every little thing you do is tragic

Mon, 12 May 2008 19:50:53 GMT

One of the benefits of now having a laptop that, you know, WORKS: I can wake up in the morning, not get out of bed, and still get online to check my email and flist and whatever else.

hahaha, I am so lazy.

Also, I am at work at the moment, and I am going to be making phone calls for the REST OF MY LIFE. Stupid CA and her stupid idea to not do EFTs for a week because of Mothers Day. . . bad plan.

OH AND. I just discovered this on the Dragon*Con guest list today:
Cliff Simon
Cliff plays Ba'al in Stargate: SG-1.

!!! So. Much. Hot. I am getting really excited. :D

Thu, 08 May 2008 19:06:25 GMT

HOKAY I am back! The Hanson concert was SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH FUN. I seriously loved it a LOT. And I don't really care if most people on my flist will make fun of me for liking them, or for driving to South Carolina to see them, or whatever else, because the show was amazing and I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. Seriously.

So, Monday morning, imthelobster and I left for South Carolina, armed with a cooler full of food (well, sort of full), a full tank of gas, tickets and hotel registration, and clothes. In other words: everything we needed, lol. The drive was pretty uneventful. Long, but we expected that... we had good traffic for pretty much the entire way, which was really lucky/nice. There were some issues with mapquest being RETARDED and not telling us about turns and shit, and then with Myrtle Beach making NO sense with their numbering of streets, but we reached the hotel with no real problems.

The hotel was pretty nice. I mean, it wasn't a resort, but for the price? It was clean, the beds were comfortable, we had a mini-fridge and microwave (which I didn't expect), AND we had a side-view of the ocean. Oh yeah, we were staying right on the water. AWESOME. :D
Only real downside: they didn't offer internet access. My shiny new laptop didn't get to flex much. D: hahaha

Anyway, so Monday night: pretty uneventful. We went to eat at Fridays, came back and went down to the beach. vdbsnlvnlksvnlk I LOVE the beach at night, you guys. LOVE it. I rolled up my pants, intending to just wade to my ankles, and ended up getting soaked all the way up to my bum. It was seriously amazing. I miss the beach. :(

OKAY MORE IMPORTANTLY: TUESDAY. CONCERT DAY!

We lazed around the hotel room for the whole morning. Watched the acoustic DVDs that I have for Hanson, took showers... blah blah boring. Since I didn't have any 'net, imthelobster called her dad to find out when the walk was taking place. (THANK YOU elleren. I love you again. :D ) With that information in hand, we went. . . WAY too early. o.o heh

We ended up sitting out there waiting forever. We showed up probably an hour and a half early, and then they were about 30 minutes late coming out for the walk anyway. We didn't feel like pushing and shoving to be able to walk next to or near any of the boys, so we didn't -- however, when Taylor stopped to talk halfway through the walk we ended up standing really close to him. Dear god, all three of them are just as pretty in person -- maybe even prettier. Taylor has no right to be that hot. No person does. cnbdlsvnklsvlk.

One funny part, while he was talking about the walk and why they do it and all the serious stuff like that... he's in the middle of a sentence, and a drill starts going off. Taylor just stopped, turned slightly to where the sound was coming from, and was like: "And it's a drill." It was extra amusing when he started trying to talk again, and a plane flew low over all of us. The look on his face was just AWESOME. It was a look of "wtf I am trying to TALK here" or something and it was just SO FUNNY.

OKAY ANYWAY. Finished the walk. . . and ended up with blisters on my feet. Like, seriously. I burned my feet up real nice. They are BUBBLING, people. It is absolutely disgusting. Blegh.

So we got our hands stamped, and then. . . had to deal with the flat tire discovered on my car. UGH. I cannot even possibly explain how aggravating this was just at that moment. AND, I had left my purse in the hotel room like a RETARD and just shoved my ID and money and shit into my pocket, since I didn't want to be carrying a bag. So I didn't have my AAA card on me, so we had to call a cab to drive us to the hotel and back. The hotel was 10 miles down the road. Needless to say, not the cheapest cab ride ever, ugh.

Did that, but we didn't have time to call AAA before the concert, so when we got back to the venue we just got in line and decided we would call AAA afterwards. I have to admit, this made my mood go down considerably. I had my blistered feet, I was out for the cab fare, and based on how the flat looked I pretty much knew I was going to need a new tire, there was no way they were going to be able to patch it. So I was pretty pissy for the hour and a half or so that we were standing in line, waiting for doors to open.

