Meh. I feel rather...hollow right now. This weekend was pretty packed, and the fact that school is starting in exactly a week is still a million miles away from my brain. I feel like I've already graduated and entered the real world, just because the vast majority of my roomies have.

Friday I sat down once and for all to finish Kingdom Hearts! We taped the ending with the secret movie, because we're geeky that way. XD I was at level 80-something and had the Ultima weapon, so beating Ansem wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. (He was a lot easier than the second time around with Riku...) I also managed to beat the Ice Titan and Kurt Zisa before that, but Sephiroth still kicked my ass. T_T It's an awesomely awesome game that practically screams sequel, and I can't wait for KH2 to come out. However, until then I really shouldn't start any more long-term video games...they suck up a good chunk of my time. I'm just glad I was able to finish before school started again.

Saturday (yesterday) was when things were especially busy. We went to group therapy for the first time per my suggestion, with both good and bad consequenses. (Mostly good, I think.) While it was extremely helpful, it was also emotionally draining, and I think I'm still feeling the effects. I think we're going to go back again in a few weeks, just because you can't really get everything out in an hour to an hour and a half. I think therapy is highly underrated, or degraded in some ways...like people think that it's only for psychos or basket cases or something of the like. Personally, I think everyone could benefit from seeing a therapist at least once. I consider myself a very balanced, healthy, happy person, and I still greatly benefited from it. It really does help to talk to a third party that 1) is a professional that can either offer pointers in the right direction or validate a choice you're making, and 2) is someone you trust. That last one's a bit harder to find, but it is doable.

So the bottom line: Therapy = not stupid.

After that, we went to the beach and spent quite a while there. It was crowded, of course (being a Saturday in August) but not as crowded as it could have been. I haven't been to the beach in a really long time, despite being just a few minutes' drive away from it, and I think I've been missing out. I really need to start going to the beach more, if nothing else than to get out in the sun and outdoors more. :-P I got a bit sunburned, but it actually doesn't hurt, surprisingly. I spent a long time just walking halfway in the water and thinking and talking with V-chan. There's something kind of mesmerizing and primal about the beach and the ocean and the way the water moves and the sand on your feet. Even though I had a lot of reasons to be in turmoil (and I still do) I really felt at peace by the ocean. I feel really lucky that I live so close to the ocean, and I need to learn to take advantage of it more.

After the beach, we drove back out to Santa Monica to meet OPR-kun at his house, and discussed a bit of our upcoming D&D game. I can't wait to start playing, since I never have done an RPG game before. ^^ We went to Third Street and watched Spiderman 2, and I attempted to take notes on it for puppet show purposes while watching it. I never realized my writing was so terrible in the dark... XD Spiderman 2 was an awesome movie, and I definitely didn't mind paying to see it a second time, unlike some movies *coughVanHelsingcough* With the way they ended it, though, it practically gags for a sequel...again...

All that excitement coupled with the emotional stress has thus left me feeling hollow and strange this morning...like everything is passing very slowly. I need to get to writing that puppet show now, as well as working on both the werewolf and gas station ideas. (Since I decided to develop both) I had a strange dream last night in which I was in a speech class, and I was asleep, but still able to hear and see everything. The teacher was telling everyone to give one-minute speeches on the spot, and I didn't have anything prepared. When she picked on me, I started talking about how hospitals were exactly like cotton balls, all while still sleeping. And this somehow made sense to the teacher.

I have extremely bizarre dreams...

Tsume & Toboe fanart completion status: 100% On DeviantART now. Yay! XD I need to go buy the second DVD of Wolf's Rain...

Kingdom Hearts completion status: 100% It's the first time ever I actually finished a video game...

Maya PLE comprehension status: 15% Completed the NURBS modeling tutorial, but I keep getting stuck on splitting and extending polygons.