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Tickets for Nick Jonas and the Administration's DC show - the only one I could feasibly have attended - sold out before I got out of bed this morning (I'm sick).

It's upsetting me more than I thought it would.

There’s not been a lot to update about life-wise. It’s been work, sleep, eat, hang with Dee, gchat with viennawaits, repeat. I can’t wait for Thanksgiving. Even my evenings off don’t feel like evenings off, so it’ll be nice to have an entire day (mostly) to myself.

Someone inspire me to write! I will bake you cookies (or just write you something as close to awesome as I can manage).

Matthew Bomer’s face should be inspiration enough, and it almost is. Also, Gallant from ER is on White Collar, and that kind of makes me smile every time I see his face. (viennawaits I don’t like the new FBI girl, either).

I’ve been listening to a lot of music that makes me happy (literally invokes smiling): MIKA, Jonas Brothers, Christmas music (it’s all those bells).

On an unrelated note, I saw Inglorious Basterds this weekend

That’s about it for now. I need to get started on yuletide. My letter will be coming in a few days, if my wonderful amazing writer is out there wondering.

( a couple of thoughts on tonight's 90210 )
I love the CW's new promos for Melrose Place.  "New Series"  Ha.  Like the addition of Heather Locklear erases the previous episodes this season.  The show's not even that bad (it's not horrible), it just needs to get rid of about half the actors and storylines, and focus more on the potential of Lauren/David/Ella triangle.  Those three have chemistry out the wazoo and Ella goes both ways.

I maybe kinda sorta definitely signed up for yuletide ?  I do not know if this was a smart thing, but challenges and prompts and deadlines are always good to get me writing again (not that I'm really having a problem with that now or anything).  Plus, I like giving things and fic is a nice to give.

Speaking of writing, why is dialogue so hard sometimes?  I know what I want Blair to say in the drabble I'm writing, but the words refuse to come in the order in which I would like them, i.e., an order that makes sense.  And also with the correct tone.

I'm still ridiculously behind on t.v. watching, except for 90210 and Glee.  I'm also watching Melrose Place, which is getting better if not actually quality t.v., and even if I only like 3 of the characters.  I didn't even like the original, and I don't think this show will have a long life but I enjoy what I enjoy.

That's all.  There's something about short posts that I just don't like.  I almost want to fill this with nonsense in an effort to make it longer.

I won't, though.

I cannont get Puck's rendition of "Sweet Caroline" from the last episode of Glee out of my head.  I really like Mark Salling's voice, and his portrayal of Puck, if my initial love affair with the show is over.  We'll see how things go after Sectionals, but as it stands, I've done the love the characters/hate what the writers are doing thing way too many times to continue if this show doesn't find some consistency or just gets better.

I've been working a lot, or not really more than usual but it feels that way.  The time changes always mess me up, and with DST ending on Sunday, I'm sure it's going to get worse.

Outside of work, I've been hanging with Dee a lot and Google Talking to viennawaits.   Have I ever mentioned how she's one of my favorite people in the world?  My best RL friend and LJ friend and I am so grateful for you.  I just wanted that down somewhere since I don't say it a lot. You are awesome, and I'm only kidding a little when I say if you ever want to do what we talked about yesterday (bookstore-working hobos ftw!) I'd be up for it. 

That's a little cryptic and it's meant to be, but have a little happiness with this post (vicariously, of course): 

On Sunday, I saw Stevie Wonder perform.  A full concert, full of songs I love and have known for most, if not all of my life, and even if I never get the opportunity to see him live again, I will never, ever forget it.  That man is amazing and charming and more talented than anyone I hear on a daily basis on the radio, and really?  My favorite concert experience.

Honestly, I love the "concert experience" in itself.  Just the idea that hundreds or thousands of people can hear the opening notes to a song, and be prompted to sing and they all know the words... It's magical.

I have a blank word document called "I'm going to write Puck/Rache" saved.  Because I'm going to write Puck/Rachel.  It might end up being a few hundred words on her washing his hair in the boys' bathroom and how despite the disgusting surroundings, this really is a great bonding experience for them, but it will be written.

I've made headway on the follow-up to Child Running Scared, and I'm working on a multifandom Five Things fic for viennawaits. 

I'm feeling productive, can you tell?

Saw The Informant! today.  It was really good.  Matt Damon continues his campaign to be my favorite living actor from Boston.  Not that there's really any competition. 

I mentioned in my last post the possibility of fic if viennawaitsfulfilled her end of a deal we had made.  Unfortunately, she did not so there will be no Gossip Girl characters get drunk together and rail against the schools they really wanted to go to but couldn't.  Which is a shame because there was some really interesting things I had planned for that (Blair Waldorf walking three miles in heels because she refused to ride a bus kind of interesting). 

Instead have some Wizards of Waverly Place the Movie AU fic in which Justin starts to lose his memories while he and Alex are trying to get to the Stone of Dreams: Child Running Scared . Read the warning before preceding.  