HOWEVER, that mood went away the second we were inside. :D :D :D

The merch table was right inside the door, and there was no line when we walked in, so I went immediately there, and LOOK WHAT I GOT: A Georgia shirt OMG! I love it a lot. Also, I'm almost positive that Taylor was wearing this shirt during the concert, which makes it even better. omg I am getting flaily again just typing about all this :D :D :D :D :D :D

Hokay, so, for the record? We ended up with pretty much the best spots in the entire freaking place. We ended up standing right behind the box with the switchboards, with a perfect view of the middle of the stage, and not a single person in front of us. It was an awesome view of the stage, and we pretty much parked ourselves and did not move the entire night, lol. The people standing around us were cool, too, and we had a decent amount of personal space the whole time. It was awesome.

The first opening act, Kate Voegele, sounded really good. Personally, I don't think she had a lot of stage presence, but her music was good, so it was still totally enjoyable. The second opening act, however, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, was almost completely the opposite. Their music was a little eh for me, but they were so entertaining. I was laughing and clapping and having an excellent time the entire way through their set, which was awesome. For the second-to-last song, Isaac came out to sing with them. He started by bringing out a tray with a bottle hand-labeled "Moon Shine" and shot glasses for himself and the entire band, and they proceeded to take a shot together. It made much more sense during the chorus of the song, which included the line "You bring the cup and I'll bring the moonshine." Either way, it was AWESOME, and Isaac was very cool about being up there with them and it was just awesome all around.

AND THEN! After the longest set change OF MY LIFE, there was HANSON!!!!

Oh. My god. vcdsbvndsvnklsnvklsvksnk. SO MUCH LOVE. They are interactive with their audience and just generally awesome and YES. I especially loved:

1. Isaac's guitar solos in the middle of the stage.
2. Taylor running across the stage and then sliding back to his keyboard cndlsncvlks dude. that was hot.
3. Taylor's BOUNCING. boy can bounce.
4. Taylor standing on the amp to talk to everyone, hee.
5. Taylor kicking over his stool during one of the last songs, haha
6. Taylor telling the audience to shake their asses and then SHAKING HIS. seriously. like. <3!

(er, can you tell I love Taylor, just a bit?)

The set list:
1. Great Divide
2. Where's the Love
3. Runaway Run
4. Been There Before
5. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (cover -- OMG loved this one, too.)
6. Money (That's What I Want) - acoustic
7. Georgia - acoustic
8. I Will Come to You - acoustic
9. Yearbook - acoustic
10. Blue Sky
11. Minute Without You
12. Can't Stop
13. If Only
14. Running Man
15. Watch Over Me
16. Hey
17. MMMBop
18. Lost Without Each Other
19. Somethin Goin Round
Encore:
20. Magic Carpet Ride
21. Great Divide A Capella

((snagged the set list from here. I think it sounds right; I can't remember anything different, anyway.))

There are just. . . no words for how much I loved this show. Every song was awesome, they sounded awesome, the audience was awesome, it was just COMPLETELY amazing. I didn't even notice how much my feet hurt or how much I was killing my voice or anything. It was just so, so good. vdsvnkds. I can't even describe it properly. Just... yes.

After the show, it took a little while for imthelobster and I to come down off of the extreme high, hahaha. Eventually had to, though, and after working to be able to talk (you can ask her, I seriously barely could for a bit) I called AAA. It took them about an hour to get out to us. Considering the amount of time I've had to wait previously, not too bad. Got the spare on, got back to the hotel, crashed.

Wednesday, coming home. We woke up and got checked out of the hotel without a hitch. Getting a new tire was LAME, but we went down to the Wal*Mart and it only ended up taking like 20 minutes. Thank god for not being in Orlando, I suppose, since there was no wait. After that it was on the road... the drive, again, was pretty uneventful, except for mapquest being a douche and not warning for weird road turns and shit. haha. Traffic wasn't bad at all, though, and even though we got a late start, we made good time.

AND NOW I AM HOME. My feet hurt like a bitch still, but I don't even care. I would drive out of state to see them again in a heartbeat. It was just fucking amazing. SO SO GLAD that we went. :D

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Wed, 07 May 2008 04:21:19 GMT

I lost my voice, I won't be able to walk for a week, and I have a flat tire to deal with before I can get home, but the Hanson concert was SO WORTH IT!!!!!!

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Mon, 05 May 2008 20:40:45 GMT

We just passed a veggie lab. The south is weird.

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Mon, 05 May 2008 19:05:02 GMT

Things discovered on this trip: imthelobster is 5 years old.

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:12:57 GMT

I DID IT!

I am very proud of myself. Really. You have no idea.

