cleaned up, I wanted to write a bit about how having been obsessed with Detective Conan helped.

This could also be titled ‘Why Roleplaying is Awesome’

(Also, unwinding from the stress with my favorite series is helpful before bed, so there.)

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Hubby and I both work full-time and we’ve got a 40 minute commute both ways, so the house is empty a lot of the time. We’re always careful to keep things locked up tight, though; we’re paranoid, especially since we’re both fans of crime dramas and mysteries where tiny details lead to big problems.

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 We noticed something was off as we drove up to the house tonight.  Probably because we have, you know, a keen eye for details. The back porch light was on, which is something we’d never do. Weird, but there could be a lot of reasons for that. Maybe we bumped it. Who knows. We parked the car, locked it, then went to look, just in case.

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…we found a trashcan overturned and the gate opened. 

It’s fall now, so our lawn guys haven’t been around in over a month. We don’t have any kids, either, and all we ever do is play on the internet, so there was no reason for anyone to be in our backyard. The trash can could have fallen over due to the strong winds that we often get, but that gate is heavy. 

So, hand in hand, we crept around the back and low and behold: 

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This is not a good thing. We’ve had broken windows in other places before, but clearly, someone had been in our house. They had to have in order to turn on the back porch light.

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What do you do in a situation like this? I’ve never had a break in before. Hell, I’d never even called the police before. BUT… I’d seen it in Conan a million times and, in roleplay, my detective characters (Conan, Hakuba) have to do it all of the time. I’ve researched this stuff! So I asked, ‘What would Conan do?’

My first instinct was go to into the house to see what was stolen. Fortunately, I ignored that in favor for listening to the detectives in my head, honed after many hours of analyzing the series and constructing scenes dealing with this same situation.

…this is where I start to sound crazy, but bear with me here. 

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“Mun-neechan, call the police immediately. Don’t go in there. You don’t know if anyone’s still in the house, which is very dangerous. Criminals get violent when interrupted.”

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“Conan-kun is absolutely right: your safety is top priority. Items can be replaced. It will be all right; just call the police. They will help you. Are there any neighbors that you can go to?”

Alas, we don’t know any of our neighbors, and most of the lights were off by then in the neighboring houses. But I could call the police. What am I supposed to say, though?

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“Just stay calm. Explain that there’s been a break in, but that you’re not entirely certain what the extent of the damage is. The dispatcher will ask you a series of questions. They will be patient and more than willing to clarify anything you’re confused about.”

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“They’ll ask for name, address, phone number, and when the instance occurred. The calmer you stay and the better details you provide, the faster and better they’ll be able to help." 

Will we get in trouble for calling the police, though? I mean, it’s probably just a thief or something, so is this really an emergency?

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"It is an emergency, yes. Definitely call them right away. That’s what the police are there for; to help. If you EVER run into a situation like this, it’s best to call. The worst-case scenario is that they’ll direct your call to a more appropriate department. Trust us; they would much rather you err on the side of caution." 

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"It’s better to be safe than sorry. And when there are signs of forced entry into your home, you don’t mess around.”

So I did. I called 911 and spoke to a dispatcher who asked those questions and several more, and asked us to wait somewhere safe while waiting. “Do not enter the premises. Officers are on the way.”

It was then that I noticed that the bedroom light was on upstairs. When we leave in the morning, we turn everything off but the front porch light. That was the moment I was really, really  scared. Someone in our bedroom? UGH.

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A short time later, four squad cars arrived, each with a big, tough-looking officer. Three began a sweep of the property while the fourth came to talk to us. Asked us lots of good questions, then asked us to wait outside while they checked the house out. 

When they walked in, they announced their presence… and covered each other as they moved through our house. It was incredibly tense, waiting for them to go through each room and closet. Fortunately (really, really fortunately), the criminal(s) had come and gone, the house was empty. 

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They asked us to go through and take note of anything that was missing while they started getting the report checked in. 

Very little was actually touched, thank goodness. The aforementioned items were just… poof, gone; leaving nothing but silhouettes of the objects in the remaining fields of dust and cat hair. 

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After that, it was a matter of cleanup. Fortunately, this was the only damage done to the house itself. The glass was everywhere; sprayed over the room in a 6’ radius. Hubby and I analyzed the patterns and talked about blood splatters (there were none, but still) and so on while we cleaned… and went over all of the things about the crime that should have been done differently/better. Rating the various aspects of the job.

Kind of like this:

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“Goodness, they took the Rock Band Pro Guitar and the Squire Stratocaster, but left the Seagull?" 

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"That’s not as bad as taking the PS3 and the Wii and not taking the Xbox360 that was just sitting there…”

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“I’m surprised that they didn’t take the doubly-autographed wall scroll of Kudou-kun and Kaitou Kid… Nor any of the films, games, or adorable plushie of you, Kohai~”

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“They were probably weirded out by the sheer number of nerd stuff in the house and just wanted to get the hell out of there." 

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"You’d think they could have at least had the decency to steal some of the excess flatware that they’ve been gifted over the years…”

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“Don’t be stupid, Hakuba. Nobody wants those.”

So we survived. Cleaned up, barricaded the back door, and then listened to safety tips from the detectives (like, ‘check all of the doors and windows to make sure everything is locked’ – which revealed that one of our front windows was unlocked – ack!, and so on). Fortunately, RPing/Skype buddies pooled together resources when they heard, too, and provided a bunch of links to help us sort out our missing stuff… all of which we will deal with tomorrow! 

Thanks for the concern and well-wishes, guys…! We’ve been through much, much worse, and will be a-okay. 

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The End. 

(I’m going to go pass out now holycrap I am tired)