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Jobness and Other Such Things

2010-09-03T13:40:00.002-05:00

So yes. I have a new job. It is awesome. My job is an instructor with New Horizons Learning Center. I get to teach people (usually sent by their company) how to use such things as Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and sometimes the computer itself. Right now, I am in the training stage. Mainly I've been reading and getting to know the material. But it's awesome and my bosses and co-workers are awesome. Also, I've been told to beward of possible pranks once our manager Craig returns from vacation. >.> <.<

I don't actually teach until the 20th (first class is Access 2007), so I have plenty of time to get to know the classes. That and this job pays better than VCA and they have better benefits.

Meanwhile, I'm still going to UoR for the teaching program. Though God knows what I'll do when it's time to student teach as Chris is still in school and I can't quit my job and a part time job would not pay enough to support both of us. Still working on that little problem...

Other than that, life is good and I can't wait for Nekocon. YAY! Apparently a new visual kei band name The Sound Bee HD is going to be there. They've termed their music as 'Japanese Goth'. That should be interesting!

Also, it has (almost) been confirmed that we're going on vacation come Chris's spring break. I FINALLY get to have a real honeymoon. I told him half the week is going to be in Savannah and the other half at Universal Studios. Thus he gets his quiet time by the beach and I get my awesome theme park and Harry Potter world!

Okay, enough of that. Back to work.

In Movie News...

2010-03-24T10:41:00.002-05:00

There's going to be a Transformer 3. ...I still need to see 2. >.>

Pirates of the Caribbean 4 has finally been announced. And it's exactly as I called it! Jack and Barbossa running around together, having adventures. HOORAY!

Also they announced the next Batman villains! Riddler, Catwoman, and Harley Quinn!! Also, someone made a fake poster for it and it had David Tennant's name on the cast. OH IF ONLY!

Oh yeah, and another Austin Powers is coming out.

For those of us born in the 80s, they are making the Smurfs in 3D. (WITH NPH AS A VOICE!! *flails*)

And finally, George Lucas is doing it AGAIN! He's redoing the Star Wars movies .... in 3D!

Also, if you have not seen Alice in Wonderland, go see it right now! In 3D!! Tis awesomeness.

In non-movie related news, Neil Gaiman confirmed a while ago that he will be writing a Doctor Who episode! *DIES AND IS DEAD*

That'll show you, Merriam Webster!!

2010-01-26T15:33:00.002-05:00

This was too stupid and rage-inducing NOT to post. School district in California bans dictionary

Yes, you read that right. Apparently an elementary school kid came across 'oral sex' in the dictionary and went home and told his parents. Instead of laughing or acting awkward about it like most parents, they got angry and blamed the dictionary. They complained to the school and now dictionaries are being pulled from the shelves. HOW STUPID ARE THESE PEOPLE?! Who hasn't done things like this?! It's part of growing up! Yeah, that'll show the kids for trying to expand their vocabulary past 'basic American slang and L33T speak'! Who needs the English language anyway?! *RAGE* I really fear what's going to be next.

Dragon* KHAAAANNNN!!!

2009-09-12T17:49:00.003-05:00

So Dragon*Con. We missed Friday because I couldn't get time off work since it was the first week the kids were back and the school would collapse without me... or something. So after work on Friday, Chris and I drive the whole 8 hours there. Except it turned into about 11 or 12 because North Carolina is fucking confusing and we ended up taking the wrong I-85 and ended up in Tennessee. Oops. But we did make it eventually. Saturday morning was spent registering. Afterwards we booked it to the Firefly panel to see Ron Glass. Yay Shepherd Book! Sadly, I didn't get a picture because he asked people to limit the picture taking. But he was hilarious and Chris got to talk to him. Afterwards, we ran to the Sheraton (the con was being held in four hotels, so there was a LOT of walking) to see Tom Felton. YAY! During the panel, he totally kept making innuendo jokes about him and Daniel. It was great. Also, apparently a crazy guy legally changed his name to Lucius Malfoy and sent Tom a letter asking to adopt him. ....yeah. But I got to get up and ask him a question! And he complimented me on my HP cosplay robe. *melts*

I don't remember what he was laughing about here.

Afterwards, we relaxed a bit, bought way too much stuff, went to the consuite for dinner, and lounged around the con taking pictures of awesome cosplayers. Later that evening, we went to a Kingdom of Loathing party in which I got a bit tipsy on grogtini. But they had great finger foods! We also ran by the Firefly shindig, but it was jam packed. So we retired to the hotel room and I slept while Chris and our hotelmates (my friend Hesa and her friends) MSTed some contest on DragonTV (the con show that was playing around the hotel tvs).

Next morning, we went to the consuite for breakfast and then ran off to see Patrick Stewart. He was also hilarious. Apparently he only vaguely remembers episodes from Star Trek (his comment was that he's lucky to remember what he had for breakfast that morning) and would occasionally make fun of himself for that.

PATRICK STEWART!

Afterwards, we ran downstairs to the game room to play some cool board games for a while before packing it up to go home. (We would have stayed for Monday, but there wasn't any panels we wanted to see and we were running out of money). On the way back, we took the same wrong exit (Damn you, North Carolina!) and Chris got pulled by a Dinwiddie cop for doing 10 over. 10 OVER! Are they bored out there or what?!

Anyway, Dragon*Con was fun and we got some great pictures. Next time we get a chance to go though, I'm so bringing more money. Stuff acquired: A card game called 'Gloom', a card game called 'Burn in Hell', 'Illuminati the card game', 'Munchkin Quest', a real flail (you know, the ball attached to a chain and the ball has spikes on it?), and the Bride's katana from Kill Bill. All in all a good con!

Here's some of the cosplayers/stuff we saw.

Even made his own gun!

The guy on the left I think is supposed to be Poseidon and the other is a satyr.

TARDIS! Yeah, a couple had brought their life size Tardis so people could get their pictures with it. When you closed the door, it even made the Tardis sound effects!

Talk about a blast from the past. It was a great Sailor Saturn costume though.

We saw this Mal and River waiting for the Firefly Shindig

Steph and Billy were the ones who had made the room reservations. They and their friend Jen had a costume for every day of the con. I loved their Aeris and Squall.

This is Steph as formal Aeris (loved her cape), Billy as Squall in his ball uniform, and Jen in formal steampunk.

We also ran into Westley and Buttercup.

Also, I also got eaten by Regency zombies. Damn you Jane Austen!!

And finally, we saw a guy in full plate mail. In the Atlanta heat. Ouch.

THE END!

Yay DragonCon!

2009-08-03T20:07:00.002-05:00

So there is a good chance Chris and I will get to go to Dragon*Con this year as a friend needs people for her hotel room. And I am totally doing a happy dance because guests this year? Gareth-David Lloyd (Ianto!), possibly Adam Baldwin, and James Marsters. So yeah, Ianto, Jayne, and Spike. HAPPY DANCE!!

I Approve of this Message

2009-05-07T08:25:00.003-05:00

It is official! They have greenlighted a Deadpool movie. *dances*

BEHOLD!

2009-03-16T13:02:00.001-05:00

See the movie of awesome that is the Expendables! The cast is epic with a side of awesome-sauce.

Second Verse, same as the first..

2008-09-30T08:17:00.003-05:00

So yeah. I'm working in a Christian school. A very Christian school. A evangelical 'if you are gay or sinful or don't accept Jesus as your ONE TRUE SAVIOR you are going to Hell!!!' Christian school. o.O What. Was. I. Thinking?

Seriously, the things I've seen and heard here? I'm surprised there aren't holes in the walls from the amount of times I've wanted to bash my head against it. These are people who don't allow their teenagers to date because breaking up with a boyfriend is "the same as getting a divorce". WHAT??? One of the things I HATE is the curriculum here. They use this curriculum called ABeka which is basically English, Math, Science, etc for Christians. I am not kidding. I was flipping through my 6th graders spelling book the other day and came across a future spelling list that had the words atheist and polytheistic. The example sentences? "Even though an atheist denies God, God still loves him and wants to save him." and "Zeus, Mercury, and Athena were just a few of the many false gods worshiped by the polytheistic Greeks and Romans." o.o Just what. And then just the other day, I was subbing for the middle school science teacher for a period in which the 7th graders just had to read out loud. They were talking about cellular respiration. In the middle of the section on alcoholic fermentation, they slipped in a Bible lesson. In Science! They were using a very stupid metaphor about the way yeast works by saying something to the effect of 'Sin can spread throughout the church just as easily.' and I had to strain myself from chucking the book across the room. And this was fucking SCIENCE! *headdesk x a million*

In better news, Busch Gardens' Howl-o-Scream was very much fun though it didn't have as much as KD (which Chris and I will be going to this weekend). They had a fairy tale themed maze which was freaking awesome.
Speaking of scary things, Silent Hill Origins is really good if you haven't tried it. Chris and I tried playing the Room, but I wasn't impressed at all, so I was glad for the return of the original format. Though the character is much easier to control this time. Also we've been pondering going to the dark side and purchasing a 360 just because the new Portal game will only be for Xbox. >.<

In other other news, just to make things even more difficult, Caity (my sister) is dating a guy named Chris. So if we ever all get together sometime in the future, it will turn into a Chris convention of sorts. Anyway, almost time for my English class. (Fun times...) I may come back and add more since I haven't updated this in forever.