In other news:

Tomorrow right after work I leave for Expedition: PINS which'll be all night Friday and all day Saturday.
Sunday is OMG SG-1 DAY!!! XD
Monday I leave for SC.
Tuesday is the actual Hanson concert nvdsnvklsvkl
Wednesday is driving back home.
Thursday is PASSING OUT and sleeping for as long as possible.

And at SOME POINT I have to find time to watch the new Avatar episodes (nvdjnvklsnvsdnklbnsdjnvbsdklmnklnkl!!!)

In other words. . . don't expect to hear from me for a bit. heh.

Thu, 01 May 2008 19:43:48 GMT

My brain has been fried by SG-1. Trying to get to Reckoning by Sunday -- much fun! Yeaaaah. So. Much. SG-1. ._.

I haven't played WoW in days. D:

However! The good news is that I am still loving SG-1 just as much as ever! And. . . Daniel. SO MUCH love for Daniel. Like. ♥ Yesssssss.

Plus, I only have three episodes left now. Of course, I won't be able to watch any tomorrow or Saturday, but still! Totally do-able!

I might be a little ridiculously excited about this. It's the little things, okay?

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:41:22 GMT

Happy Birthday fluffymaru!! ♥

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Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:43:52 GMT

My love is the patch for KLs VD.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:03:06 GMT

The internet. . . it is dead.

SIGH.

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:53:12 GMT

So... I don't know how, since she didn't even actually do anything? But somehow, taking my computer over to imthelobster's was apparently magical, because now my sound is working properly, which it hasn't done in months. Oh, and my screen isn't flickering anymore, either.

Magical.

:D

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:53:02 GMT

Very little sleep + caffeine on an otherwise empty stomach = TERRIBLE MISTAKE.

Just in case anyone needed the update.

Also, I have a confession to make.

I am addicted to WoW. THERE. I ADMITTED IT.

But it is SO MUCH FUN omg. I feel like I'm going crazy. o.O

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:51:48 GMT

Okay, so this was awesome enough that I have to post about it.

I was having a sort of in-between day today. Just... a day, nothing really special. Aaaanyway, I went on break at work, and came back... exceptionally annoyed. Kind of ridiculously so, actually, considering what it was that annoyed me... which isn't the important part.

So I logged onto GTalk (like usual... heh. work? what's that?) and IMed marilla82, and she asked if I wanted her to bring me dinner, or chai, or a cute boy. Thinking she was joking, of course, I was like "haha, a chai actually sounds best out of those options."

This leads to her actually driving across town, buying me a chai, and bringing it to my workplace. And then, as an EXTRA SPECIAL surprise, she has a katilara in the passenger seat with her, who apparently decided that driving across town for all of twenty minutes of hang out time sounded like a good plan. !!!!!

This seriously made my life. Hung out for a little bit at work (again... work?! who does that?!) and chatted and... oh man, it just cheered me up SO MUCH. You two, really, I appreciate it TONS and omg I love you both like mad right now.

So basically: my friends are spectacular. :D :D

because I am amused...

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:30:47 GMT

Dear barbed_whispers,
I don't really know how to tell you this, but I dislike you.
I think I realized it When we skinny dipped Outside of Chicago and I saw you Carve your initials into Manchester United's goalkeeper.
I'm sure you're frostbitten enough to understand that Santa doesn't exist.
I'm returning your ring to you, but I'll keep your photo as a memory.
You should also know that I told in my confession today about our friendship.
Go burn,
getaway_machine

Do it like this:
Dear (the person who last commented on your journal),
I don't really know how to tell you this, but ___1___.
I think I realized it ___2___ ___3___ and I saw you ___4___ ___5___.
I'm sure you're ___6___ enough to understand ___7___.
I'm returning ___8___ to you, but I'll keep ___9___ as a memory.
You should also know that I ___10___ ___11___.
___12___,
-Your name-

1. What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - Our romance is over
Red - Our affair is over
White -I'll join the monastery
Black - I dislike you
Green - Our horoscope doesn't match
Grey - You're a pervert
Yellow - I'm selling myself
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - You're a loser
Other - I'm in love with your sister

2. Which is your birth month?
January - That night
February - Last year
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on sesame seeds
May - First of May
June - When you put cuffs on me
July - When I threw up
August - When I saw the shrunken head
September - When we skinny dipped
October - When I quoted Santa
November - When your dog ran amok
December - When I changed tennis shoes

3. Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Pizza - In your camping car
Pasta - Outside of Chicago
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad - As you ate enchilada
Chicken - In your closet
Kebab - With Paris Hilton
Fish - In women's clothing
Sandwiches - At the Hare Krishna graduation
Lasagna - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a state of trance
Other - With George Bush and his wife

4. What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Hit on
Red - Insult
Black - Ignore
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - Put leeches on
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the toupee off
Barefoot - Spit at
Other - Drive out

5. What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My best friend
White - My father
Grey - Bill Clinton
Brown - My fart balloon
Purple - My mustard soufflé
Red - Donald Duck
Blue - My avocado plant
Yellow - My pen pal in Ghana
Orange - My Kid Rock-collection
Pink - Manchester United's goalkeeper
None - My John F. Kennedy-statue
Other - The crazy monk

6. What do you prefer to watch on TV?
Scrubs - Man
O.C. - Emotional
One Tree Hill - Open
Heroes - Frostbitten
Lost - High
House - Scarred
Simpsons - Cowardly
The news - Mongolic
Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Senile
Top Model - Middle-class
Other - Ashamed

7. Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful I've felt
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That Santa doesn't exist
Angry - That your pimples are at the last stage
Depressed - That we're cousins
Excited - That there is no solution to this.
Nervous - The middle-east
Worried - That your Honda sucks
Apathetic - That I did a sex-change
Ashamed - That I'm allergic to your hamster
Cuddly - That I get turned on by garbage men
Overjoyous - That I'm open
Other - That Extreme Home Makeover sucks

8. What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your ring
Yellow - Your love letters
Red - Your Darth Vader-poster
Black - Your tame stone
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - The pictures from LA
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your contact book
Grey - Our matching snoopy-bibs
Purple - Your old lottery coupons
Pink - The cut toenails
Other - Your memories from the military service

9. The first letter of your first name?
A/B - Your photo
C/D - The oil stocks
E/F - Your neighbor Martin
G/H - My virginity
I/J - The results of blood-sample
K/L - Your left ear
M/N - Your suicide note
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X - David's tricot outfits
Y/Z - Your grades from college

10. The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Always will remember
C/D - Never will forget
E/F - Always wanted to break
G/H - Never openly mocked
I/J - Always have felt dirty before
K/L - Will tell the authorities about
M/N - Told in my confession today about
O/P - Was interviewed by the Times about
Q/R - Told my psychiatrist about
S/T - Get sick when I think of
U/V - Always will try to forget
W/X - Am better off without
Y/Z - Never liked

11. What do you prefer to drink?
Water- Our friendship
Beer - Senility
Soft drink - A new life as a clone
Soda - The incarnation as an Eskimo
Milk - The apartment building
Wine - Cocaine abuse
Cider - A passionate interest for mice
Juice - Oprah Winfrey imitations
Mineral water - Embarrassing rash
Hot chocolate - Eggplant-fetishism
Whisky - To ruin the second world war
Other - To hate the Boston Celtics

12. To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand - Warm regards
USA - Best regards
England - Good luck on your short-term leave from jail
Spain - Go and drown yourself
China - Disgusting regards
Germany - With ease
Japan - Go burn
Greece - Your everlasting enemy
Australia - Greetings to your frog Leonard
Egypt - Fuck off now
France - In pain
Other - Greetings to your freaky family

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:37:48 GMT

I feel kind of out of it.

Blegh.

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:03:36 GMT

Well. I tried to post through txt earlier, about how I must be going insane, because I was going to go see a horror movie (and I hate horror movies) just cause the lead actor is really fucking hot.

Since that didn't go through, I will post about how I just sat through the worst movie I have EVER paid money to see. It wasn't scary at all, and I am a fucking wuss, okay? It was boring, NOTHING HAPPENED, and I think it lasted like a million hours. I'm pretty sure there was some warp in the time-space continuum, because that definitely had to be longer than an hour and a half. Really.

Also, CLEARLY, someone should have called Bobby five minutes into the movie.

So basically, barbed_whispers isn't allowed to pick movies out for us for a while.

ETA: My bad. The movie: Shutter. Avoid at all costs. :P

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:39:20 GMT

BUMBLEBEES LAY EGGS. THEREFORE, DUMBLEDORE IS LIKE THUMBELINA!

Just be glad I spared you the black and yellow font color. It was very tempting.

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:09:39 GMT

Find Out Which Disney Girl You Are!
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You scored as Belle

Dancing furniture, singing spoons, and a man who needs a serious haircut - sound familiar? Well it should! Belle was a very independent spirit with alot on her mind, much like you are! But in life, there is a needed balance - learn when to speak your mind, and when to hold it back. Sometimes offending someone isn't the best way to go!

So. I'm bored. heh

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:10:29 GMT

Finally decided to do this icon meme... katilara chose the icons. :D

Icon Meme
~ Reply to this post, and I will pick four/five of your icons
~ Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
~ Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
~ This will create a never-ending cycle of icon squee.

