Since not everything was correctly guessed on the Fandom Game I recently posted, I figured I'd post the complete list.


( Here's the list, yo! )

In other news, after tomorrow's day off, I won't be having another day off until NEXT TUESDAY. WTF is up with that?

On the plus side though, at least I'll be making some money. Which we all know I need.

Thought this would be fun, so I figured I'd give it a chance.

stolen from chelshock

1) Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/bands etc. that you've had an obsessive fannish love or interest in at some time in your life.
2) Have your f-list guess your favorite character/member from each item.
3) When someone guesses correctly, strikethrough the item and put the name of your favorite character next to it.

( Here's the list, yo! )

Is it wrong I had to think about some of these for awhile to figure out my favorite character? And even then (as you can see) I couldn't pick just one. Haha.

Good luck and have fun peeps!

For the life of me, I can't remember the last book I read.

Ok, technically, that statement is kind of a lie.

The last book I read was Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, right before the movie came out.

I guess what I SHOULD say is this: For the life of me, I can't remember the last book I read that WASN'T a Harry Potter book.

OH WAIT. God damn it, I do remember. It was New Moon. That damn sequel to Twilight.

What the fuck?

I used to read all the time. And not crap either, haha (NOT that HP is crap. Twilight is crap. For realz) I'd always have a book I was reading, a book I was planning to read after that and then a book to read after that one. and so on.

But now? Its like I never read. And I miss that. I miss reading. I need to get a book list started and then maybe hit the library. Or figure out what's on my shelf that I haven't finished and go from there. Yeah. Something like that.

Suggestions, anyone?

In case you either don't follow me on facebook (or twitter) or you missed this announcement, I was officially offered the job at Target.

And it starts tomorrow!

My orientation is tomorrow anyway. I'm not exactly sure what that includes, but should be interesting either way.

And while I'm quite excited for an excuse to leave the house, in addition to making money, I always get nervous before starting a new job. Can I handle it? Will I do well? Will the people be nice? Those types of things, you know.

I'm sure it will all be ok. Hopefully, haha.

I'm hoping that in true form, the Universe sees that I have a job and then will offer me an even awesomer one. Which I'm kind of hoping, because that would be awesome.

My cousin's wedding is this weekend. Friday, actually. Went dress shopping with Melissa and Brianne on Saturday. It was a great day for me, haha, I found a dress I liked at the first store, looked half way decent and was on sale. EVEN BETTER was that when it rang up, since they were having additional sales, it only ended up being 11 freakin dollars!!!! I was pretty psyched. I found some shoes to go with it for pretty cheap too. Good times indeed.

I'm hoping the wedding will be a fun time. I'm sure it will be, my family's fun. Especially when open bars are involved.

I'm going to try to get to bed at a decent time...not that I have to be up super early, but I don't want to be super tired tomorrow.

Ok, I'm out for now.

Lately, I've been walking my dog (ok, technically, the family dog) more because we are both chunky and well, it won't kill us to get some fresh air and some exercise. But when I walk him, I always seem to wear the same pair of black comfy pants. So whenever I come downstairs wearing them, he gets excited and knows its time for a walk. Today I was headed to Melissa and Jason's and decided to wear the walking pants. But I didn't want him to think that we were going for a walk, so I put a pair of jeans on OVER the comfy pants.

Is it odd that I covered what I wanted to wear to spare the feeling of disappointment that might strike the heart of my dog?

Maybe it is. But whatever. I didn't want to get his hopes up. I'm not that heartless.

In other completely unrelated news, I've been letting my fingernails grow and they are pretty long. The only two complaints I have about this is that 1. It is slightly harder to type and 2. I feel as if I am going to gouge my own eyes out every time I take my contacts out.

Perhaps I should just cut/bite them off. But I do so love tapping them on surfaces to show how annoyed/bored I am with any given situation even when I'm not annoyed/bored.

OH. ALSO.