The Hammer is My Penis...

2008-07-30T12:53:00.002-05:00

If you have not watched Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Joss Whedon's online project), you need to go watch it now. NO, NOW! NEIL PATRICK HARRIS AND NATHAN FILLION AS SUPER VILLAIN AND SUPER HERO, SINGING! GO RIGHT NOW!!! Link: http://www.hulu.com/dr-horribles-sing-along-blog

I need to update....

2008-07-13T13:05:00.003-05:00

So to give a brief update of the events from the last few months...

I have a new job, though it hasn't started yet. I'm going to be working as a computer teacher for Victory Christian Academy... a school technically run by Faith Landmark Ministries... a very evangelical church. This will be interesting. Did I mention that the day I went in to sign my contract, people were in the office praying in tongues? ...Yeah.

In other news, Chris is so awesome I cannot express the awesomeness. For my birthday, he bought me: dinner, a brand new DS plus game, and a Wii plus two controllers/nunchuks and the steering wheel accessory. And then went back to Gamestop with me, got two games for the Wii and the rechargable battery and stand thing for the controllers. <3 <3 <3 And then he took me to the beach for the fourth of July and gave me this:

So yeah, it's been a good week. Though before that, Chris had his arm surgery, something I don't want to go into because I hate HATE MCV. And sleeping on a hospital chair is really uncomfortable. >.<

Anyway, that's what's been going on. More updates to hopefully follow, especially once my new job starts.

So much for that

2008-04-17T12:00:00.002-05:00

So I'm out of a job again. Last Friday I wasn't feeling great and all morning I'd felt like I was going to cry (I still have no idea why), so I took half the day and went home. That evening I get a phone call from Aerotek. K Line emailed my recruiter basically saying it wasn't working out and they were going to have to let me go. One of their reasons? I didn't come in on Saturday. ... Now let me explain something to you. I had heard that the Documentation department had been going in on Saturdays to catch up with their queue and had specifically asked both my supervisor and the manager of the Export side of things (the side I was working with) if I was expected to show up on Saturday. Both told me I could join them if I wanted, but it wasn't expected of me. So naturally, being the sleep deprived thing I am, I slept in on Saturday, especially since I was assured that I wouldn't really be that needed as my trainer (the guy I was replacing) would be basically doing my job on Saturdays. So of course, when my recruiter told me this reason, my eye started to twitch.

How hard is it for businesses to actually tell you what they mean? If you want me to work on Saturday, FUCKING TELL ME!

So now I'm back on the search for a new job, hopefully a permanent one as I'm really getting sick of this temp crap and having to go through Aerotek every time I sneeze at work or something. That and health benefits would be nice.

In other news, Chris' job is going well, though I think he really wants to throttle his employers and their stupidity. Mainly that they want this Ebay venture to work out, yet they don't want to use Paypal. -.- That and apparently their prices are far higher than most other Ebay sellers. But at least it seems far less stressful for him than Comcast was.

In conclusion, my finger is bleeding so I'm going to end this post.

Yay job

2008-03-30T18:27:00.003-05:00

Okay, so I suck at the updating thing.

So apparently VPHP, my old work, heard that all my friends were having a 'quit/lose their job' party and didn't want me to be left out. Thus two weeks ago I got a call from my agency, Aerotek and oops today was your last day and what things do you need us to pick up? I do a double take into the phone and am all, 'My last day???' Now I had heard that VPHP was going through financial trouble and had laid off a few people, but the meeting we had had earlier that week had been about the downsizing and how "there wouldn't be any more layoffs so your job is totally okay no need to worry at all." Except, apparently not. My recruiter was of course sorry that I lost my job and said he was as shocked as I was blah blah. Yeah, that totally helps when you have a job and I don't, thanks. So I just nod at the phone, tell him the possessions they need to pick up for me, etc and tell him I'd stop be Aerotek the next day (Friday). And then I hang up and just cry into Chris' shoulder for about 15 minutes. I don't think it would have been as bad except that Chris had quit his crappy Comcast job earlier that month, with the promise that I would the employed one while he found except better. Except things don't always work out that way. So I was pretty upset, thinking it was because of something I had done blah blah etc etc.

Fortunately, it only took Aerotek a week or so to find me the K-line job. I'm apparently going to be a shipping clerk of some kind and the cool thing is K-line also has a headquarters in Tokyo. As in Japan. Awesome. That and (as Chris just pointed out) I'll be making a bit more money.

Okay, so I'm sure you're asking why I haven't started yet if it only took a week for Aerotek to find the job for me. That would be because of the medical company that took my drug testing. So my recruiter calls me last week or so that hey, I got the K-line job. YAY! I just have to fill out the paperwork, consent to the background check and do a drug screen. No big thing, I've done it all before. I go to Aerotek, sign the stuff, and they give me this packet of stuff and send me to Concentra (or something like that) medical center which is just down the road from Aerotek. Chris and I drive down Broad and get to the building. I walk in, tell them what I'm there for. They say they'll be right with me. So we wait. And wait. I read some. And wait. Now there's not a lot of people in this waiting room, and I can see that they aren't understaffed, so I begin to wonder what's taking so long. A nurse calls me over and tells me I need to fill something out. I do so and she takes it and I go back to sit down. And wait.... and wait some more. Finally, they call me back. The nurse who's doing my test tells me she's never done this before. Oh good. But she swaps my month blah blah, it's packed up and I leave.

4 or so days later, I'm still waiting to hear back from Aerotek about when I start. I finally get a call from Aerotek, except it's not about when I start. There's apparently been an error with my drug test and I have to go back and re-take it. The error? The medical center lost my test. That's right, they LOST my test. Actually, they managed to lose more than one test. How does one lose multiple boxes that say "CAUTION: MEDICAL TEST SAMPLE" in black bold letters on it? At any rate, the next morning I go back to the medical center and am quite relieved when the nurse says I don't have to wait since it was their error. So I take the test again and leave, hoping I won't have to make another appearance there. Fortunately, they learned from their mistake apparently as Aerotek finally called last week to say everything went fine and that I'd be starting tomorrow.

Speaking of jobs, Chris also has found a temp job, yay! It's part time working for a division of UPS. Or so his recruiter said. The building we found at the given address was... not UPS. So I have no idea, but he'll find out tomorrow! ^.^

Wow, this is a long post for me. That's what I get for not updating more I suppose.

In other news, I've picked out my wedding dress! It's pretty and I can't wait to try on the final product. (I need to alter some things and I'm adding sleeves to it). Chris and I have also put our date on hold with Maymont and have even picked out our ceremony spot. It's really pretty and apparently no other couple has ever gotten married there. I'm sure you guys will thank me as I chose a spot closer to the park entrance as opposed to the gardens that are a bit of a walk. Up and down hill. So yeah. And the reception hall isn't far away from the gazebo. The next task is finding a caterer and florist. Huzzah.

Right, so I'm going to end this post now as it's way longer than I wanted.

OMGWTFBBQCROCODILE!!!111

2008-02-20T08:07:00.003-05:00

NINJA! NINJANINJANINJA HAVE YOU SEEN THE LIST OF CHARACTERS FOR THE WOLVERINE MOVIE?!?! Reynolds and One Black Eyed Pea Join "Wolverine"

I AM DEAD! *explodes*

AHAHAHAHA!!!!

2008-01-25T12:42:00.001-05:00

Fred Phelps, meet punk rock Ahh, justice. It's sweet.

R.I.P

2008-01-23T07:29:00.000-05:00

So my sister called me yesterday to see if I had heard the news, and I hadn't. Still in a bit of a daze. I mean, he just finished the Dark Knight! It hasn't even premiered yet! It's so unfair, the good actors ending up dead.

And to make matters worse, apparently the *insert long string of obscenities here* Westboro Baptists plan on picketing his funeral because he was in Brokeback. I am just sitting here, seething. I really, really, REALLY hope they all die. In a fire. After being violated with pieces of glass. Coated in acid! And then I'll dance on their graves!

twitch

2008-01-14T14:50:00.000-05:00

Argh, it's been one of those days where little stupid things are irritating me and I have no idea why. Of course, it could be because a few of my co-workers think it's totally okay to talk to each other from their freaking cubicles (for note, I'm in between said workers) instead of getting up from their chairs and walking over to the other to talk. Thus I have to listen to inane chatter and my MP3 player's battery power is dead. *twitchtwitch* And I swear to god if this computer beeps at me one more time I'm going to chuck it out the window!

In other news, when the world is mine, I plan on saving a special place in Hell for stupid Richmond drivers. *evil laugh*

YAY x 10 MILLIONS!

