i need to finish a secret santa thing which I've barely even planned out yet- im incredibly nervous, i'll be honest! Dx I'm usually a little bit rushed with these things. what's more, I had a little bit of a row with the person who I was assigned to. Yeah, it ended well, but i think it's still making my heart flutter! >o<

my father straight up asked me, if it would be bad if we didn't celebrate christmas this year. and the way he said just made me really sad... :/ -smooshes face up against a pillow- we've been beaten down a lot this year. i dont know if it would be good if we celebrated or not... i really don't. >_< maybe he feels the same way. but the way he said it- it just made me feel like he must have been just as crushed as i was. or i was projecting because he just couldn't be bothered setting up anything Hah Ha but ive still been moping around like an emo little girl anyway xD..

But, still! I've made some friends recently and im very grateful for what ive been blessed with.. theres that!!! maybe, its fine like this.

And hey , anyone want me to do a quick drawing for them? I think its time to get my mind off things!! =D any subject matter is fine- i'll do my best.

Aha, christmas music solves it all! Oh nice!

I need to get a set too. Do they only have one? (it's a battle loot item so some people have a bunch piled up)

Oh that's nice :D I don't get to see my sister very much since we live in different countries aha.

Ah, I remember seeing it and not liking it, but now I've seen your HA with it I do XD

Aw, thank you dear :* How are you doing today?

I would love some more art for my pets :o Would you like to do Illico? I'd love a picture of him holding a cake (he's my gourmet pet!)

Oh my :( I'm sorry things have been bad for you :( I hope you do end up celebrating christmas! It's such a lovely holiday, even if you don't go all out!

Morning my luffs! Hope you're all doing well!

Yeah I'll save it for another day I'm the same way! I can't decide if I'm a morning or night person. I'm tired all the time ;-;

My sister and I live in the same country, but far away from each other :c Oh! Haha I don't know I just like it because it's so different

Oh I love art! If you're still up for it you can draw something for me :* Whatever suits you. One of my pets, my HA, something for in my forum posts, A KITTY!

Ooooh Boy, What a day off I had! I got up super early and got about 75% of my shopping done. Then tackled grocery shopping. By the time I got home and settled in I was beat! Then this morning I was ordering tickets for my trip to Seattle on the 30th to pick up my bf from his flight... I booked Jan 30th instead of Dec 30th x.x; I just can't get this right!

Fun Fact : For his first trip here, I put the wrong first name on his ticket. You know, the name I use all day long... His name is Christian. I call him Chris. I typed in Christopher on his ticket. -facepalm-

How are you guys?

haha you sound like me! I make stupid mistakes like that all the time. I'm good! Just trying to get through some quests because I won't be around the rest of the day

I should do that too, I highly suspect my boss will be in sometime today as he owes us paychecks x.x He owes them as of yesterday. Not please. -.-;

Ugh, 8am and already an irate customer. Can I go home yet? :<

Ergg that's annoying. Haha and people can be the worst sometimes, I'm sorry!

I managed to calm it down easily enough. I'm probably a little hypersensitive because I get one day off tomorrow and then I work straight through to the 30th. I'm going to be exhausted x.x;

Well so far, I had meant to sit down and make money and instead I'm shopping and throwing gifts under trees xD Oh Dear. Gotta get on these quests soon.

Good morning from here in chilly Los Angeles, !!! I think today I finally caught the holiday spirit. I'm so excited, but wish I didn't have to be at work.

Anybody else wake up this morning feeling the holidays taking hold?

Ah yeah. I mean the US is so big, you can be further appart there then when you stay in europe :o It is! How are you doing today?

Aw. Well yay for getting the shopping done! that's great! And I hope you get all that other stuff sorted out!

Aha, I've been in the holiday spirit for a while! But I'm glad you're there too! Hope your day at work goes fast!

I'm surely a trying! xD Feels like there's so much to be done, and so little I can do about it xD

Morning! I don't think I've caught the Holiday spirit bug yet, but I woke up this morning and realized it's 10 days til I see my SO again, so I've been thrilled about that all morning :3 It's Chilly in LA? D: I thought it was always sunshine and warmth in Cali? D:

For us it's chilly! It was 38ºF this morning when I left for work. Brrrr!!! 10 day for an SO sighting is a great thing to be excited about! That's a form of holiday bug!!!