The Fray's cover of Kayne West's "Heartless" is flippin A1.

Which I don't normally use "A1" to describe anything because A1 sauce is gross. Give me ketchup any day of the week, thank you very much. But I figured I'd take the phrase out for a spin because saying something is "A1" conveys that is it awesome and number one better than saying something is "ketchup". Unless, of course, I start a vocab revolution and make that a new catchphrase. So if it becomes big, remember this day. It will live in infamy.

I should go to bed.

SHOULD.

Will I? Probably. I'm kinda tired.

p.s. I know I'm super late on this, but seriously, How I Met Your Mother is a flippin ketchup show. I am in love with it so much I want to take it behind the school and get it pregnant.
p.p.s. Maybe "ketchup" doesn't work that well.
p.p.p.s. Oh well. At least I tried. And that is what matters.

Ok. I woke up this morning super excited to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I texted Melissa and Jason to see what the game plan was, and lo and behold, both were sick and probably not going to go! After my initial frustration of them not telling me this was a possibility yesterday (they both didn't feel well yesterday, I should have known better. Next time, I'm going to the midnight premiere, fuck everyone else. For serious.)

Anyway, I headed over to the theater as soon as I'd showered and dressed. Which was cool, because then I didn't have to wait until after Melissa was done with work and what not.

Did I like the movie?

Some of it.

I have a hard time with the Harry Potter movies. I usually have to see them a few times in order to have a full opinion. But this time, its different. Yes, things in the movies have always been different. I don't expect them to follow the books 100%. That's just crazy.

But certain things are in the book for a reason. They build on the plot and future books depend on that. So when really important things are left out in order to make way for things that NEVER EVEN HAPPENED in the book, that upsets me.

I'm going to go ahead and cut so I can discuss things without spoiling for some. And Dan (dio_aiutami), if you read this, I apologize if I repeat some of the things you say. You said everything I was thinking and said it much better than I probably will.

( Should I really be this upset about a movie?? )

I do have to admit though...I'm extremely curious to see what they do in the next movies to make up for the fact that they left out some crucial information in this one.

So late last night (this morning?) I decided that in the excitement of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince being released in a mere two days, I would re-read the book.

Which isn't always a smart idea, because no matter how awesome the preview looks it will be nowhere near as perfect and as amazing as the book is. But I wanted to re-read it anyway and since I always try to perceive the movies as a completely different entity than the books, I figured, why not?. (I try (key word: TRY) not to compare the two too much, but I know I do it.) The nice thing about the movies though, is that I almost always see them with my sister, an avid non-reader. Since she has no idea what happens in the books (besides what I might tell her, which isn't too much), I am able to get her opinion as a non-book reader. I'm able to ask her if anything is confusing, if things were too rushed, if things seemed like they weren't explained enough. She gives me a really great look at the movies from someone who only has an idea of the HP world through the movies.

Anyway, I'm a bit more than half way through it and it got me thinking of my life before Harry Potter. I tried to remember what my life was like before I had ever read any of the Harry Potter books. (and if I had to be honest with myself, do I really want to?) I read the first one in 2001, right when the first movie came out. That's EIGHT YEARS AGO. For eight years (almost as long as I've had an LJ, actually) I have been reading the books over and over, excitedly waiting for news of the next, counting down the days until their release, attending midnight release parties, going over theory after theory, trying to figure out what was going to happen and then, in the end, weeping and weeping more than any person should when reading a book.

Its strange that you don't realize that things are life changing until they are over.