2008-01-13T12:14:00.001-05:00

So, in order to be less cryptic than my last entry, I has a boy! YAY. His name is Christopher. (No relation to P. Whifflebottom.... I think. *shifty eyes*) And hopefully come Katsucon time, you all will meet him. And he is awesome and totally reading this over my shoulder. (Hi! <3) But yeah, huzzah geek boy! *dances* Also he cooks for me. Picture to be included later. Hopefully. Say hi Chris!

C: *waves*

Okay, anyway. Also THANK YOU YG! The gifts were also and Vaan is aweeesomw even though I don't own the game yet, though I've seen it and thank you x infinity! I need to send you my present. (ADDRESS PLZ!)

In conclusion, it's breakfast time so I'm ending this. ^^

Heeeeeeeeee

2008-01-07T11:24:00.000-05:00

I was on an anime podcast! Go google 'Anime Round Table and Review' and listen to the Howl's Moving Castle review. I'm in the first hour. Also, you'll hear with me on the podcast my other source of happiness. *grins like a mad woman*

I <3 geeky kids.

2007-12-30T23:07:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I figured I'd post these links as this guy's too amazing. Low-Cost Multi-touch Whiteboard using the Wiimote and Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote. Yeah, I can't stop watching these. Also, I'm sure Chris and William could rig these up. GET TO IT YOU TWO!

Stop taking the good ones!

2007-12-12T12:33:00.000-05:00

Damn, damn, damn.... Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with an early onset of Alzheimer's. UNFAIR, UNIVERSE! UNFAIR!!

Umm??

2007-12-05T10:56:00.000-05:00

Holy shit, it's snowing.

That is all.

twitch

2007-12-04T07:28:00.000-05:00

Internet hoax that turned fatal draws anger but no charges

*twitchtwitch* WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!?!?!I....she.... 47 years old.... That's it, time to press the self destruct button on the world. THE INTERNET IS OVER FOLKS!

P.S. I hope that woman dies. In a fire. After being harassed on MySpace with Goatse pictures. That give her epilepsy.

[LAWSUIT]

2007-12-01T19:31:00.000-05:00

So PETA has decided a new 'strategy' in order to recruit ~~minions to take over the world~~ kids to their "cause". By making video games. *facepalm* I found a review of one of the games on YT (the review is hilarious by the way). The game is called Super Chick Sisters and can be found here. Gee, that's odd... it seems strangely familiar! Except they include messages that basically can be summed up as 'KFC IS SATAN!!!'. Also, the game sucks. Now I could have looked past all this and just ignored the game completely, except they mock Mario and the Wii. OH YOU DID NOT, PETA! I SHOULD BEAT YOU ALL SENSELESS WITH MY GAME CONSOLES. EXCEPT THAT WOULD HURT THE CONSOLES!

Now if you will excuse me, I'm going to go eat some chicken. NOM NOM NOM FUCK YOU PETA.

DO NOT WANT!!!

2007-11-27T12:16:00.000-05:00

Spoilers for DW next season *headdesk x 10 billion*

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

2007-11-19T00:09:00.001-05:00

NINJA GO DOWNLOAD THE CHILDREN IN NEED DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL RIGHT NOW.

NO, REALLY. STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WATCH IT. NOW. *EXPLODES*

FLAIL

2007-11-13T07:13:00.000-05:00

It's here! My Dell is here! The tracker has it on the truck leaving Ashland at 6:40 this morning!! TODAY IS GOING TO BE LIKE CHRISTMAS! BUT WITH MORE RAM!

Okay, that was it really. Just to make this entry a little longer, I'll leave you with a quote from the geeky podcast I've been listening to lately at work.
"...To take care of my daughter in a stimulating way rather than just a 'make sure she doesn't catch fire kind of way'." ~ Mur Lafferty on no longer being depressed.

ETA: So I had to edit to include this awesome link that I found in my Archeology RSS feed. Zombie Attack at Hierakonpolis . The article is made of so much win. <3

<3<3<3

2007-11-09T19:00:00.000-05:00

Just a quick update to say...Stephen Fry knows about Talk like a Pirate day. It's official, Stephen is the coolest guy ever. I think we should make him and Neil Gaiman the rulers of the universe.

Also, why didn't I hear about this movie earlier?! Jumper

screams

2007-11-08T18:46:00.000-05:00

So... the writers strike has basically delayed Season 7 of 24 indefinitely. *twitch* And House is going to be cut off before the end of the season probably. And Heroes. Thank god for Torchwood and Doctor Who.

*ahem* Anyway... in other news I got my router today as I thought.

Fast forward plz?

2007-11-08T12:04:00.000-05:00

My computer has shipped!! I just got the email that it's been mailed. Meanwhile, the tracker on my wireless router for the Dell (which was shipped 3 days ago) says it is in Richmond, yay! So hopefully I will have router in hand by today and if all goes well, I will have my Dell by Monday. *hopes* I can't wait, I'm so sick of my ports not working. ...and someone has apparently left their phone off the hook here as I can hear that annoying beeping coming from a few cubicles away.
Anyway, I'm going to go eat lunch.

IS EXCITED

2007-11-03T21:42:00.000-05:00

So I just ordered my new Dell 210. *dances* Unfortunately, since they have to put it all together with my stuff, it probably won't ship until the 12th. Which means I'll get my wireless router before the actual computer. Oh well, at least it's been ordered. Huzzah! It comes with 19" flat screen and everything. <3 I can't wait to get it. For now though, I'll have to think of what to name him. The tower is powerful yet small. ...hmm.

In other news, I've already bought Bob's Christmas present. FYI, your gifts will be coming with me on the weekend of the 8th (since it's the only time I'll probably see you all before the 25th).

YAY

2007-10-21T10:58:00.000-05:00

So KD was amazing! (Beyond all the people that is). The mazes and scarezones were cool and ohgod the Maze of Madness. *hides* Also the Italian Job Turbo Coaster? FTW!

In other news, THE SLASH IS CANON! THE SLASH IS CANON! *explodes*

dances

2007-10-15T21:21:00.000-05:00

Well, after a week (or rather two) of not leaving the house, Saturday is going to be amazing! My ticket for KD has already been purchased online (e-tickets are a godsend, because it means I don't have to wait in the freaking line to buy one on Saturday), so if anyone has any last minute ideas of backing out now, I'm going to have to kill you. ^^ And really, I need this trip. I'm about ready to jump out the window after having NO luck finding another job and I need a day of friends and rides and er, zombies? If only to take my mind off things for a while.

Anyway, I assume we're sticking to the original plan of meeting up at the Burger King in Doswell around 1pm. From there, we'll drive to the park and go from there. Don't forget that you can get a discount by going online to the KD site, going into the Corporate Partners section and using the code VAFUN.

DORKGASM

2007-09-28T20:34:00.001-05:00

Manos, the Rock Opera of Fate???
So... who wants to visit Chicago?

What year is it??

2007-09-27T20:16:00.000-05:00

So there was a bat caught between the screen and the storm window in Cait's room. Don't worry, he was okay and got out... after we called Animal Control.

In other news, I have to visit you guys on the weekend of December 8th. Why? Because of Pretend to be a Time Traveler day. Am I geek enough to do this? Oh hell yeah.

Curse you minivan moms!

2007-09-23T14:00:00.000-05:00

So it finally happened. I had my first car related incident with Cid.

I was on my way home from work, just listening to my mp3 player, yadayada I hate rush hour... I'm turning into Brandermill and suddenly the car in front of me is right fucking there and ohshithe'sstopped and I slam on brakes not in time and I bump into him. What had happened was this. The van in front of the person in front of me had decided that the middle of the street right at the intersection into Brandermill was the perfect place to suddenly stop and make a very illegal u-turn. This in turn caused the chain reaction of the SUV in front of me to have to slam on brakes, causing me to do the same, but not in time. The van, not even noticing the accident they had caused leisurely made their turn and drove off. In the meantime, I'm just sitting in my car, shaking, and having a mantra of 'ohfuckohfuckohfuck' going through my head. The car I had hit was at least not an ass about it and the first thing he did when he got out of his car was to ask if I was alright. I was, just shaken up. There was no damage done to his car and I only bent my license plate. That and the guy was apparently a former ex-cop and he said he didn't see any reason to report it, but just to make me feel better, we traded info anyway. I apologized to him about a million times, he said it was alright and he had had much worse accidents before and this was nothing. So once everything was checked and we had each other's info, he drove off and I drove off, still very rattled.
And that was my adventure! I hate soccer/minivan moms so fucking much.

Ya- THIS IS THE LAST FUCKING POST ON THIS SUBJECT YAY

2007-09-07T11:46:00.000-05:00

Saturday, October 20 it is. If anyone has any objections, please tell me. And then I'll shoot you in the face. ^^

Yay Halloween, Part the Ignoring the Last Post

2007-09-03T14:34:00.000-05:00

Right, so no Friday trip. However, it has come to my attention that Natty can buy our tickets through her work and get them for $32.95. There's a catch though. The discount is only good for the weekend of the 29th (as in September). She said she needs a yay or nay soon. Currently the only dates I have on the table are September 29th or 30th or October 20th. So yeah. Feedback people!

