You've never seen anything quite like these buttons

Just a small town girl livin' in a lonely world. She took the midnight train going anywhere...

2009-11-08T18:01:41Z

Chili and zombie movie night with Matt and Colleen was epic. I always forget how great Evil Dead 2 is. I know I had a great time chit chatting about an assortment of different nerdery, including an upcoming Cthulhu LARP.

Our Galena trip was fabulous. We got all sorts of neat things at the canning company, including pumpkin butter, pickled okra, honey mustard pretzel dip, chocolate cherry butter, and deer sausage. I have finally been to the Italian place for more than just wine and appetizers, however I was not so impressed with the ravioli. In fact, I do not recommend it. I can make much better at home in a microwave, seriously. Next time I told Brian we are going to the Irish Cottage. I also got a hippie skirt at one of the hippie stores. Everything there was super cheap, I was surprised. And like a good woman, I bought an apron to wear when I'm cooking for Thanksgiving. Emma loved the trip. She was a huge ham the entire time, trying to get everyone to look at her and tell her how cute she was. At the restaurant, she just stared at people until they looked at her, then she would give them a huge smile. She's so sneaky. Overall it was a great vacation.

I have an awesome LARP update, but I will put it in a separate post.

And you could have it all, my empire of dirt. I will let you down, I will make you hurt.

2009-11-04T18:16:20Z

Dear baseball,

You are stupid. Stop disrupting my Glee schedule.

<3,
Tara

This conversation amused me:

kat325th: A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says its on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite the critics questioning the investment and time frame of the multi-billion dollar project.

Tara: ............................................................
HOTEL IN SPACE?!?!
FUCK THAT

kat325th: yup

Tara: NO WAY WOULD I GO UP IN SPACE IN A HOTEL WHEN NASA CAN'T EVEN GET IT RIGHT 100% OF THE TIME

kat325th: Nasa as a government organization which means its required to take the lowest bidder

Tara: okay, that's fair
but still

kat325th: oh yea, i agree big pile of fuck that

Tara: I mean, cleaning ladies already have a terrible job, why do they gotta go make it worse?

kat325th: yeah, having to deal with the poop jetision thing? Ugh

Tara: oh no!
I didn't even think of that!
oh man, can you imagine how much crap would be in space if we're up there enough?

kat325th: a lot
a lot of shit

Tara: I would hate cleaning that outer hull

kat325th: Jeff says they wouldn't jettison the poo
they would probably store it and then send it back down to earth with resupplies or when the guests leave

Tara: wow
that's even worse
a giant pod of poo

kat325th: cause it would freeze when it left and then its a frozen projectile that could destroy the hotel

Tara: worst crash ever

kat325th: giant pod of frozen poo

Tara: fuck space hotels

kat325th: Indeed

THIS WEEK IS AMAZING! It totally makes up for my completely shitty week last week!

I got a Spock wig, which really, on me, is just a Vulcan wig. And I look pretty much exactly like a Vulcan so it's pretty awesome. I am wearing it next Friday. I suggest everyone else do something similar! In fact, I will suggest it on the WW boards.

We officially have a baby sitter when we need one. Chris's wife, Kori, has offered to watch Emma if we need someone during game or if we want a Saturday night to go see a movie. And Emma really liked her so it's a great deal. So guess who has two thumbs and has the next WW game and Midnight Circus baby free?? (PROTIP: This chick)

We get to watch zombie movies with Matt and Colleen here some night. Either Thursday or Friday depending. I am quite pumped about this. I love zombie movies and I love hanging out with cool people I don't see often enough.

Thank you, Chris, for this video! It is epic. (Starring Danny, Lucas, Bill, Wasta, and myself)

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Keep in mind that people judge quite fiercefully

2009-11-02T22:06:09Z

First of all, Matt and Colleen's party was amazing. I discovered Jager and Mt. Dew are delicious together and it also makes me hate black licorice a lot less since that is exactly what it tastes like. A big thank you to them for having everyone out. We really appreciate it. The LARP was also a bunch of fun and I look forward to any other parlor games in the future. During the party, Emma was really good. She even sat with Kori for a while and played peek-a-boo with her blanket, which she's never done before. I was amazed. Then she took a really long nap so Brian and I got to mingle and not worry about her. She also broke a glass during the game, which I felt terrible about. I was stunned she managed to do that. Next time we're totally getting a babysitter.