Yay! I'm glad I caught up then!!!! FINALLY!

Ah, I know that feeling! Drink a cup of tea to calm you down, that always helps me!

Aha, I'm glad you are too :* Any plans for the day? Other than work I guess aha.

Yeah, it's been alright here so far temperature wise, which I'm glad for. Although there's no snow :(

hihi! Hope everyone is enjoying Lumi!

I'm sure your secret santa will love whatever you get them! It's christmas, so forgiveness is in the air and all that :)

Aww, not celebrating Christmas sounds very depressing. I hope you guys figure it out! If nothing else, you have all of us on here to be Christmas-y with :) We love Christmas.

They only had the one :( It's a 5th drop, so it's not quite as common, I guess. It's actually pretty moderately priced (900k) so even if you don't find one on sale, it's not too painful to buy! I'm also finally thinking about getting a reviver of the lion and soma tablets. You have both right? Do you use them?

Getting to see your sister must be nice if she lives so far away. I can't even imagine leaving my family and starting over in a new country! Is she much older than you?

I'm usually a night person, as in I prefer staying up late and am more productive then. But I like to think I'm a nice morning person, and not all grumpy and non-personable haha.

Sounds like a busy day! At least you got a lot of stuff done. Did you manage to get the ticket corrected? Usually airlines are pretty understanding about that stuff.

That's a cute story, heh. Was he still able to use the ticket?

It's chilly in LA? That's new. It's actually pretty mild here, still (Toronto.) And yes, definitely, I'm wrapping presents and watching Christmas specials today, so very much feeling the holidays :) Only a few sleeps left, as my grandma said when I was a kid, hehe.

Happy lumi :) How have you been? All prepared for the holidays?

Very much! And you?

Ah that makes sense! Yeah definitely. I'm just cheap :p I have the reviver, but not the tablets yet. Going to buy them... Eventually. Hoping to find some for 50m or so. But I use the reviver all the time, even with phoenix quill. So useful.

Yeah, it's... Weird :o But Europe isn't that big, so we get to see each other fairly often :o It is great to have her for two weeks though :D

Nope, only three years! :D

I found some decently priced tablets but got cold feet because it still seemed like a lot! I guess I should just bite the bullet and get both. I was talking with a guy from battle chat yesterday and he really rec'ed them. (He also suggested a recycle blaster, 5th drop from recycle beast which I was shocked I could do! It destroys one opponent weapon, which is nice for some opponents with 1 really annoying weapon coughhustler) The reviver is hard to buy though. There are none in shops. I suppose I could buy it direct, but I'm also cheap at times, hehe.

Oh that's true, Europe is pretty open. It seems like a great place to live and get some traveling in, without it being a huge hassle.

Glad to know you're both battlers. I'd stopped fine-tuning my items, but would love to hear about what you have set up. My current defaults are:

Recycle Blaster SubetaBall Deluxe Death Shard Malice Iron Fireside Lantern Daemons Poisonous Quills Turkey Quill Malignant Rift Staff

but I just don't feel like I'm progressing well enough! Any suggestions?

And, yep, Kristy... too cold for me right now. I'm moved from NY to avoid winters. LOL

If you're using a malice, you must be tier 8 at least (just hit t8 myself) :) Do you know what tier your pet is? That really affects the weapons you choose.

As for basics, you could upgrade your bomb for sure (Iron Fireside Lantern) there are lots of better bombs for tier 8+. You could also add a phoenix quill (from the MC) which is a full healer, but doesn't take the healer slot. You also have an expensive freezer, but there are better ones for less (scientist specs, gate keeper collar in the battle shop)

Also, are you using mods and scrolls? They can make a huge difference.

OK.. don't laugh .. she's Tier 10. I've basically hacked & bashed my way through it completely guessing the whole time. I have crazy weapons that I don't even know what they do! (Just saw I have something called "Eternal" and laughed because I didn't know I had that!)

I have a few scrolls: Singed Stuffing, Molten Boulder, Raging Hurricane, Lucent Barrier, Inferno

I've tried to read all of the things to put a good set together, but I get all turned around! Sigh. I think I may even have a phoenix quill!!!!

And, yes... I do have mods.. all over the place.. extra freezers, healers... etc.