Yay Halloween, Part the Second

2007-08-31T11:33:00.000-05:00

So I have a proposal for you all. If you think my idea sucks, just say 'Shut up Iev' and I'll crawl back to my lair or something.

Anyway, since the Halloween thing takes place on Fri, Sat, and Sun, I thought maybe we should plan to go on a Friday. This would of course mean taking off a day of work, but there's a reason for my madness. Mainly, by September 28th, all schools will be back in session and thus if we go to KD on a Friday, we'll be able to avoid screaming hordes of children (well, at least during the day). At most, we might have to put up with bored housewives with younglings or college students who've skipped class... (or other people who said 'fuck work, it's KD time), but really? I think that's preferable than dealing with crowds of adolescents. That and the lines will be shorter. ^^

I'm also aware that the Halloween stuff doesn't begin until evening, but why waste money by only going during the evening?

So what say you all? What day do you want to go?? HAHA JUST KIDDING. *crawls back to lair*

ETA: In other news, I've discovered something very interesting. If you go to the Corporate Partners page on the KD website and enter the promo code VAFUN (all caps), you can get tickets for $35.95. Thank you Internets!!

Yay Halloween

2007-08-24T17:27:00.000-05:00

Okay people, here's the lowdown. There's apparently a new Halloween thing being planned for KD this year and it sounds awesome. Here's the description from the website.

Halloween Haunt
Fri, Sat & Sun Nights Sept 28 – Oct 28
Cost: FREE WITH PARK ADMISSION

Something bigger, scarier and more sinister is coming to Kings Dominion. The Halloween Haunt is the area’s largest, scariest, Halloween-themed event. With seven all-new haunted mazes, four terror-filled scare zones and more than 200 monsters that go bump in the night – the Haunt is not for the faint of heart!

So yeah, I definitely want to go to this. Check your calendars people and tell me what day(s) would be good for you guys. ^.^

o.o

2007-08-14T19:14:00.000-05:00

Billie Piper says, "I miss Doctor Who" Oh dear sweet Christ, NO NO NO! SHE'S IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE SHE CAN'T COME BACK! *flails*

Mmm custom songs

2007-08-14T00:18:00.000-05:00

So someone posted a custom made Guitar Hero track on YT that was done to one of my favorite Nintendo remixes. Little Mac's Confession. Yeah, just go watch.

ETA: I also found a custom track of Dueling Banjos from Deliverance. Oh god, I think I went cross eyed watching that.

Last one, I promise. But It's Dragonforce. My fingers just hurt from watching.

I lied. One Winged Angel AC version and Flight of the Bumblebee.

Stardust

2007-08-10T22:22:00.000-05:00

So yeah.

Oh my god, Neil Gaiman is so freaking awesome and the movie has lots of scenes that weren't in the book, but it was still totally worth it. And also Robert De Niro in a dress. <3

Also, they showed the Beowulf trailer. ...it's animated? HOW?!

Go see it. Now!

What, LJ? Just what?

2007-08-08T20:15:00.000-05:00

So LJ continues to dig themselves into a hole. They've responded to fandom's questions by? Reposting the new TOS. *facepalm* LJ has basically given fandom the finger and said that they're not going back on the bannings, because apparently drawing fictional minors in sexual situations? Might be harmful to people. Clearly, LJ is looking out for the dignity of fictional characters everywhere.

In the meantime, the post in question is being swamped by fandom asking the questions that the new post didn't answer. So basically, all of them. And the LJ mods/admins are actually talking in comments! *gasp* A miracle. Except not, since they're just showing themselves to be stupider than I originally thought. This, however, is my favorite quote from the admins. People have asked a good question about LJ's rule about banning comms that are harmful to users. Namely the pro-anorexia comms. Yes, you heard that right. Comms made by anorexic girls to support other anorexic girls (or boys) in their struggle to be a stick. In response, one LJ mod said: we allow pro-anorexia communities to remain because they are, in most cases, serving as support groups for the members. Silencing them won't make their problems go away; we'd rather allow them to heal together as a community.

...er, okay. Maybe they're just stupid and don't know that pro usually means for something. This is fortunately pointed out by LJ members who have an IQ higher than a fly's. Same mod responds to the clarification: I do know what I'm talking about; I've read many many of these communities. It's sad, I know it is. But it's not illegal to aspire to be thin. It's not against the ToS to give people bad advice.

...
..
.
o.O

Yeah. I'm really glad I left LJ.

ETA: Someone linked to this thread on stupid_free in which an LJ mod is asked why a convicted pedophile (who raped a fucking 4 month old, mind you) is still on LJ. Answer? It's not against the ToS to have a criminal record.

............ I have to go kill things, excuse me.

Mine is an Evil Laugh!

2007-08-05T23:01:00.000-05:00

So I had jokingly told Bob that I was going to make a couple of Sims. She told me that I had to do it. So I did.

This is Aaron Burr.

This is Alexander Hamilton.

They're married. ...or as good as anyway. I've tried to remain as historically accurate as possible. Thus things didn't start off so well. Right off, Aaron and Alexander argued (thanks to my prompting). And they argued and poked and shoved. And finally got into a fight. Alexander won. Aaron ran off and cried about their quarrel later on. Meanwhile, Alexander died from ~~hail~~... uhh, I mean a gunshot wound. Aaron begged Death for Alexander to be spared however. And he won. They then forgave each other and hugged. The end. So far...

In the meantime, Bob and I made a household full of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. I can't wait to see how this goes.

Didn't we already do this?

2007-08-03T12:30:00.000-05:00

So remember the infamous Strikethrough 2007? Yeah. We're currently going through Strikethrough Ver 2.0. (It's been nicknamed Bold'07 however because the strikethrough that LJ used to use to show a person had deleted their LJ and/or had been suspended has been replaced by the user name being in bold. Well played LJ/6A). This time we know it's not just a misunderstanding. The users who've been banned got a letter from LJ saying they were banned for explicit drawings of a controversial nature, or some shit like that. The kicker? Most of the drawings were flocked which means the general public couldn't SEE said drawings. Argh, I've had it up to here with LJ and their BS. I don't care if they do get things straightened out, this is it for me and LJ. I'm not going to delete my LJ so I'll at least be able to see my flist, but I'm not going to update anymore. Fuck you LJ.

Also? THEY FUCKING BANNED PONDEROSA! *gives LJ the finger*

Geek alert!

2007-07-30T21:12:00.000-05:00

So you guys know the Lego Star Wars games right? Well, behold! Lego Indiana Jones. I think I just wet myself in sheer joy.

twitch

2007-07-25T08:11:00.000-05:00

Well, so much for having a quiet day. The phone has been ringing every 5 minutes or so... *stops to answer phone* Dear callers, being on speaker phone is annoying and makes it hard to understand what the fuck you're saying. Thanks.

Anyway, this temp job isn't so bad, even when annoying people call. Beyond that, there's not much going on. I finished the 7th book on Saturday. Huzzah! Speaking of the book, my cool (hot) co-worker finished the book as well. Paul said he liked it, and we even spent a few minutes this morning being all geeky over certain parts. I like him, he's cool. It was even better yesterday when I was walking down the hall to the break room, reading the Zombie Survival Guide, and passed by him. Most of my co-workers here would have just smiled or probably given me an odd look. Paul asked what I was reading, I showed him, and he laughed geekily and nodded. *grin* Did I mention I like him?

Over the weekend, I downloaded the 1985 tv-movie version of Alice in Wonderland. Mainly because I recently read the book and decided I wanted to see it again. (That and I love Anthony Newley as the Mad Hatter. Even back then, I was an oldephile.) I mentioned this to Bob yesterday whilst playing GHE. Best line ever?

Bob: *mentions remembering a version or sequel with a dinosaur in a mirror*
Me: *without missing a beat* Oh yeah! That was the same tv-movie, but it was during the second part of the mini-series.
Bob: *dies from the fact that I understood WTF she was talking about*

What can I say? I'm a TV geek.

In other news, what'd y'all order a dead guy for?

Game Over

2007-07-20T17:43:00.001-05:00

So the end has come and as I type this, I'm counting the hours until I lay my hands on the 7th book. ...I'm still holding out for zombies. I demand zombies in this book!

Er, what?

2007-07-13T13:04:00.000-05:00

For those I know who play WoW *coughNinjacough* I thought I'd post about this wank, because even though I don't play Wow, it still made me go, "what."

Apparently one of the top EU guilds on WoW, Nihilum, is recruiting... except if you're female. Why? As GM Kungen said: There are alot of reasons why we dont recruit females. One of them is posted in the news..
"You can take jokes. You must have a high 'abuse tolerance' - if you're a sensitive person, Nihilum is not for you."
The real reason is that we're looking out for all females out there. No woman is safe when beastie is around...

What? No...what?! *head explodes*

DW

2007-07-02T15:14:00.000-05:00

The Last of the Time Lords

*stares* ....I need a stiff drink right about now.