I've noticed this in life.

p.s. I am still not sure if I'm emotionally ready to see the end of this movie.
p.p.s. I KNOW I'm not emotionally ready to see the last one(s). I don't think I ever will be. Its going to be like LOTR:ROTK times a million.
p.p.p.s. Who knows. By 2011 my "Movies I've Cried During List" may be as high as 4. I'm definite that it will be at 2. Depending on what they put in the first half of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, it will be 3 and depending on how Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is on Wednesday, it could get as high as 4 by the time these movies are over.
p.p.p.p.s. Yeah, I don't cry during movies unless I am emotionally invested in the characters. One 90 minute movie isn't enough for me to do that. I don't care what goes down or what happens to the characters. But three, quite long movies (LOTR)? Yes. And Eight movies and Seven Books (HP)? You better fuckin believe it. It will be a miracle of miracles if I don't walk out of HP&DH Part 2 weeping like a baby, with snot running down my nose.
p.p.p.p.p.s. I guess only time will tell though.

I found a leaked copy of the new Regina Spektor CD and while I do feel a tad guilty about downloading it, I figure that eventually I will buy it so FOR NOW, its ok. I mean, I'm broke as hell. Regina HAS to realize that. So I downloaded it and listened and it is awesome and I love it and I'm not sure that this girl can do anything wrong. Seriously.

In other news I will be officially leaving Macomb, IL in like three days. Wednesday, I believe. Yeah, I think that's when I'm leaving. It is sad on one level because I have had some amazing times over the past two years and I have loved being in grad school and (most) of the people I have met and talked with and been able to share experiences with and all of that good stuff.

I'm not fully done yet, but since I will be out of a place to live AND I really need to get home in order to work and actually make money instead of not making any. But I will finish at home and that will be the end of that I guess.

Friday night I went camping with some friends and as everyone was getting ready to go to bed, I walked to the bathroom and noticed how many stars were out. So I headed over to the playground area and laid on the playground equipment and just stared at all the stars for what seemed like quite a long time. The one bad thing about living in the suburbs/city is that you never see many stars. It was such a simple experience, but it just seemed so significant, you know? Like it was one of those "infinite" moments you have in life. I almost felt as if I was having a conversation with God or something, but it wasn't about anything super significant, it was just like when we shooting the shit, chillin out and making small talk. Or something. I'm still not totally sure. It was pretty freaking awesome though.

It was a good weekend though. Next weekend should be just as awesomely amazing, since it is my birthday! I'm pretty psyched for it. My sister's birthday party/my birthday party/what is becoming my mom's surprise 50th birthday party is next Saturday and I'm very excited for it. I think it will be a blast. I might not be completely ready to be 27 yet, but I think I will come to terms with it. I mean, I kind of have to, right?

So I'm pretty sure that the opposite of being really productive is reading TextsFromLastNight.com and laughing so hard I'm basically crying my eyes out.

But I can't stop.

I may be behind on the times, but I seriously just found out about this site and I may be in love.

But I need to stop reading and start doing stuff that is productive. For serious.

I can't freakin' wait until this thesis is done and I'm in a hammock or lawn chair or other relaxing summer-based chair and I'm listening the fuck out of Regina Spektor's new CD and sipping on a fruity probably alcohol-based beverage.

I'm sure that won't last long though because I'll probably be working my ass off this summer trying to make money to make up for the fact that I am broke as a mothereffin' joke. But whatever. As long as the above happens for any amount of time one day during the summer, I'll be cool with that.

Ok. Guess I should get back to work on this thing. Or I could light it on fire...hmm. That sounds like a good idea.

or not. Whatever.

Oh and drinking 52 ounces of Mountain Dew isn't the best idea unles of course you want to be going to the bathroom every five minutes.

Too bad I never really take my own advice. Plus 52 ounces of Mountain Dew is totally worth it.

p.s. 21 days until my birthday!!!!

Alright, alright maybe this macbook is pretty neat.

There. I said it.

It makes the Wall-E noise, you can scroll with two fingers and it is silver and shiny. And I do love shiny things.

In completely unrelated news, I just saw pictures of Rhianna naked online. I think they are legit anyway. Never thought I'd see that. But I have. And she has a decent rack. Good for her.

I really need to shower. Seriously.

Life is going well so far. I've been rooming with Seth for about a week now and its going well. We haven't killed one another yet. YET. Thesis working is coming along. I need to get that bitch done. Seriously.