Speaking of babysitters, our problem seems to be that family members are always busy or live too far away and it's expensive to go hire someone we've never met. However, we may have a solution for that here soon. More on that later. :)

Tonight Brian and I are going discount Halloween shopping! I'm very excited about this. My goal is to get a few wigs or other random stuff. Then Castle and How I Met Your Mother are on tonight! W00t!

Emma was supposed to have the second part of her flu shot today, but they are out of the injectable ones for her age, so we have to wait and call back later in the week to see if they get any more in. Stupid flu scare.

Friday Brian, Emma, and I are taking a day vacation to Galena! There is so much I want to do while we are there! The shops usually all close at 5, so there isn't always a lot to do later. We will probably be back for LARP unless we are exhausted, it'll just be late.

Thank you, Omara, for this video:

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

You slipped away past the fog and the fire, like I saw the footsteps cut out of the ash...

2009-10-31T18:38:22Z

Halloween is one of my favorite days of the year. I love it. I have loved it since I was teeny. I love pumpkins and witches and things that glow in the dark and horror movies and candy. It makes me happy.

Today is Halloween. I should be super happy and carving pumpkins and watching scary movies, but I am not. Today sucks. I am having a bad day. I want to go back to bed and start over.

What would I do differently? I wouldn't be watching football because I don't like football. Instead, I would have left the second I got dressed and gotten a pumpkin. I would've watched Dawn of the Dead or 30 Days of Night or Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or something on my laptop while I was carving that pumpkin. Or maybe listened to my awesome scary sound effects and horror movie music CDs. I definitely would not have treated today like it was a normal Saturday.

I'm really looking forward to the Nachtrieb party later. I have a feeling it will be awesome.

Mandie sent me these videos and cheered me up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBJzZts4qZo

But then Emma got a hold of Brian's coffee and spilled it, so I'm back to being sad.

On the bright side, and I always try to find a bright side, I get to put Emma in her monkey suit later. Right now it seems like an awesome idea and I am looking forward to it. However, when the time comes and she is cranky because she hates it, I will probably not be so happy.

In better news, I TOTALLY HAVE A BABY SITTER ON NOVEMBER 7TH FOR THE IOWA CITY OPPOSITES PARTY! My costume, it is marvelous.

I also have a new coat. It is cute. And I stole two pairs of my sister's shoes. They've been sitting collecting dust in my parents' porch for as long as I've been in class, so I decided to take them. I have a giant chest full of shoes (boots take up a lot of room) and my sister still has at least twice as many as me, so I don't feel bad. She'll probably forget she owned them or go buy different ones.

I want to go to lunch with Chad today, but the game probably won't be over by then. Kinda tempted to just go by myself. On the bright side, I think I heard sushi tomorrow with Miranda?!?!?!! I sure hope this is true.

A ghost story I wrote for my fiction class, inspired by some creepy story I heard...

2009-10-29T14:00:59Z

Something wakes me. A noise from beyond my bedroom. The alarm clock by my bed illuminates 2:48 in red letters. I wait for a second, my ear angled toward the door to see if I hear anything else. Nothing. I get up to go investigate, but my full bladder screams for attention. Instead I head for the bathroom. It is in the middle of the hall and my parents' shut door greets me from the other end, barely visible in the dark.

I turn on the light and do my business. While I am washing my hands, I hear another strange thud from elsewhere in the house, like something heavy being dropped. Curious, I open the bathroom door and the light floods part of the hallway, creating a bright rectangle on the tan carpet. It would be perfect, if not for a deep red stain that comes up from the stairs and disappears down the hallway. The odd coppery smell tells me that it's blood. I freeze in the doorway. There is no way this was here before I went to the bathroom, was it? As it starts seeping wider and wider, my breathing becomes shallow as I start to wonder where the blood came from. There is another thud.

At the end of the hall, the door knob to my parents' room starts to turn. In a moment of panic, I turn and run towards my bedroom, shutting the door behind me and diving into my bed. I pull the covers up to my forehead in a futile attempt to protect myself, like I used to do as a child when a shadow on the wall would scare me. I wait, my heart beating quickly in my chest. So much time passes, at first I think nothing is going to happen, but then my door slowly opens, the hinges making a soft squeak of protest. I force my breathing to come deep and even and pretend I am still asleep. Through my squinted eyes, I can see the bathroom light on my wall and a strange silhouette. It stops and I can feel it watching me. By now my heart is thudding so violently, I think the movement will give me away, but still I pretend.