The Experiment Begins, Part Two

2007-06-30T08:15:00.001-05:00

Over on Family B's side, things started off rather slowly. The first thing that happened was everyone decided to check out their surroundings. Once finished, Cid tried to hug Sephiroth who was having none of it. Rufus and Rude were in a corner, playing Red Hands. Schuldig went up to hug Sephiroth and succeeded where Cid failed. Then Sephiroth turned to Cid to chat (I guess he felt guilty for turning his hug down?) Meanwhile, Aya was in another room reading.

Schuldig apparently likes hugging people as he went to hug Rufus. Rude had gone off to chat with Cid.

Aya wandered downstairs to find the lovebed and just sat there waiting to give someone a blowjob. He gave up though and went to play on the swing set.

Upstairs, Cloud, Sanzo, and Vincent showed up at the front door. They were ignored. Rude found the sex shower and masturbated.

On the first floor, Schuldig gained a culinary skill point. And then someone (I think it was Rufus) tried to cook Mac & Cheese, walked away, and proceeded to set the stove on fire. Instead of putting it out, they all decided the best move was to freak out (except Aya who was in another room, reading the paper). Fire!
Fortunately, they had a fire alarm in the kitchen, so a fireman showed up and put the fire out.
Apparently, one of Sephiroth's fears was fire (how ironic), so a therapist popped up out of nowhere to talk to him because he was in a corner of the room, crouched in the fetal position. Sephiroth and shrink.
After the fire, the rest ran off to take baths. Except Cid who continued to eat, including the burned Mac & Cheese.

A few minutes later, Rufus and Cid went outside to have a water balloon fight.

By 1am, I decided it was bedtime for them. But not before Schuldig surprised an unsuspecting Rufus who walked in on a naked Schu who was sitting on the lovebed, waiting to give a BJ.

End Day One.

The Experiment Begins, Part One

2007-06-30T07:40:00.000-05:00

So thus far, things have started off well.

Day One:

So the first thing that happened when I started the A house up was Crawford and Yohji had a water balloon fight. ...yeah, I was amused too. Reno watched them for a bit and tried to join in, but eventually got bored with this. Sanzo and Vincent were in the front yard playing catch and Cloud was in the house reading the paper.

Crawford and Yohji grew bored of balloons and started to play catch, except Crawford decided he needed a bath. Yohji ran off to play catch with Vincent who was abandoned by Sanzo who ran off to go eat and chat with Reno. Cloud was still reading. During all this, Rufus and Rude (from the B family) appeared at the front door.

A few minutes later, I noticed Reno had discovered one of the modded objects I had downloaded which is called 'the lovebed'. When I found him, he was laying on the bed, naked. Suddenly Sanzo walked into the room and before I knew what was happening, he was naked as well and OMG he and Reno started having sex. *explodes*
After having mind blowing sex with Sanzo, Reno went to take a bubble bath. Sanzo turned on the TV in the room and was joined by Cloud.

Meanwhile, Vincent, Crawford, and Yohji were having a nice chat while the three of them ate lunch. At this point, Rufus and Rude (who had been ignored by the household) had disappeared. I moved back upstairs to find Reno and Sanzo chatting and Cloud in the second modded object (the sex shower) masturbating. He finished up there and glanced outside to notice that it was hailing. (I have the expansion pack: Sims Seasons)

By this time, it is 5:30pm Sim time. Crawford decided to take up some painting. Sanzo, Cloud, Vincent, and Reno are off chatting and/or eating, and Yohji is playing in the tub. No, really. He was standing in the bathtub, pretending to swim. I think he was pretending to be a ship captain or something. I even have photographic evidence. See here and here. I... don't know.

The phone suddenly rang and Reno went to answer it. It was some guy/NPC calling for Sanzo. Reno told him he wasn't available. *facepalm*

Then Reno and Crawford went to play catch. In the hail. Reno changed his mind once outside, and proceeded to tickle Crawford instead. Then they got into a water balloon fight.

By this time Cloud had also found the lovebed as he was just sitting on it naked. Vincent walked in and saw Cloud and apparently thought it was a good opportunity. Cloud gave him a blowjob. Crawford walked in on them so he could watch TV. Reno also walked in, but gave a little shout of surprise. He decided the only thing to do was to get naked as well. Unfortunately, Cloud and Vincent were finished by this time and walked away. See blowjob picture here.

After that, Vincent went downstairs and gained a culinary skill point. Reno and Sanzo started playing Red Hands (you know, that game where one person tries to slap the other person's hands before they can pull away? Yeah..) Cloud went outside to play in a puddle.

By 11:10, Reno was back on the lovebed, naked once again. Sanzo walked in and they had sex. Again. (I love this game sooo much!) I have a video capture of this if anyone is interested.

At 12:46, their energy was low, so I decided it was bedtime, especially since Vincent was already there.

And thus ended day one for Family A.

This is a freaking long entry, so I'll post Family B in a separate entry shortly.

"You want me to do what?!"

2007-06-29T06:59:00.000-05:00

So after learning about certain mods, cheats, hacks, etc that people have invented for the game, I broke down and bought the Sims 2. It's like having my own private fanfic world right on my computer. <3 (I'm also proud to announce that Shaun and Ed, of Shaun of the Dead fame, are currently engaged. God, I love this game.)

Today I have begun an experiment that will either be gloriously awesome or will end in total disaster. I have downloaded a few Sim skins from a S2 forum and have placed said characters into a house together (or rather two houses as I downloaded a lot). Thus I'm starting a kind of Sim Real World. Except with fictional males. And hopefully more buttsex. I'm not going to interfere with them (except when necessary, as in character A keeps forgetting to eat because they're busy playing arcade games or something) and I've turned Free Will on. Thus I shall merely sit back and watch what happens.

I've named the two families (and I use the term loosely as that just what the game calls people who live in the same house whether related or not) Experiment A and Experiment B.

The Experiment A family includes: Cloud Strife, Vincent Valentine, Reno, Genjo Sanzo, Brad Crawford, and Yohji Kudou.

The Experiment B family includes: Sephiroth, Cid Highwind, Rude, Rufus Shinra, Schuldig, and Aya Fujimiya

And the houses I've stuck them in are right next to each other, making it easy for A and B to visit each other. This is going to be good. *cackles*

Birthday

2007-06-25T20:49:00.000-05:00

Just a reminder. My birthday celebration, party... whatever. This Saturday at around 5:30 till whenever. I've definitely decided on Nuccio's for dinner and then back to my house for Applesauce, Guitar Hero, Cthulhu, and what ever else. Oh yeah, and cake. Mmmm cake.

DW

2007-06-25T03:05:00.000-05:00

The Sound of Drums:

I can't be coherent, so here are my random thoughts.

Saxon/the Master is made of win and awesome, and his entire speech about his joking and not joking faces made me fall over laughing.

...dude, the Doctor and the Master basically had phone sex.

M: Doctor...
D: Master.
M: I like it when you use my name.
Me: O.O

M: And I ran... I ran so far.
Me: *sings*

D: All we've got is each other.
M: Are you asking me out on a date?

Oh yeah, and the Master watching the Teletubbies. XD

Also, GALLIFREY! AND THE TIME LORDS! AND THE COSTUMES FROM THE 4TH DOCTOR EPISODES!

D: It's like when you fancy someone and they don't even know you exist.
Mar: *looks at Jack*
J: You too huh?

UNIT! THEY MENTIONED UNIT AGAIN! EEEEEE!!!

M: Jelly baby?
Me: *EXPLODES*

The amount of exploding this episode caused was massive.

Okay, RTD. You're on a roll. DON'T FUCK IT UP!

Yay!!!

2007-06-21T22:22:00.000-05:00

Huzzah, I have no life! *strikes a pose* I say that because I did this Hot Fuzz FST. Enjoy the music kids!

DW

2007-06-18T00:39:00.001-05:00

OH MY DEAR SWEET CHRIST NINJA IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE NEW DOCTOR WHO EPISODE WATCH IT RIGHT NOW!

Strikethrough 2007

2007-05-30T11:29:00.001-05:00

So, for those of you over here and not in LJland, I shall briefly explain the current explosion.

Apparently an online site called Warriors of Innocence has turned their anti-child porn eyes over to LJ. LJ listened to their pleas and has been going after sexual predators. Unfortunately, their search has turned into a witch hunt. Not only have fandom communities and journals with the interests: rape, pedophilia, incest, shota, etc. been deleted, they've even suspended support groups and literary discussion boards. (Boards for discussion of works like Lolita? GONE!) This is so big, that fandom and I mean ALL of fandom has rallied together against LJ Abuse and has demanded not only an explanation but for them to repair the damage. Thus far we have had no response from LJ and WoI have feigned innocence and told a fandom representative that they never reported any fandom LJs or the like. We have not yet confirmed whether this is true or not. At any rate, as soon as I get home, I'm backing up my LJ. If things are not resolved at least in the next 24 hours, I plan on moving everything over to Journalfen. This is beyond ridiculous and there are no words for the rage I feel right now.

I...WHAT

2007-05-29T10:37:00.000-05:00

Anaheim, California (May 25, 2007) - As announced on the stage of J-ROCK REVOLUTION:

SKIN performs June 29th, 2007 at Anime Expo® 2007.

SKIN is Yoshiki, Gackt, Sugizo and Miyavi!

Stay tuned for more info.

*explodes* WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT?!

Soon, very soon.

2007-05-29T09:33:00.000-05:00

So I haven't gone to see the headmaster yet, but I'm not holding out much hope that they're going to offer me a contract for next year. Upon reflection, I can't say I'm disappointed. I mean, okay. A job? Yeah, gets me money. Teaching experience? Also good. But seriously, these kids are beginning (okay, that's a lie. They have been for quite a while) to grate on my nerves.
"Why is this computer, like, not working?"
Me: ...because God hates you.
"What do you mean we have work to do?"
Me: Shocking, I know. What with the fact that you're in school and all.
*insert inane brain cell killing chatter here*
Me: *gnaws teeth and refrains from killing something*
"Can I use a computer?"
Me: Seeing as you don't even know how to plug in a damn mouse? I'd say no.

Yeah, I'm weeping at the thought of leaving this place. Weeping tears of pure joy. That said, there's apparently a position for a Human Resources secretary with one of the nearby school systems.

Pros: No more dealing with children (YES YES OH FUCK YES), much better pay, closer to home
Cons: Still have to deal with people, probably longer hours, it's 12 months as opposed to 9 with the summer off.

Truly, the pros outweigh the cons in this. Oh god, I want this job. I want it so hard. In the meantime, T-minus 2 more days of dealing with mind killing teenagers.

ETA: Just talked to him. They "can't make the math work". Aka, they're going to save money by having a teacher without students teach computers next year. Meh, their loss. As for me? I suddenly have this feeling of pure joy.

PSA!

2007-05-21T10:01:00.001-05:00

Okay people. My birthday is a month away, thus I figured I'd make a post about this so you can start taking off work, etc now. Though my birthday is on July 1st, I have made Party Day June 30th, as it's a Saturday. (Since everything and their mother is closed on Sundays).
Ninja - The kids are invited too as game night wouldn't be the same without them.
Bob - Sven and Shannon are invited.
Yaoi Boy - Bring yourself. Seriously dude, we miss you. *sad face*

That is all.

Huzzah, another round of Fannish5

2007-05-18T11:37:00.000-05:00

Today's fannish 5: Name five qualities you always find attractive in fictional characters.

1. Intelligence - Give me a character who can quote Shakespeare at me, and I'm theirs. Examples: Nearly every character I like in fandom.

2. Snark/Wit - I love a snarky guy, even if he is a little bitter. Examples: House, Bernard Black

3. Geekiness/Awkward shyness - Aww, I love my shy geeky guys. They're so cute! Examples: Daniel Jackson

4. Boy Scout Charm - You know the ones, the guys who refuse to leave anyone behind. Sometimes even the villains! I less than three my boy scouts. Examples: Duncan McLeod, the Doctor, Vash

5. Major skills - I'm talking about those guys who can take a pencil and kill 10 men without breaking a sweat. Or can escape a trap by climbing down a 30 story building. I mean seriously, that is hot. Examples: Jack Bauer, Jim Ellison

They.... what? WHAT?!

2007-05-16T09:52:00.000-05:00

How British Library allowed 300-year-old diary to be ruined. 300...year old....diary. How do you accidentally cut off a cover?!

Brain Goes Boom!

2007-05-15T08:04:00.000-05:00

Dude. DUDE. I just found out via my LJ flist that William Russell aka Ian Chesterton's son is Alfred Enoch aka Dean Thomas on Harry Potter AND Harry Melling aka Dudley Dursley is Patrick Troughton's grandson. ....all that added to the fact that David Tennant was in HP and ZOMG BRAIN EXPLODE.

Another fandom, what?

2007-05-10T08:50:00.000-05:00

So... Hot Fuzz. Yeah. Go see it. Simon Pegg is a genius and I love him and he and Nick Frost are totally gay for each other. Especially in this movie. <3 That is all.

HOLY CRAP!

2007-05-07T20:26:00.000-05:00

OMG Michael Shanks is on 24! *explodes*

Chaaarliiiieee!

2007-04-25T12:56:00.000-05:00

I'm always amused when my students discover things I already know about on the Internet. For example, I just caught one of my 7th graders watching Candy Mountain. XD

In Recent News...

2007-04-25T09:47:00.000-05:00

JT continues proving he's the Biggest Douche in the Universe. What would my days be like if I couldn't read about JT's hilarious exploits? KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

The Shakespeare Code

2007-04-08T19:43:00.000-05:00

Mmm, Doctor/Shakespeare is so my new OTP!

Break, Fandoms, and Fannish Five!

2007-04-06T13:28:00.000-05:00

It's finally Spring Break time! Thank god for that. A week without having to deal with the juvenile delinquents. Thus I'll have time to catch up on my gaming, especially since I'm halfway through God of War. That and I went ahead and grabbed the first season of Jeeves and Wooster from the library. Oh my god. Jeeves and Bertie? SO MARRIED! <3 I was already lurking around the corners of this fandom. Now? I've fallen head first into it. And now, for today's Fannish Five.

What (or who) are your five favorite monsters?

1. Cthulhu - Um, duh? Who doesn't love this elder god? He'd eat you without a second thought. And then he'd have a sandwich.

2. Godzilla - Godzilla holds a special place in my heart. Not just because he's Japanese, but also because he appeared on MST3K. Twice! That and he had to fight a moth. A MOTH!

3. Pyramid Head - Shut up, he counts! Wikipedia agrees with me.

4. Cerberus - Just because I'm a sucker for mythology. He makes the list also because he was totally a GF in FF8.

5. Sweetums - What? I like the Muppets!

YAY

2007-03-31T21:45:00.001-05:00

DOCTOR WHO DOCTOR WHO DOCTOR WHO!!!!!! *dances*

It's Friday again!

2007-03-23T19:41:00.000-05:00

This one was a hard one. >.<

You are given the opportunity to erase from existence five episodes, scenes, or lines of dialogue from canon. Which five get the axe?

1. Angel the Series - The series finale? NEVER HAPPENED! NO ONE IS DEAD. ESPECIALLY WESLEY.

2. Horatio Hornblower - The scene in Retribution. Instead, it ended happily. HAPPILY DAMN IT! And Horatio, William, and Archie skipped off into the sunset!

3. Serenity - THAT SCENE. YES, YOU KNOW WHICH ONE.

4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - VEIL? WHAT VEIL?! I SEE NO VEIL.

5. 24 - Tony's not dead! Nope, not at all. He's quite fine! FINE.

That's a lot of capslock. Yeah... I'm not bitter. *twitch*

This week's Fannish Five.

2007-03-16T09:53:00.001-05:00

Crossposted with my LJ.

Who are your five favorite fictional teachers or mentors?

1. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) - Seriously, he was awesome. It's not his fault Anakin was emo.

2. Rupert Giles (BtVS) - Dude, Giles was a librarian/watcher/demon hunter. What a combination!

3. Duncan McLeod (Highlander) - I'm counting Duncan since he taught Richie. With all the crap Duncan put up with from Richie, he should get a freaking medal. Also, Duncan was hot.

4. Captain Edward Pellew (Horatio Hornblower) - Pellew had to put up with a lot. I mean, A LOT. Not only that, but the Indefatigable was always there at just the right time. Pellew is above and beyond the call of awesome. <3

5. Dr. Gregory House (House) - Yeah, he's a strict teacher and if you make a mistake, he's not going to sugarcoat it. But seriously? Sometimes people need that. He's blunt and tells you when you're being stupid. That way, you won't make the same mistake ever again.

Wait... what?

2007-03-01T11:23:00.000-05:00

See Mark Millar, the guy who did Marvel's Civil War. See Mark Millar make a stupid joke. See people go, "Uh... what?" See Mark Millar make an asshole of himself. Again. Wank Mark Millar wank.

TWITCH

2007-02-16T22:28:00.000-05:00

If within the next few weeks, you hear about a teacher who set fire to her computer lab after going completely insane... it'll probably be me.

How my head became acquainted with my desk

2007-01-18T11:22:00.000-05:00

Tell me something. How hard is it to write a 2 page essay? That's double spaced. With the blasted MLA heading taking up half a page! When the topic is, "My Plans for the Future'!! Because my 3rd period class seems to be having some trouble with this. Especially one certain student who just printed out a picture of the University of Maryland mascot as a cover sheet and then typed up 2 paragraphs. ... just what?! WHY IS THIS HARD?! These kids need a serious lesson in the art of BSing.

The Year in Review

2007-01-01T22:49:00.000-05:00

I posted this to my LJ, so I figured you Blogger people might want to see it too.