My birthday is in 23 days! Woo.

Wow. I really have nothing to update about. Boring...

26 more days until my Birthday!

That's about how many more days I have in Macomb as well. (I figure I'll go home the weekend of my birthday, what's the point in going home and coming back only to return in like a day?) Sad, really. But I am really looking forward to going back home. On some level anyway.

Just need to finish this darn thesis and what not. Yay?

I keep seeing previews for 'The Hangover' and honestly, I can't wait to freakin see it. It just looks hysterical. The plan is to see it this weekend and I hope the plan sticks. Who knows what shenanigans will happen though.

Last weekend shenanigans included building a MacGuyver'd beer pong table, staying up till 4am for McDonalds breakfast two nights in a row, watching "The Rocker" and partaking in a large amount of booze, laughter and fun times.

It was a good weekend.

I'm hungry. Time for food?

I think the answer is...yes.

Law and Order SVU is amazing.

Staying up until 4am two nights in a row in order to get McDonalds breakfast is amazing.

Staying up late drinking and laughing and making a homemade beer pong table is amazing.

Other events of this week are much less amazing.

Ah, how crazy a week can be.

If it wasn't 5am and I wasn't slightly drunk and ridiculously exhausted, I would go into much, much more detail about everything. But as it would seem, I am all of the previously mentioned things. So I will now drift into sleep. And I hope it will be as amazing as I think it will.

Good night/good morning.

Just listened to "Laughing With" and "Blue Lips" from Regina Spektor's new CD.

I love this woman.

I can't wait for this CD.

In the immortal words of Ms. Gwen Stefani:


What you waiting
What you waiting for!?

Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock

Take a chance you stupid Ho!

Yesterday was the EIGHT YEAR anniversary of this journal.

That seems insane to me.

I can't believe I have been frequenting a website for close to eight years straight.

Craaaaazy!!

But seriously, in a lame way, its also kind of amazing.

Back in like 2000-2001 I somewhat frequented a Smashing Pumpkins message board site called blamo.org or something to that effect. I was more of a lurker/occasionally poster and was never really as popular as some of the cool people there, but I enjoyed checking out the site every so often and posting things occasionally. While reading one thread, I ended up following a link that was posted in the profile of sporkburrito. The link was to her livejournal. After checking out the site, I decided to join.

That was actually May 10th 2001. So my 8 year anniversary is coming up here. Which is somewhat creepy to think that I've been frequenting a site for about 8 years straight.

But I've met some amazing people with the help of this site, so really, it was a great thing. So thanks Stephanie for leading me here!

I feel like I have so much to say and do and be in these next few weeks/months/years/the rest of my entire life.

I like that feeling.

I also feel like I need to update with a million different thoughts and wishes and dreams and I will, but right now I'm hungry and need a break and its much too nice to be indoors in the windowless psych building.

or Something.

I'm rambling.

and I am also in L-O-V-E with this song.

• 23:54 @ryan_the_iowan the wii needs more batman games #
• 23:57 You motorboatin' son of a bitch! You old sailor, you! #
• 12:37 @Melville3 oh no! That sucks. Tell your work I hate them. #
• 13:47 I am tired. #
• 16:15 Rory + Logan = adorable! #
• 17:52 @asque2000 yes, gilmore girls. that show is my jam!! #

Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

• 08:53 Hey Garbage Truck, can you not empty the dumpsters right outside my window at 7am? You're really loud. #
• 12:14 @Ryan_the_Iowan Why does "Marvel Divas" make me think of a group that should be singing "Lady Marmalade"? #
• 12:39 Wouldn't it be neat if life was a rock opera all the time? #
• 13:58 tee hee. Today is 4/20. Tee hee. On a side note, I am apparently 12 again. #
• 18:10 Snakes on a Plane is on FX! I wonder how they are going to butcher the classic line in the movie?? #

Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter