| one song I heard tonight that I can't seem to find |
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| 12:20am 14/11/2009 |
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but which seems like I should be taking it particularly to heart, at least the first line:
If you're not getting happier as you get older, then you're fucking up.
Does anyone know the name of the song that's from? Google-fu is failing me.
bedtime now I think. |
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| Ani~~~~~ |
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| 11:56pm 13/11/2009 |
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mood:  pleased
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♥
I almost had a mini panic attack between the opening act and Ani. I hate hate HATE going places alone, especially to things like concerts.
Once she came on though, everything was golden. She played a lot of new stuff and a lot of my favorites and basically I was gleeful from the first note of Anticipate to the last note of Little Plastic Castle.
♥ And then my mom narrowly missed hitting a deer, and we stopped to stargaze and I saw a shooting star, and now I am home and tired and happy. |
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| Yuletide wishes! |
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| 05:37pm 13/11/2009 |
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mood:  calm
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Dear Yuletide writer,
omg hi! :D Thank you for writing for me! I hope to make this as stress-free as possible for you.
( which lucky fandom did you hit on? )
So... I hope those were helpful pointers and not counterproductive. Seriously, I'm so easy to please, if you enjoy writing it I will enjoy reading it. So have fun with whatever you choose to write, and thank you ever so much! ♥ |
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| careful with those mirrors now |
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| 03:52pm 13/11/2009 |
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askjhksdjh leaving for the concert in a little over two and a half hours. I realized last night that she's probably going to mostly play stuff off her newest album, which I haven't heard at all, so... so I really don't know how I feel about that, actually. It'll be interesting?
I have one invite to Archive Of Our Own, who wants it? I'd like to give it to someone either prolific or who writes rare stuff. claimed.
Today I found out that it's 30 workouts to get an A, and 20 only gets a C, and the midterm I know I aced? only counts for five percent of the grade. So I could technically have skipped the tests and the body composition tests and still gotten a B. Fucking phys ed, ugh. I'm up to 11 workouts now, so... I'm really just aiming for that C now, anything past that is just gravy.
Oh, it's Friday the 13th, isn't it? How's that working out for everyone? I saw a squirrel without a tail cross my path, but no black cats. My luck is about even.
Now I'm going to watch last night's Fringe. I missed it because... I was watching Fringe with my mother. xD Season one, though. She really likes the show, and I knew she would. |
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| a post-workout meme |
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| 11:22pm 12/11/2009 |
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mood:  discontent
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FIRST: If you've been tagged, you must write your answers in your own LJ and replace any question that you dislike with a new, original question.
---> I got tagged twice! ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) karaokegal and betweenthebliss both think I'm sexy, apparently. :D
SECOND: Tag eight sexy people. Don't refuse to do that like a pansy. Unless you really don't want to of course. And if you're not tagged and you want to do it, then do!
---> kikkirhodes, tiptoe39, moorishflower, notwolf, dearjohnnycash, shigogouhou, rtwofan, megmatthews20
Who sleeps in bed next to you?
Lots of stuffed animals. I haven't had another person in my bed in... many, many months.
What did you last eat?
A cinnamon bun and a glass of water. Not entirely healthy, but I needed something sweet and my dad just made them.
What kind of books do you read?
Sci-fi, fantasy, interesting nonfiction (like Freakonomics and anything by Michael Pollan)
If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be?
Plattsburgh.
What's really creepy?
People who don't blink, and people who stalk you across multiple social sites.
Name one odd item within five feet of you.
Italian paperclips. They look like spirals.
What's your current fandom / obsession / addiction?
Big Bang Theory is winning at my attention these days. *cuddles tiny fandom*
What did you really want to do today that you didn't?
Get ice cream.
What are you most excited for?
In 19 hours, I will be in the State Theater in Ithaca watching Ani DiFranco.
What websites do you always visit when you go on line?
Livejournal, Facebook, Gmail, Unicreatures, ZooBorns.
What was the last thing you bought?
All that stuff at The Body Shop yesterday, but the last thing I added to my purchase was a reusable bag, the proceeds of which went to helping stop sex trafficking.
If you could have any pet, what would it be?
I am quite pleased with the pet I have.
Who's the most recent addition to your flist?
I think it's mizufae.
What do you want right this minute, off the top of your head?
Money.
Where is the place you like to return to in order to calm down / relax / etc.?
My bed. My computer chair is a close second, but my bed wins.
How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll centre of a Tootsie Pop?
I don't lick them, I suck on them. I can usually wait to crunch until I can feel the center softness, but I've never counted licks.
What's something you'd like to say to someone right now?
I wish I trusted you a little bit more to be in charge of my mental welfare, but you kind of remind me of Walter Bishop, and not in the "let me allow this man to make decisions about my brain chemistry" way.
Are there any bits of childhood that you miss?
I miss being good enough at things. Back when I was younger it was impressive enough that I could make As and read fast and use big words. I miss NOT feeling like I will never be good enough again.
What's the last thing you daydreamed about?
Howard Wolowitz shopping for pants.
I should feel a lot better than I do. I know I passed my test, I did a good thing and donated blood, and I get to see one of my favorite musicians in the world tomorrow.... but it's another one of those weepy nights. I am so sick of my brain it's not even remotely funny. |
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| naptime is my new favorite occupation |
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| 08:05pm 12/11/2009 |
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mood:  amused music: watching Fringe with Mom
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I just made a startling revelation while flipping through a catalog of my sister's.
Howard Wolowitz gets all his pants from Delia's. All the colors are there! |
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| neurotransmitters, plasma, and lactose, oh my |
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| 02:15pm 12/11/2009 |
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mood:  drained music: Vampire Weekend - I Stand Corrected
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I'm pretty sure I nailed that test. I got a full page on each of the essays, so it's not like he can say I didn't put in the work, and I wasn't the first one done for a change! I was third. xD
Apparently, I am a speed bleeder. They got a pint out of me in seven and a half minutes.
I really want ice cream, but even more than that, I want a nap. And naps are free, so that's what I'm going to have. |
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| oooh, I have all this brand-new face wash stuff to try! |
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| 10:57pm 11/11/2009 |
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mood:  okay music: Pitbull - Calle Ocho
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Tonight's Glee was just a big ol' ball of awesome and hurty mixed together. Mostly awesome, though.
I got one of my possibility essays done... and honestly, I'm not going to remember a damn thing I write tonight tomorrow, so I'm just going to go over the psychosexual stages and the motive/needs again and call it an early night.
Tomorrow I get to give blood! This is exciting to me because I haven't been able to for almost two years now because of getting tattoos. It's an important thing to do, I think, and I'm O+ so my blood is pretty useful. Then I'm going to see if I pass out on the treadmill afterwards. :D That should be fun and a half. Gotta get those workouts in though. I really need to remember to see how many I have to do to just get a B. I could settle for a B. It's only one credit, and that could save me three or four hours.
I don't like essay tests. :( I'm good at them, I just don't like them. |
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| no subject |
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| 08:04pm 11/11/2009 |
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mood: pretty music: Glee - Dancing With Myself (Kevin McHale)
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Today the Body Shop had a big promo going on, so I went and got my face did.
( she made me SPARKLE. oh god, the glitter... )
I ended up buying a face care set for combination skin... it's made out of seaweed! And the foundation she used on me, but not the ~*~special applicator brush~*~ that was freaking $26, more than the damn makeup cost. And lip butter, because I have this thing where I compulsively get lip gloss/balm/apparently butter now, in pink grapefruit and guarana-- it's Bawls flavored lip gloss, how cool is that?
So basically I was a gigantic consumer whore today. But I feel pretty, so it was worth it.
Now, I'm going to write my essays for my test tomorrow and hope that I remember what I write so I can reproduce it while I'm sitting in the classroom. Psychosexual development stages, neurochemical transmitters and the difference between people driven toward good things and people driven away from bad things (Behavioral Approach System vs Behavioral Inhibition System), and specific dispositional needs (for achievement, for power, for affiliation, and for intimacy).... and hope that it's only 3 out of 5 and not 4 of 5. >.> |
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| Warriors |
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| 10:23am 10/11/2009 |
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mood:  aggravated
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I first heard about this book series on PI due to the endless posts about it in the Friends and RP forums. The annoyance that so many people would post about this was tempered by the fact that I refuse to judge a series before I actually read it. (For example, Twilight, which I actually half-enjoyed. SHH.)
My pre-conceived notions were that so many kids read these books because they contained cats. Cats that talk.
Which is fine. I often consider myself as being at the borders of the 'furry fandom,' since I enjoy the artwork and the like. It's why I had some interest in the book in the first place, actually. That, and the fact that the author's name was Erin. I came to find, though, that the author's name is not actually Erin. But I will get into that in a little while. The point is that I ended up purchasing the first and second books. The first just to read it, and the second, just in case I liked the first.