January: I run off back to Longwood for my final semester and play everyone's favorite game, "Don't Murder your Roommate". The Internet Apocalypse occurs when SA, NG, 4chan, and Fark all wage war against EBaum's. The Baumans proceed to bring out their Intarweb lawyers.

February: The OotP casting finishes! Yay! Gamers continue to wait for Advent Children and KH2. We begin to wonder if they actually plan on releasing either before we die. Jack Thompson proves that he is indeed the Biggest Douche in the Universe.

March: March begins as does my descent into insanity as I scramble to write not one, but two theses. I get to attend the IAFA conference. It is amazing! I get free books! I meet Peter Straub and eat lunch next to Patricia McKillip (and don't realize it until Brock points it out because I'm an idiot!). I never write up the full account! ...Oops.
A week later, I attend the Longwood conference and get to read my Harry Potter paper. People like it, huzzah!

April: My family gets a new addition. Welcome to the world, Carrie. The new season of Doctor Who begins and I go, "OMG DAVID TENNANT I WANT TO HAVE YOUR BABIES PLZKTHX". My final thesis of my undergrad career is completed and presented. I got to write a paper on fanfiction! And everyone liked it! YAY! And April ends with, "Wait... the Wii?!?!"

May: Sean attempts to burn down the house via a remote in the microwave. Well played. The semester ends, but I'm not quite done yet. Damn you French!

June: X3 comes out! Charles and Erik are married, dammit! Married! The Msscribe saga is released on bad_penny. All of us stare in awe. Just....wow. We get wireless at my house! I never have to leave my room again!!

July: I turn 24! I totally get to be Jack Bauer now. I see Superman Returns and squee. Like a lot. Meg& and Co. run off to Indy What The Fuck Ever and HUGH LAURIE IS THERE GODDAMMIT. PotC 2 is seen. Jack/Everyone even the Kraken for the win! But the most important thing that happens this month? HAHA I'M DONE WITH LONGWOOD BITCHES! UNDERGRAD IS COMPLETE! GAME OVER! NEVER AGAIN! MWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

August: They said it couldn't be done. But AHTM6 is completed and Misteroo gives a huge sigh of relief. SG-1 gets cancelled. I love the show, but seriously? It's about time.

September: R.I.P. Steve Irwin. You'll be sorely missed. The month ends with me finding two new fandoms (Horatio Hornblower and... is Good Eats a fandom?) Yeah. Not a big month.

October: Dude, The Prestige *still fangirling* Torchwood finally begins! Jack and Ianto are totally doing it! No, really! I get interviewed by Kenston. They drag their feet... a lot. I end October with a horrible sinus infection that proceeds to kill me.

November: Haha, just kidding. It's actually the medicine for the infection that's killing me. Well played meds. Once again, I miss the Great LJ Outage of 2006. We have the Lost fall season finale. What? Just what? Both the PS3 and the Wii are released. The Internets nearly come to a halt as fanboys flock to the stores. I'm pulled into Heroes as I totally need another fandom.

December: What the hell, House?! ARGH! I'm finally given a proper diagnosis by a therapist. OCD? No way! I end up dragging myself into another fandom. How do I keep doing that?! Damn you Airwolf! It's all Archangel's fault.
We have the title for the 7th book. It begins. The Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert was made of win and awesome. Mmm, flames. Also, I got syphilis for Christmas. Twice!
And I finish 2006 by completely breaking down. Awesome.

Dammit, 2007. You better be good.

New Fandoms: 5! 2 more than last year!

Let the games begin!

2006-12-21T15:42:00.000-05:00

The title of the 7th HP book is out.

At least I can admit I'm crazy.

2006-12-21T01:00:00.000-05:00

So my therapist (yeah, I'm seeing a therapist and I don't have to pay, thank you EAP!) has recommended that I go see a psychiatrist. So I have an appointment to go see the psych. who's in the same office. She wants me to try meds for my OCD. Apparently these are not going to be 'happy' pills nor 'I'm seeing pink elephants' pills. *snaps fingers* At most, they'll make it so I'm not freaking out at the drop of a hat. She even said there's a chance that they won't have any effect at all. Oh good.

In other news, I will conquer my presents! One way or another, they are getting wrapped. Even if I have to use violence.

Blah blah Airwolf blah blah blah

2006-12-17T21:09:00.000-05:00

So I've been rambling to people about Airwolf and they've just been nodding their heads like, "Yeah. Uh-huh. That's nice". But I can't help it because I'm so utterly in love. I don't care if I was 4 at the time it went off the air. *hugs my new fandom until it can't breathe* String is definitely part of the reason for this because he has the most adorable eyes I've ever seen and he's so damn angsty. But then there's also Archangel. *wistful sigh*

Full name: Michael Coldsmith Briggs III. Code name: Archangel
This right here is Archangel. How awesome is he? If Integra from Hellsing and Tatsumi from YnM had a love child, it would be Archangel. That and he's stolen Crawford's wardrobe. Did I also mention that he completely wants String? Because he does. See previous post for details.

Because I'm bored

2006-12-15T00:15:00.000-05:00

I figured I'd go into more detail about my newest fandoms. It went something like this:

Show: Hey. Hey remember me? I have awesome music and a more awesome helicopter.
Me: Yeah, that's nice.
Show: I also have pretty characters. Two of which angst like there's no tomorrow.
Me: I'm not listening! LALALA
Show: Hey check this episode out! Watch Archangel totally pine for String because he's off on a dangerous mission.
Me: *fingers in ears* LALALALALALA!!!
Female agent: Are you and Hawke friends?
Archangel: *sad look* No, we're not friends. We just use each other. *even more sad look* *gets up and leaves*
Female agent: *gives look of "yeah okay, whatever*
Me: Dammit!

The other fandom is basically:

Show: We're all in prison! Watch everyone get beaten and then raped! Also, we have canon slash.
Me: *is sold*

Oh zing...

2006-12-14T23:58:00.000-05:00

Ha! I'm totally updating without visiting Blogger. Thank you Firefox. So... we've been getting a lot of phone calls from out-of-state which are probably more creditors. Seriously, if we had the money, we'd have given it to you just to shut you people up! STOP CALLING PLZKTHX.

In other news, I had decided the only way to keep myself from joining another fandom was to go hide in a cave. But then I realized that I'd probably just end up making a fandom out of the rocks in said cave. Those two rocks? Totally doing each other, look at how close they are. Er, yeah I picked up two new fandoms yesterday. ~~ohgodsomeonestopme~~

In conclusion, there's a chance this will work!

I Feel a Headache Coming on

2006-12-08T06:56:00.000-05:00

So surprise, surprise... there's more wank dealing with Rose. A poster at time_and_chips wants to make websites dedicated to Rose to show RTD that "her fans care" or something like that. And so I read the wank and just sat there trying to keep myself from slamming my head into a brick wall. Their argument is that some of the fans want her back. Yeah? Well some of the fans don't miss Rose. In fact, if RTD suddenly announced that Rose died a horrible death in alternate!Earth, some of us would be doing a jig! Sadly, from the way RTD keeps mentioning "Rose's presense" staying with the Doctor (*gags*), I have a feeling that's not going to happen. Oh well, there's always Torchwood.

OHMYGOD TORCHWOOD

2006-12-04T00:29:00.000-05:00

NINJA! NINJANINJANINJA!! Did you watch today's Torchwood?! Did you see the end?!?!?! I need someone to discuss it with!

It's like sex, but better

2006-12-03T21:29:00.000-05:00

Waiting for the Torchwood episode. I've heard good things about tonight's episode too. Good, good... *rubs hands together evilly*
Speaking of John Barrowman, I found his two albums Aspects of Lloyd Webber and Reflections from Broadway. As if I couldn't be more in love with him... oh god his voice. The Producers was just a glimpse of what he could do because holy shit. You should hear him sing "If I Can't Love Her" from Beauty and the Beast. *fans self* Thus I move that RTD needs to write an episode of Torchwood in which John gets to sing. Yes, I want a musical episode because if they can have cyberwoman vs. pterodactyl then dammit, they can have a musical episode. *is not crazy, really*

Turkey Day

2006-11-23T23:03:00.000-05:00

Yeah, screw tofurkey. I want meat dammit.

Uneventful day. I'm currently on the 'sleeping during the day' portion of my sleep cycle, so I woke up at about 5pm. Dinner was good, Mom made the sweet potato pudding that I love so much (mmm, pudding). And then I wandered away to my room to browse 4chan until everyone vacated the downstairs and went to bed. Tomorrow, Meg& has decided to brave the streets for Black Friday, and being the adventurous type, figured I'd accompany her. It's not like I have the money to buy anything right now, so at most, I'll get some interesting stories from it. Thus I'll be out the door by 4am, which isn't bad considering I'll probably still be awake anyway, then on to shopping. From there, we plan on getting breakfast and then running home to get some sleep. All in all, it shouldn't be a bad day.

But for now, I'm hungry again. Time to raid the freezer.

Hey Ninja!