The figure enters the doorway and I hear movement from the corner of my room. It drops something into my reading chair, the weight creating a soft thud as the chair legs hit my wall. I watch its shadow. The way it moves is not quite human, its actions too fluid and exaggerated, like watching a tape in fast forward. After a few seconds, I feel something heavy at the foot of my bed. I watch the silhouette move something, take a step back, reposition it, and take anoter step back like a sculptor trying to get a statue just so. I squint to see what it is the figure is moving, but then it appears in my vision, its back to me. I quickly shut my eyes. I can barely hear it as it moves. After a second, I slowly reopen them.

Its skin is a leathery grey, wrinkled like fruit left out in the sun. It has wiry black hair that reaches down past its shoulders, and its limbs are long and slender. Blood glistens from its claw like fingers and in patches along its skin. I think to myself that this must be the boogeyman. The thing that goes bump in the night, the creature from which every childhood fear stems from. And it is standing in my bedroom, writing something on the wall, deliberately dipping its finger in the blood off of its skin and dragging it slowly onto the plaster like a crude finger painting. As I struggle to see what it has written, it turns and I shut my eyes again. I can feel it watch me for another moment before it returns to the foot of my bed, and then I hear it drag itself underneath my box spring.

I feel a moment of sick irony wash over me. When I was young, I was so sure there was something there in the darkness between my floor and my bed frame, even when my mother would soothingly rub my forehead and insist I was imagining things. Slowly, I lower my blanket just below my eyes and peer out into my room. My mother is there in my reading chair, both arms resting stiffly on the arm rests. She is still wearing her nightgown, which is soaked through with blood. Her torso is torn open and I can see large chunks of purple and red organs sitting on her lap, her intestines twisted like a gruesome pile of yarn. At the end of my bed, my father is leaning against my footboard, his upper body draped over it. He is positioned so he is staring at me. His throat has been ripped away, the smallest bits of bone showing in places. Both of their faces are frozen in an expression of horror and their heads are turned to me like terrible puppets. I want to sob. I want to scream. I want to jump up and run out the door and to keep going until I am as far away from this room as possible, but part of me knows it will catch me. It is just waiting for me to wake up and do just that.

I don't want to turn to see what it has written, yet I must know. I slowly turn my head and squint, trying to read the message from the light in the bathroom. Its words hit me like a brick wall and my breathing stops.

"I know you are awake."

I make little lies and then I tear them apart, think something dark's living down in my heart...

2009-10-28T23:20:57Z

So yesterday...let me tell you about yesterday.

Emma has been going through this phase where she won't go to sleep at night. Well, Monday night was exceptionally awful. She did not fall asleep until 2 am. Which means I didn't fall asleep until a bit later and had to wake up at 6. Do you ever have moments where you realize that today is going to be one of those days? I had that feeling at 2 am about Tuesday.

The first part of the day went smoothly and I am convinced that this is just because the fates wanted to lull me into a false sense of security. I completed class without incident. Actually, class was pretty awesome. I even engaged in discussion in War and Peace and I'm pretty sure I spoke the most (big step for me). The only real draw back was learning I have ANOTHER long fiction piece due for my writing class when we were initially told just 1 long piece and 2 flash fiction pieces. Time to get my writing on!

I finish up with my day classes and I go to visit Emma before my night class and find that my parents have absolutely nothing edible in their house. So I have to cut my visit with Emma short to go get food. And I was also considering stopping at a gas station to fill my tire up since it was looking kind of low. Well, I get on the road and about 5 minutes outside of Pburg headed towards CF, my tire pops. Yes, this sucks, but wait, it gets better. I am on highway 57, which has no shoulder. It goes straight from road to a steep, go-near-it-and-you-roll-your-car, ditch. It is almost impossible to pull over and not be a complete hazard. On top of that, there are no country roads anywhere near the part of the highway I was on and I knew I had to stop driving on my pathetic sham of a tire ASAP before I did any more damage. However, by pure chance, I find a small path a farmer uses to drive his tractor in and out of his field. It's still steep and unsafe, but it's still better than the middle of the highway. I get settled and call my mom and accept the fact that I am just not making it to class. During this call she also informs me Emma is out of diapers. Great. Upon getting out and inspecting the damage, I have the sudden realization that I do not have a spare with me. It got removed from my trunk to make room for suitcases on a road trip when I lived in my Hudson Rd. house (YES, I REALIZE THAT WAS FUCKING STUPID) and then it disappeared a day later. We decide that my step-dad would come get me, remove the tire, leave my car on the jack, go get a replacement, and then we'll come back and pop it on and I'll be on my merry way.