The story behind this series is a lot like the story behind Pokemon. Cats get together and fight for no reason at all. To summarize the first book, 'Rusty,' a pet cat with a good life, longs for the forest. And, as luck would have it, the forest longs for him, too. ThunderClan, which is a clan of cats that sounds as if it has really bad gas issues, wants him in their ranks. This is despite the fact that it is unprecedented - in fact, it's never been done before - to accept a pet cat into the clan. Rather than do the logical thing and refer to these pet cats as pet cats, they are referred to as kittypets throughout the book, as if this is some sort of insult.
( Read More! ) |
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| forget the p-funk, I got a c-funk.. maybe a b, but probably c |
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| 09:02am 10/11/2009 |
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mood:  pessimistic
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I faked the funk and I think the actual funk won. That was not the most stellar psych test I have taken. :/ At least that's one done now. I have to talk to Dr. Sanzotta in an hour and see if I can make his test up either instead of class or immediately after it. Then I get to go to the gym again for what will be the 10th time out of my 30 required visits. That means I have to go 20 more times in the next 30 days. Ewww. (Technically, I need 30 visits for an A. I have to find out how many visits is a B, and how much the midterm and final count as far as the final grade goes, because... ew, 2 out of 3 days is a lot.)
On the positive side of what is only an hour long and has already been a long day, I got everything I need to send my dysfunctional SD card back to Overstock and get a new one.
And... nope, that's it, everything else is academic anxiety or the overwhelming need to get a few more hours of sleep. I took two Lunesta last night and it still took me an hour to pass out. What do I need, a freaking horse tranquilizer?
Okay, help me out, flisties: what do you do when your muscles ache for no real reason? I haven't been unduly straining my arms and they're ridiculously sore. My legs at least have an excuse to be in pain (lunges are not my friends :( )but the rest of me is just taking advantage of my weakened state. Should I be stealing my mother's heating blanket? Just getting more sleep? Any ideas?
eta: Internet, it is not fair of you to give a link that says Marijuana May Help People With Bipolar disorder and have the very first line include "but data are still inconclusive and there are no studies of bipolar disorder." Bitches, I was just about ready to start packing my bags to move to a medical-marijuana-friendly state! Way to fuck with my emotions. |
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| should have asked for more than a comic book and a robot |
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| 11:49pm 09/11/2009 |
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mood: amused
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BIG BANG THEORY FTW ONCE MORE.
Oh, bipolar disorder, isn't it wonderful to have something to yank us right up out of those downers?
....okay, now that I've started talking to my mental conditions, I think it's time for a shower and bed. |
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| everybody got whumped tonight |
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| 10:12pm 09/11/2009 |
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mood:  impatient
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( Heroes )
( Lie to Me )
Now, the long cold wait for Big Bang Theory to get torrented, while I study for Personality and, uh, pray that I can fake the funk if I walk into an AbPsych test. Cause that's basically what I'm going to be doing, educated guessing. Multiple choice tests are god's gift to lazy intelligent people. |
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| buy the sky and sell the sky |
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| 07:46pm 09/11/2009 |
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mood:  bitchy
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I am crazy bitch hormonal right now. I had a pretty good day but all I want to do right now is cry.
That's stupid, though. There's no reason for me to feel so bad, except my whole body hurts and I just want to crawl into bed and stop existing for a couple of days. This is going to be great for all those tests I have to deal with over the next couple days. Awesome.
But you don't want to listen to me bitching, so let me do something that might actually be interesting and rec the Star Trek Big Bang fics I fanmixed.
Terminal Point, by posyvanilla, is an awesomely action-filled story about Kirk's quest to get Spock back after his first officer has been kidnapped and the trail goes cold. She hits so many wonderful little moments between characters, and her Uhura is one of the best I've read yet. The first time I read this fic, I was on the edge of my seat for a good portion of it. She's rated it R, but I personally would call it PG-13. Here's my mix to go with it.
For those of you who like your fic more porny (so, most of you. xD), Lie Back and Think of Starfleet by curiouslyfic is an interstellar romantic comedy involving Kirk, Sulu, the mythified story of their epic romance that has spread from one crazy-ass planet to all its colonies and then some, and the idea that Starfleet will forgive you if you accidentally get married on an alien planet... but once you do it 25 times, you're pretty much not even trying to avoid it any more. It gave me the lulz most mightily, and also it's pretty hot in places. and here's the mix for that one.
