Hey, just letting dudes know that yes, I'm alive, and my house hasn't burned down, hooray! Thank you for the well-wishes! ;_; Everyone is okay so far; I haven't heard of any deaths. However, the church I drive by every day is completely gone; part of the hills surround campus are all black, and I think the castle is gone, too. The fires aren't gone by any means...they're still burning in various spots along Malibu, and I know there's big ones in Irvine, Moorpark, Valencia and San Diego, too. D: (PLEASE be safe, my San Diego friends!)

They at least let us return to our homes on Pepperdine yesterday afternoon. Obviously, internets and electricity are working, so that's always good! However, pretty much all of the roads are closed, so I missed school both yesterday and today. XP I am going to try and go in tomorrow, though it'll probably mean the commute's twice as long since I'll have to double back to Kanan to get on the freeway...I highly doubt either the canyon or PCH will be functioning tomorrow. Yesterday I felt sick and had a splitting headache from all the smoke, even after wearing a cheap oxygen mask for a good chunk of the time. Today I feel a little better; I'm just downing water and trying not to overexert myself so that I'll be okay for tomorrow.

My mom took some pictures yesterday during our ventures, so I thought I'd steal a few and share:




Worse than fire was all the SMOKE that resulted! DX I think one of the students in the caf passed out from side effects of smoke inhalation. There's still ash all over my bathroom sink because my window was open the smallest crack.



I suppose this would be pretty if it weren't for all the stuff on fire. But the way the light works through smoke, it makes the sun look neon colors...



...And the ocean look yellow-brown. DDD: UUGH.



FALCON PEAK DECIDES TO TAKE ON PHANTOM STORM! WILL AN S + 10 RANK RESULT?!



These helicopters have been flying overhead almost constantly, night and day. I don't know if they use the ocean water or not; but they've about used up the pond water by now.


Also, since I was pretty much too ill and worked up to concentrate on anything, I spent most of yesterday and this morning fighting Yiazmat: I'm guessing around ten hours total. And at around noon, I emerged VICTORIOUS! So:
Defeated Yiazmat = YES
Completed the bestiary with 100% = YES
Earned the Order of Ambrosia ranking = VERY YES

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. 8D

And that's...about the only happy thing that's happened this weekend. :D; So I'm going to go attempt a bit of productivity now.