2006-11-23T02:16:00.000-05:00

The website for the 2006 Slash Advent Calendar is up!

sighs

2006-11-21T05:03:00.000-05:00

So I've reached the Romana II section, thus I don't have many 4th Doctor episodes left. Which is extremely sad since I'm completely and totally in love with the 4th Doctor. And his pants. Seriously, his pants are sexy. As are his boots, especially when he slides across the floor. At most, I'll at least get to move on to the 5th Doctor and get to watch him play cricket.

I'm amused

2006-11-20T23:29:00.000-05:00

Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets Torchwood! Bwahaha!

Sonypocalypse!

2006-11-16T20:40:00.000-05:00

Oh man, the stories I've been hearing from Best Buys and Circuit Cities. It's craziness! Thus, by Saturday, if any of you have any awesome PS3 line stories to tell, please do. It shall amuse me. I really want to go out and watch the fistfights. And take pictures. Forrest is currently camping outside of a Best Buy right now (has been since yesterday morning). He has a group with him. Why? So he can buy a bunch of PS3s and sell them on Ebay. *facepalm* But it's okay, because I expect tales from him. I've already heard one about a group who broke out a grill and started frying up hamburgers to suddenly discover they had no spatula. But it's okay, because someone either had or bought a Mariah Carey cd! It made a great spatula apparently.

Why do I keep doing this to myself?!

2006-11-15T20:31:00.000-05:00

So I totally made the mistake of watching the first episode of Blake's 7. ...yeah, I'm waiting for the second episode to finish as I type. Thus I have the first season of Blake to watch, the last two movies of Horatio Hornblower waiting for me, and the rest of the 4th Doctor's series on CD just calling to me. Also, I've been trying to catch up on Heroes. Well damn...

Also, ZOMG Ninja have you seen who's going to be on Heroes in January?! *freaks out*

rages

2006-11-14T16:58:00.000-05:00

I'll just let this article speak for itself. Games 4 Girls at Gamestop: Gagging, Weeping, Bleeding From the Eyes. Seriously, who plays these games?! I'm going to play Half Life now...

Why, Kenston, why?!

2006-11-10T21:06:00.000-05:00

So yeah. The guy is long gone. And Kenston? Is dragging their damn feet about this. They wanted to hire someone who could do both jobs, but have been unable to find someone. They reached this conclusion on Wednesday. Now it's a matter of deciding between the applicants they have. *facepalm* Needless to say, I'm still minus a job.

However, I do have money in the bank finally after I received a damage refund check from Longwood for $62.

...I know! I was shocked too! I thought it was going to be yet another bill, telling me I had to pay compensation for damaging a piece of grass or something. But it was a check! I wasn't sure how to react. Even checked for the "J/K LOL" but it turned out to be real! Yay!
I still fully expect Cormier to jump out of the bushes and mug me one day though. *looks around*

Also, Ninja! Will you come set these people straight? Surely you know what number 10 is! Fandom Meme.

Torchwood Post

2006-11-07T20:17:00.000-05:00

So remember that time Jack made out with Ianto but pretended it was mouth to mouth resuscitation? Yeah, good times. I hope Ianto gets into more life-threatening peril. Maybe next time, we'll get hawt Jack-on-Ianto ~~sex~~ CPR.

Fun, Fun, and More Fun

2006-11-06T13:44:00.000-05:00

So I've had a sinus infection for the last week. It hasn't been fun. My doctor gave me Bactrim for it and I proceeded to have a reaction to it. It completely zapped my appetite and then my blood sugar level dropped and... yeah. So I called the office on Wednesday and they switched me to a z-pack. I finished the last of it last night and I feel much better. Unfortunately Halloween was pretty much a bust due to the medicine. YB came over and we went to visit Leslie and Forrest (who were working at the time) and we ran to Jersey and Mike's for dinner. I only finished half of my sandwich because I started to feel dizzy. So YB took me back home after we collected his copy of FF XII and we watched House and SVU. Then I was still feeling blah, so he called it a night and went home, and I went to bed. Didn't fall asleep until late though as I was in pain for a good portion of the night. Not fun at all.

But now I'm feeling better and just really want out of the house for more than an hour. Mainly to get away from Sean acting up and Kristin screaming at him in response. It's like a massive cycle from which I can't escape. I really, really need a job. Hopefully the I Sold It! thing will work out if Forrest does get a promotion at Circuit City. I had an interview there a few days before the infection hit and the manager seemed at least somewhat impressed. Still waiting to hear back from Kenston as well, though at this point, I don't think I will. I think they're going to go down the route of hiring someone who can do both jobs so that they can save money. Blah. But who knows, stranger things have happened. If neither of them work out, I'll probably cave and go apply to B&N or something. Because I need money.

OH MY GOD!

2006-10-23T03:27:00.000-05:00

So... I just watched Torchwood. And yeah, I'm kinda dead. DEAD! TORCHWOOD! CAPTAIN JACK! *dead* Ninja, IM me. *grin*

Last post of the night

2006-10-19T03:27:00.000-05:00

I've seen the future, ladies and gentlemen. This is gonna be us someday. And it shall be awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW9UG9O3GOg&mode=related&search=

Guess the Ingredients!

2006-10-19T00:21:00.000-05:00

So Yaoi Boy was in the area and called me up to hang out. We ran to IHOP to have dinner. Dinner was fine until we got to the dessert. YB ordered a fruit crepe that was supposed to be filled with cream cheese. I tasted it...and promptly spit it into my napkin. I'm fairly sure that was not cream cheese. I'm also fairly sure it was actually sour cream. I have no idea how that mistake was made.

Then after spending an hour or two at Books A Million that ended with a conversation with Creepy Guy who was sitting next to us in the magazine section, we went to go see the Grudge 2. Oops, I mean The Suck 2. If you want to know what the movie was like, it's easy to simulate. Take scenes from three different movies that vaguely resemble each other. Jumble up the scenes and create one movie. There you go. Also make sure that it seems like the movie is in chronological order, until the very end. The key is to confuse your audience so you don't know what's actually going on. This movie ate my soul and left a giant pile of suck in its place. At this point, the Prestige could be about Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman reading the phone book and I'd be happy.

Cookie making and the Prestige on Friday and Zombie Walk on Saturday! Yay!

Halloween Memes

2006-10-17T19:59:00.000-05:00

Because dammit, I'm bored.

1. What's the scariest movie you've ever seen?
Hmm, that's a tough one. There are a lot of good scary movies out there. However, I had an aversion to the Child's Play movies when I was younger. Something about that damn doll...

2. What was your favorite Halloween Costume from childhood?
Uhh, I can't recall. Probably Christine Daaé from The Phantom of the Opera. Even back then, I wanted to marry him.

3. If you had an unlimited budget, what would your Fantasy Costume be for this Halloween? Oh man... I'd probably expand on my Slytherin costume. Get a better gray vest and better pants. Either that, or make a Snape costume.

4. When was the last time you went Trick or Treating?
A long, long time ago.

5. What's your favorite Halloween Candy?
3 Musketeers, full size. None of that 'fun size' crap for me!

6. Tell us about a scary nightmare you had.
All of mine involve tornadoes and evil, floating dolls (not necessarily in the same dream). It makes me wonder about my subconscious.

7. What is your Supernatural Fear?
Those things from Silent Hill. Seriously, playing that game freaked me out. They fly out from under cars!

8. What is your Creepy-Crawly Fear?
Are bees considered creepy-crawly? I guess they don't really crawl... there was a big ass spider lurking around the house. Scared the crap out of me when I first saw it. It was like a black thumb with legs!

9. Tell us about a time when you saw a ghost, or heard something go bump in the night. The only one I know of was the incident at Longwood. I was in my room (god knows where my roommate at the time was) and I was in that half awake, half asleep state. You know, when you can kind of hear and see things around you but you're not completely conscious. And I swear, suddenly there was this girl in a cloak standing over me, just looking at me. I shot up in bed and she was gone. Scared me to death.

10. Would you ever stay in a real Haunted House overnight?
If I was not alone, then yes. More fun with a group anyway.

11. Are you a traditionalist (just a face) Jack O'Lantern Carver, or do you get really creative with your pumpkins? I don't carve pumpkins because I'm not allowed near sharp objects. (For my safety as well as those around me)

12. How much do you decorate your home for Halloween?
I try to do more and more each year. When I get my own place, I plan to have it like a damn haunted house.

13. What do you want on your Tombstone?
Extra cheese, chicken, basil, and tomato. ...now I'm hungry.

Tag people. Uh... whomever. There's only, like, two or three people who read this. You! Yeah, you. You're tagged.

In non-meme related news, I received a letter from the IAFA today and just kind of looked at it and sighed. As much as I want to go next year, it's probably not going to happen. Mainly due to monetary reasons. However, if I secure a job by the end of the year, I'm still holding out hope for ConneXions in March. It's in Baltimore, the location being the Best Western Hotel at the Travel Plaza and will be March 30 - April 1. Seriously, a weekend spent talking about slash? How can I resist?

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