Heroes is on in 20 minutes. I am really really tired of hearing people hashing out a spoiler that really shouldn't be surprising to anyone to the point of thinking that maybe a friends cut wouldn't be such a bad idea. This could just be PMSy bitchiness, but the idea has been building for a while now, so maybe not. I don't know. If you are offended by this paragraph, you can preemptively cut me. :P
God, I really hate it when my hormones kick my bipolar from fairly well managed into rapid-cycling like a fucking yo-yo. The past two hours have not been a fun time to be in my head. :(
( before I turned into a head case I thought I looked kind of cute today. only one picture came out worth showing though. ) |
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| my legs are like noodles |
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| 02:14pm 09/11/2009 |
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mood: calm
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The psych test was not in the academic support center, which either means it's tomorrow or I have to talk to Dr. Sanzotta directly about taking it. That means I have time for a quick nap before Forensics, though!
Something scary happened today when I went to work out. All of the treadmills were taken. I had to hop on an elliptical for almost ten minutes and let me tell you internets, my legs are not happy with that turn of events. Luckily someone vacated a treadmill around my ten minute mark and I finished up my 45 minutes almost exactly to the minute.
I am almost done with Superfreakonomics, which I started last night after I finished Dead Until Dawn, which I really enjoyed. The next book on my list: the most recent Dexter novel. After that, I think I'm going to dip back to the fantasy side of things and finally get to the Dragon's Milk books that moorishflower gave me for my birthday. It's good to have a plan. xD
Wednesday is my practical exam on plants for Botany. I am pretty confident that I can identify anything he throws at us by the common name, and pretty sure that I am going to completely bomb out on knowing the scientific nomenclature for everything except poison ivy (because he drilled Toxicodendron radicans into our heads from day one). We'll see how it goes.
Sometimes I wish I had a personal photographer. I look totally cute today (well, except for my hair) and I really can't capture the sweetness of my outfit with arm's-length self-photography. xD And it's way too weird to ask my little sister to take pictures of me. Oh well. Trust me on this, guys, I am rocking the Raj look, and when I say rocking I mean like whoa. |
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| I don't like Mondays |
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| 12:10am 09/11/2009 |
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mood:  awake
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Because having one is better than not having one: a to-do list/agenda.
7am: wake up! and don't whine about not feeling good and go back to sleep, you slacker.
8am: Botany Lab
10am or when done with lab: go to library and print out homework. stop by SSS, make sure test is there.
10:30am: hit the gym
12 noon: Botany lecture
1:30pm: lunch, review some more
2:30pm: go to SSS, take personality test go home or putz around on campus
4pm: Forensics Lab
5:30pm: home, start Abnormal Psych reading
8pm: Heroes
9pm: Lie to Me
10pm: haunt EZTV until BBT torrent gets uploaded, do yoga while waiting for it to download
12 midnight: go to bed early, AbPsych test at 9:30am tomorrow, ick
Good. A nice, structured day. Let's see if I can adhere to that schedule and actually get everything done. Now I just have to get to sleep... and I am totally going to cheat and take a sleeping pill because I am sick to death of laying in bed staring at the ceiling at 3am knowing I have to be up in 4 hours. |
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| you might not baa-lieve it |
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| 10:29pm 08/11/2009 |
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mood:  sore
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but for the sake of awesomeness, here is season one of Sheep in the Big City, and here is season two. Use it wisely!
I kind of wish the trainers on Wii Fit had names, because it's a lot easier to say "fuck you, $name" than "fuck you, Wii Fit trainer person" when I'm about to fall over from doing lunges and she says "you put your knee down, didn't you?" SURE IT'S EASY FOR YOU, MISS I'M MADE OF POLYGONS, TRY DOING IT IN MEATSPACE.
I think I'm going to call her Wendy from now on. |
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| hilariously enough, the icon is just about my drawing skill range |
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| 08:05pm 08/11/2009 |
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mood: amused
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DRAWME!
go on, do it, I'll do it back and I'll even draw it on paper so you have something slightly more quality than a crappy mouse-drawn Paint pic. :D
I am halfway through the first season of Sheep in the Big City. ♥ I am so grateful to whatever communist decided that it needed to be put up as a torrent, because it makes me laugh and laugh and laugh. There's nothing quite like a Ranting Swede to kick a cartoon up that extra notch. It's a good incentive to do my homework: finish a question or two, then watch another episode. :D |
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angry