About $60, one bag of diapers (thank you Wal-Mart for literally being a one-stop-shop), and TWO HOURS LATER, we get back to my car. By now it is dark, so we have to use the headlights from his truck (which is actually IN part of the recently harvested cornfield). Before we left, we lowered the jack just a little bit because my car was at an odd angle and we didn't want it slipping off. Scott gets down there to pump the jack back up, and we discover that he can't get my car to get up high enough because the jack sank in the mud a little. In fact, as we were standing there, we could visibly see my car slipping very slowly since only one tire was on the ground at that point and it was at an angle. If we didn't get tire on, the jack would slip from underneath my car and the exposed brake parts would probably take the brunt of the fall and that would just be a chocolate coated clusterfuck (Now with almonds!). With a final feat of strength, he pushed the jack as hard as he could, popped the tire on, and raced to get two of the nuts on so he could release the jack before it slipped completely out from under my car. It was intense, but he literally lowered the jack at the last second and saved the day.

After that ordeal, I was exhausted. I just wanted to get home and veg and watch something mind numbing on the television. Oh, also eat. I still hadn't done that since breakfast and my tummy was very vocal with its protests. I get home and Brian is cooking tortellini (<3). He comes out and gets Emma while I grab her diaper bag and shut the garage and the gate when suddenly the side light goes out. My first thought is "Hey, you jerk, you turned the light off on me!" But as I turn, I realize it is pitch dark. There were no lights on in the neighborhood. Total blackout. And the electricity stayed out for over an hour and until our bedtime. I didn't get to veg or relax, instead we had to worry about if the power was going to come back on at night so we didn't freeze or the stuff in the fridge didn't go bad. Plus, the lack of light meant I had to deal with a cranky Emma who just wanted to play, but couldn't because we couldn't see her.

And when we went to bed? Guess who didn't want to go to sleep again until 11? That was my shitty Tuesday.

Glee is on tonight! I enjoy that show so much. I knew when I saw the pilot in the spring I would be hooked.

Halloween in 3 days!

I found these shirts and I have to share them with people because I want them. (click the picture to go to the site)

First of all, bad ass. Second of all, how does one NOT laugh at this shirt?

Hey Lisa, I thought you might enjoy this one:

Fuck yeah, Team Unicorn

This one was inspired by the Sparks/Amie scene

And my favorite, which could be for a Black Fury:

These are ones I am getting for sure:

Shannon's LJ post, as well as seeing pictures of how skinny Kyle has gotten, has inspired me to start slimming back down. I was, at one point, down to around 155 and incredibly happy, but I'm back up again. It makes me sad. So I have started eating less and not eating a ton of things that are terrible for me. I even chose tea or water over soda and crackers over chips. On my days off of class, I'm going to start lifting weights with our bench press in the basement, as well as doing sit-ups and the likes. I wish we had a treadmill or a bike so I could do that when Emma takes naps. My starting goal is to lose around 5 pounds. Heck, even a clothing size would be acceptable. I figure start small and see where I go from there. Plus, I don't want to set an exact number to reach like ZOMG I MUST BE 130 LIKE ALL THE GIRLS IN MAGAZINES. I mainly just want to reach a point where I am comfortable with myself and feel healthy. Happiness is what is most important.

Holy crap this is long. I will stop now

I've seen 223 out of 270 movies (I clearly require a life...)

2009-10-28T15:14:52Z

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Grease 2
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End
(x) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
(X) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Blazing Saddles

Total so far: 10

(x) The Neverending Story
(x) The Neverending Story II
(x) The Neverending Story III
(x) Airplane
(x) The Princess Bride
(x) Willow
(x) Anchorman
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth

Total so far: 19

(x) Saw
(x) Saw II
() Saw III
() Saw IV
() Saw V
(x) White Noise
(x) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates

Total so far: 25

(x)The Princess Diaries
(x)The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
(x) I Know What You Did Last Summer
(x) I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
(x) The Shining
(x) Candyman
(x) Stand By Me