( a couple of thoughts on Glee )

We had our annual company retreat this past weekend.  It's always good to watch your superiors make fools of themselves.  It reminds me that I have no reason to see them as threatening. 

Life has been pretty monotonous for the most part.  Still haven't watched Gossip Girl, but I did catch the pilot episode of Vampire Diaries.  I'll keep watching for now, but mostly for Ian Somerhalder and his face.  I almost watched Life As a House again for the first time in years because of him.  But there's too much Hayden Christensen in that for me.

( Glee was tonight. Here are my thoughts. )
I might be posting some fic soon.  I have one Blair fic that's pretty much ready, and there might be another Gossip Girl fic, if viennawaits comes through on our deal.

... You guys should get to what I'm calling GLEE SQUEE WEDNESDAY

• ( thoughts on the series so far... )

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I've been feeling really depressed lately and I haven't been able to figure out why.  Then I realized that maybe it's because I'm missing my brother. 

Which is weird, because though we love each other, we've never been the closest siblings.  He and his wife were home for the past two weeks, and he and I spent more time together in those two weeks than we probably had in the five years before he joined the Army.  And it was nice.  He was that big brother I've always kind of wanted, and now he's gone and that sucks.  I'm trying to convince him to choose Texas as the next place he's stationed so that he's within travel distance, but I think he wants to go to Japan, which is not within travel distance unless he's covering travel costs.  He seems really excited about it, though, the idea of immersing himself in this other culture.  I've never been able to describe my brother as giddy, but when he talks about all the places he's been and seen... he gets damn close to giddy. 

I'm so proud of him.



I still want him to come home, though.

I am having a good day today.  (so far)

Got the news last night that Ron Livingston's show Defying Gravity will be premiering on August 2nd - which is a Sunday so I'll be at work, but I have every intention of watching it when I get home, sleep be damned.  That, of course, means I'll have to avoid certain journals until Monday, but that'll be fine, I'm sure.

And last night, I had a dream that was awesome and weird and interesting but makes me smile whenever I think about it. 

( in which Nick Jonas drives me to meet Johnny Depp )

I was watching French Kiss this morning, and if you've seen it, you know that seen when she tries to get a new passport but the woman says, "why should I give you a new American passport when you don't want to be an American anymore?"  Am I the only one who never understood why she didn't just apply for dual citizenship?

Michael Jackson died today. 

I had just gotten to our monthly meeting at work and someone had tmz open.  It was hard for everyone to believe and one of my coworkers just kept repeating, "It hasn't been confirmed yet.  It hasn't been confirmed yet."

It's so strange because I didn't really feel it until the meeting was over and I got into my car, and every radio station that has ever played pop was playing a Michael Jackson song.  And it wasn't even the music, it was that they probably would not have been playing them at that time, with that frequency if not for his passing. 

I can't be sad during a Michael Jackson song, though.  It doesn't matter what the song is, every one of his songs that I've ever heard has made me happy or is related to a happy memory.  I spent an entire summer listening to only "You Are Not Alone" on my walkman. 

I think no matter what your personal opinions of him, you can't deny that that man made a huge impact on music, and made phenomonal music.  He was definitely a legend. 

I feel so bad for his kids, and I can't stop thinking that he was the same age as my mom.

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You ever see something on TV or in the theater and think: "why would you do that [insert favored actor/s name/s here]?"

I give you G-Force, or as I prefer to call it: why would you do that, Will Arnett and Bill Nighy?


Add to that Robert Downey, Jr. in The Shaggy Dog (which I am ashamed to admit I'm watching right now) and I have to ask: is it Disney's master scheme to make me question actors I love and/or respect?  Although, in RDJ's defense, at least he did this pre-Oscar nom and pre-Iron Man.

You ever come to LJ to post and be completely taken aback by how long it's apparently been since you updated? 

5 weeks seriously?  Further proof that my days are blending together (along with the fact that I just tried to spell proof with one 'o' and two 'f's.)

The reason for my lack of presence after making updating more one of my resolutions?  Two jobs.  I swear, I don't know how women in my family have done for so many years.  I'm falling asleep at one or completely unfocused at the other, but I don't want to give either up because I enjoy both.  Not to mention, one pays every week and it's really nice to worry a little less about paying my bills.  Also, despite less free time in the day, my body still wants to stay awake until to 1 and 2am.  Which wouldn't be that hard to handle if it didn't decide to fall asleep at 11am.  I think what my point really is is that I want to take a vacation.  I don't have as much time to do what I want anymore and having half a day because I only have to go to one of my jobs today is not the same.  What I wouldn't give to sleep til 11 and not have to be at work at 2.

How are you?

Look at my icon.  Aren't they just so pretty together?  Why are they not a canon ship?  Why?

Did anyone remember that it's Groundhog Day?  Why does Groundhog Day get its on day (February 2nd) but important people (Martin Luther King, Jr, former American Presidents) get a day out of the month (the third monday in January out of the month)?   I mean, February 2nd is never not Groundhog Day, but MLK,J day could fall anytime between the the 15th and the 22nd.  Is that fair?