1.
Lucivar Yaslana... he's from this book series called Black Jewels Trilogy, by Anne Biship. It's an amazing trilogy, and I love Lucivar... a LOT. There's no movie or tv show or anything, so when I said I wanted a Lucivar icon, barbed_whispers decided to be awesome for a day, found a random model, added the wings in (WINGS! How can I not love him?) and VOILA! Lucivar. :D It's also one of the icons I've had the longest, so getting rid of it would be really, really difficult.

2.
ahaha, Randy. Every once in a while someone wants me to explain it, and it sounds crazy.
Okay, basically: Randy is this group of five girls who are all the same person. Me, barbed_whispers, and pancakekiller were the original members, but it expanded out to include simplykatie and sky_was_green, too.
And Randy is perfect. Bitchy, and perfect.
Also, Randy would KILL EACH OTHER if ever actually all in one place at one time. heh.

3.
BWAHAHAHA What can I say? I love this icon, I think it's hilarious. 'I did your mom' ::snerk:: Add in the geeky bit about her being a muggle artifact, and it's hard not to love!
Pretty much, I'm 12, okay?

4.
Oh lord... another Randy story. XD
HOKAY, to break it down... The members of Randy used to identify themselves by their aim icons. barbed_whispers was a bear in a tutu, simplykatie was a pink bikie... I was a tree. And since barbed_whispers likes to point out how I'm like Sam Winchester and emo... treemo. So, pretty much, it's making fun of me? But it makes me giggle, so I don't care!

5.
First off, I love how four of the five chosen icons were made by barbed_whispers. Perhaps I rely on her too much for my icons?
... nah.
ANYWAY.
So, ever read the Lioness Quartet, by Tamora Pierce? Because it's really, really good. A girl who disguises herself as a boy to become a knight! Seriously, it's awesome.
However, there's this character... Jon. I HATE HIM! My rage is endless. Top 5 fictional characters I want to punch in the face? Jon is at least two of them, probably three. He's just the most... UGH I hate him so badly cvndjklsvnsnvkls.
But GEORGE on the other hand... GEORGE is amazing. A.MA.ZING. He is like... the perfect guy. And I love him!
So I want to be Alanna (the girl who becomes a knight) when I grow up! I want to live in her world. Oh, Tortall.

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:10:32 GMT

First of all: I am really exhausted right now. That seems like almost a constant shape for me the past little while.

Other than that, though... I really love my life right now. I just wanted to throw that out there, because I am in such a good mood despite being so tired, and I'm just... happy. So I wanted to post it and let everyone know that I really am, right now, and so that I'll remember how I feel, right now, at some point when I'm not so happy.

Strange, too. I'm tired, I'm so poor this week (my own fault), and there's some stupid shit going on at work, but just... I don't know. Life is good.

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:01:16 GMT

I have the best roommate ever.

She's baking me a cake. :D

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:30:06 GMT

So. I've always loved James and Lily. canon OTPs ftw! and all that.

I have a newfound love for them.

JUST SAYIN'.

::runs off::

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:56:31 GMT

This is the kind of thing you love to have your roommate say to you:

barbed_whispers: pasta sauce is just about done
and cookies are heading into the oven

SWEET! Now I'm ready to leave work even more, hahaha.

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:22:41 GMT

I definitely did not watch 13 episodes of SG-1 today. Right. Definitely not.

Uh.

Only 8 more seasons to go!

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:53:19 GMT

Jordy deserved her own entry. :) Happy birthday again, sweetheart!

But I did actually have other things to post about, too...

MegaCon was fun! Showed up early, did the dealers room, met Vic and got an autograph... it was good times, for me. I'm sorry to everyone who didn't have a good time, though. :(

I didn't get anything super exciting from there... got the Tsubasa artbook, though, which is cool, and a couple other things. Still, good times... haha.

But now, more importantly... I have finished season 1 of SG-1! I feel like this is an accomplishment. I made it through the first season, and I enjoyed it, which means the rest of the seasons should hopefully go even quicker. Only 9 more to go before Dragon*Con! ::facepalm:: (Let's not even talk about SGA, okay? Okay!)

I need icons... ::flails around::

In more exciting news, I went to Magic Kingdom last night! ♥. But while Magic Kingdom was fun and all, the real good thing about last night was going to the Contemporary... and finding a pin that was supposedly sold out forever ago. Score! I am very happy about this, since it's one I've been wanting... :D :D

ALSO. Happy Anniversary BtVS!

And I think that's it from me. :)