Total so far: 35

(x) Scary Movie
(x) Scary Movie 2
(x) Scary Movie 3
() Scary Movie 4
(x) Resident Evil 1
(x) Resident Evil 2
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
(x) American Wedding
() American Pie Band Camp

Total so far: 43

(x) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
(x) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(x) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(x) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(x) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(x)The Wedding Singer
() Little Black Book
(x)The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch
(x) Finding Nemo

Total so far: 52

(x) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(x) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
() Robots

Total so far: 60

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
() Universal Soldier
() Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
(x) King Pin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
(x) Eight Crazy Nights

Total so far: 68

(x) Joe Dirt
(x) King Kong
() A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
(x) The Lizzie McGuire Movie (DON'T YOU JUDGE ME, I HAVE A LITTLE SISTER)
() Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Halloween
() Surviving X-MAS

Total so far: 75

(x) Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
() Final Destination 3
(x) The Ring
(x)The Ring 2
(x) Flubber
(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
(x) Ghost Ship

Total so far: 84

(x) From Hell
(x) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
(x) The Whole Ten Yards
(x) The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Child's Play
(x) Seed of Chucky
(x)Bride of Chucky

Total so far: 94

(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
(x) Just Married
(x) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
() Remember the Titans
(x) Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
(x) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
() Son Of The Mask

Total so far: 102

(x) Bad Boys
() Bad Boys 2
(x) Joy Ride
(x) Lucky Number Slevin
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
() Ocean's Thirteen
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremacy
() Bourne Ultimatum

Total so far: 109

(x) Sixteen Candles
() Pretty in Pink
() Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
() Predator II
(x) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Curious George

Total so far: 115

(x) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
(x) Darkness Falls
(x) Christine
(x) ET
(x) Children of the Corn
(x) My Boss's Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds

Total so far: 124

(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
() Rush Hour 3
() Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
(x) Calendar Girls
() Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
(x) Event Horizon

Total so far: 131

(x) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3
(x) X-Men
(x) X-2
(x) X-Men:The Last Stand

Total so far: 141

(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
(x) Spider-Man 3
(x) Sky High
(x) Jeepers Creepers
(x) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of Fire

Total so far: 151

() The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
(x) Cruel Intentions 2
() The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
(x) Shrek the Third
(x) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
(x)Old School

Total so far: 159

(x) The Notebook
(x) K-Pax
() Krippendorf's Tribe
(x) A Walk to Remember
() Ice Castles
(x) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old Virgin
(x) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(x) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(x) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Total so far: 167

(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(x) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
() Basketball
() Hostel
() Waiting for Guffman
(x) House of 1000 Corpses
(x) Devils Rejects
(x) Elf

Total so far: 174

() Highlander
(x) Mothman Prophecies
(x) American History X
() Three
() The Jacket
(x) Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
() Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic

Total so far: 179

(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x) Shaun Of the Dead
(x) Willard
() HighTension
(x) Club Dread
(x) Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
() Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Total so far: 187

(x) 28 days later
(x) Orgazmo
(x) Phantasm
(x) Waterworld
(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
(x) Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
(x) Kingdom of Heaven
(x) The Hills Have Eyes

Total so far: 196

() I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
(x) The Last House on the Left
(x)Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
(x) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
() Ewoks The Battle For Endor

Total so far: 204

() Re-Animator
(x) Army of Darkness
(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
(x) Animatrix
(x) Evil Dead
(x) Evil Dead 2
(x) Team America: World Police
(x) Ghosttown

Total so far: 213

(x) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
(x) Hannibal
(x) Wall-E
(x) Batman Begins
(x) The Dark Knight
(x) The Prestige
(x) Cars
(x) Gone With The Wind
(x) Top Gun

Total seen: 223

Now put "I've seen "xxx"out of 270 movies" in the subject line (filling in your total in the blank) and repost it if you so choose!