I was talking about BSG today and at least twice I referred to Adama as Obama.  I can't decide how I feel about that.

I love when fandoms overlap in unexpected ways.  For example: I've been on this old school Mickey Rourke film kick - Nine and a Half Weeks, The Pope of Greenwich Village, etc, and I watched A Prayer for the Dying a few weeks ago.  Great film; you should check it out.  Anyway, in the opening credits I see the name Camille Coduri, and I'm thinking, "Why do I know that name?'  And when she shows up, I don't recognize her at first (it was 1987), but then she speaks and it's freaking JACKIE TYLER, mother of Rose Tyler, slapper of the Doctor!  So I'm really excited because DW is the only thing I've seen her in.  And who shows up in a scene after her?  Anthony Stewart Head.  Yes, Rupert Giles and Jackie Tyler.  Together. In 1987, both young and very thin (seriously, he especially needed a sandwich).  This made me very happy, only added to by the fact that he played a character named Rupert.   I couldn't stop smiling.  ( spoiler for the end )

It's kind of weird that it's 2009 already.  I can't even remember what I did in early 2008, so maybe that's why it feels like it shouldn't be a new year already. 

How's everyone's new year going so far? 

Things I'm looking forward to in 2009:

1. Finally getting my own place - love my mom but it's time to get out, hopefully in the first half of this year.
2. Finish writing something - a fanfic, one of the many original ideas I have but have yet to put to paper.  I think I should start small.  Any drabble requests?
3. Posting more - I've had this journal for almost five years and I've only made 158 posts!
4. More sometimes incomprehensible/always awesome voicemails from viennawaits
    

Just a quick little post to say hi and I'm not dead.  Took a little break from life - everything but work (because I have to work).  It was nice to sort of do what I wanted and not what I had to.  I highly recommend it. 

It's so weird to come back and read my flist and have most/all of you sick at the same time and taking finals at the same time. I had to remind myself that you're all in different places because your posts were all about the same things. 
 

Why must it be so warm?  It's December.  Can we get close to freezing, please?

How are all of you?

It's amazing how three months can just past by.  It's weird because a lot of stuff has happened, but everytime I go to update something happens; and then I'll start doing other things and think, "oh, I could be updating right now."  But then something happens, and the next thing you know it's time to go home/go to bed/actually do some work.

Of the things that have happened that I may or may not go into more detail about:

• Mom lost her second job, quit her first, is actually happy at the current.  That's a rare thing for her.
• Found out that I only needed five classes for my minor, so technically I'm finished, but i've been procrasinating about making it official.  Don't know why.
• I'm broker than a new convict.
• I've been writing.   A lot.  There is the chance that I'll be posting the first of a Nate/Dan three-parter in the coming days.
• Thinking of moving to New York.  Realized today that I'm actually - despite all the bureaucratic bullshit - really happy at my job.  This equals dilemma.
• Moved.

We had our company retreat this weekend, and besides getting a little tipsy with my coworkers and watching my bosses make fools of themselves, it was actually really time-consuming, and I think I might be heading to bed in an hour or so. Only to wake up at 11:30 to watch James Franco host SNL. 

Said it before, say it again (mean it every time): I'm gonna update more.

Firstly, I want to wish a very belated happy birthday to ksgerber59, alil2sarcastic, and missmarypotter.   I know how two of you spent your day, and I hope the third had a good day.

The past month and a half has been kind of hectic.  I was sick for the first 3 weeks of May, losing my voice for a week.  It probably would have been less than that, but I refused to accept that I couldn't talk and kept trying.  As my voice got better, though, it was kind of deep and husky and it makes me sad that it's not like that anymore.  I liked how it sounded.

I don't remember much of the last week of May, probably because it was drama-free.

So far, this month has been relatively okay.  I started my first summer class, The Video Project, which is fun.  We're going to start building our set this week, then filming next week.  The class is only four weeks, so whatever we get done next week is what's done.  I hope I do well in it, mostly because i need it to declare my major.  I'm really trying not to go back to school in the fall, so I'm going to try to use a theatre class I took as a film class.  Hope it works.

Why was this month only "relatively" okay?  Because last Wednesday, my car broke down and I had to buy a new transmission.  Luckily, the mechanics I went to gave me a deal so I got my transmission and labor for only $1500.  Unfortunately, that money was going to pay off my credit card, so I have to stay in debt for a few more months.  A point of personal growth: instead of freaking out, getting angry, crying, etc. like I normally would have, it all just seemed like a really big inconvenience.  Maybe because I had the money.  Maybe I'm actually getting more mature. 

Interestingly enough, I've been very prolific in terms of writing.  I might even be posting a fic in the next two weeks.  That's probably when I'll update again. 

I'm thinking of changing my username.  Any suggestions?

I'm going to read Twlight.  Don't judge me viennawaits.