Holy music, Batman

2009-10-23T22:26:32Z

Recently added:

Three Day's Grace - Overrated
       (How Louise feels about people who think they are super awesome when they aren't, especially when it comes to politics)

Placebo - Running Up That Hill <3

Brand New - At the Bottom

Murder by Death - Rum Brave
       (This song is excellent, especially the line about being the axe that clears the forest)

Breaking Benjamin - Unknown Soldier

Shinedown - Breaking Inside
       (Obligatory "I want to raise my humanity and feel bad about the stupid shit I've done" song)

Murder by Death - Ash
      (Song for her boys, Cricket, Eddie, Nadia, new Brujah, and everyone else she fights along side with frequently)

Finger Eleven - Paralyzer <3

Breaking Benjamin - So Cold <3

Shinedown - If You Only Knew <3

Johnny Cash - Hurt <3
       (This song is also applicable with her desensitization)

I can honestly never get tired of these songs. It took a lot of thinking about it, but I managed to narrow it down:
1. Rolling Stones - Gimmie Shelter
2. Regina Spektor - Fidelity
3. Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
4. Kate Nash - Foundations
5. Rachael Yamagata - Meet Me By the Water
6. Joni Mitchell - A Case of You
7. Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
8. Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
9. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
10. Brand New - Fork and Knife
11. Rush - Resist (Live in Rio)
12. Johnny Cash - Hurt
13. Shiny Toy Guns - Don't Cry Out
14. Portishead - Strangers (or Wandering Star...I can't decide which of their songs I like more!)
15. Del Amitri - Roll to Me
16. Incubus - Wish You Were Here
17. Dredg - Sang Real
18. Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Follow You Into the Dark
19. Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
20. Iron & Wine - Such Great Heights
21. Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty (this song has some of the best lyrics to ever grace the musical world...)
22. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
23. Say Anything - Alive With the Glory of Love
24. Ben Folds - The Ascent of Stan
25. Miles Davis and John Coltrane - Blue in Green

I am also trying to put together a playlist of music that reminds me of the Zombie Apocalypse. So far it has been an interesting journey through music and zombies. And yes, before you ask, "Re: Your Brains" is totally on it. I will be sure to post the results so you guys can tell me it sucks :P Also, feel free to make suggestions...

I thought by now you'd know I'll never let you go. It's time you recognize I am the devil's eyes...

2009-10-21T21:22:09Z

Friday night was pretty much amazing. It was the most fun I've had in vampire in a while, which is funny because I never though running into a Fomori as Louise would be any fun. The dynamics of the PCs involved was just outstanding. Malks and Toreador are not allowed to go off by themselves ever again. Thanks to the players who made that scene awesome and to the ST whose plot it was. Then on top of the scene stuff, there was Louise and Murray stuff. I am always a huge fan of the interaction that goes on there. For some wildly strange reason, those PCs have always clicked well. I am anticipating future role play. Especially when I find out what their "first date" was like...speaking of Louise, I have to go buy a dress for her for the Opposites party in Iowa City!

I have been reading up on the Midnight Circus (which explains my crazy dreams). Not the mechanics, just the stories and what not because I the player have no idea what it is. Having gotten a feel for it, I am SUPER SUPER SUPER excited. Thank you, Wasta, for being awesome and being a creative problem solver so we could have it here! :D
Angie is discussing getting rid of Shady. Apparently she has also run into the situation where she is all settled, the baby finally asleep, and Shady barks loudly wanting to go outside and wakes up the baby, but when Angie gets up to let her out, Shady changes her mind. All this time we told her that her animals were annoying, she thought we were just being mean. I think she understands now. Plus, the dog is miserable. We don't let her in the living room because Emma is crawling around and Shady has snapped or snarled at her more times than I can count, so she has limited roaming space. And now with tiny baby and it being so cold out, Angie doesn't take her on walks. It would be better for her to go to a place where she doesn't have to worry about having babies around and can get the severe amount of attention she thinks she needs.

Emma doesn't babble anymore, she just yells at the top of her lungs constantly. I wish there was a way I could get her to stop. She doesn't understand no or stop or shush or be quiet yet. It's loud and lately I've been getting a lot of headaches, so when she does it, it's like someone is driving a pick axe through my skull. Plus, I am concerned because she goes straight to the yelling instead of working on learning baby talk. Maybe it's just a phase where she is realizing she has a voice and a very very healthy set of lungs.... >.>

13 more school days!

I am making tons of playlists. Another post soon to follow this.

Then when he's found who he's looking for, listen in awe and you'll hear him bark at the moon...

2009-10-14T03:26:11Z

My three wolf moon shirt showed up today. It was everything I thought it would be and more. When I put it on, I swear I heard an angelic choir singing. Once the fabric touched my flesh, an electric current pulsed through my veins, causing all of my hair to stand up on end. Something within me changed. I was not wearing the shirt, the shirt had turned me into a vessel for its awesomeness. All of the men in our neighborhood could feel it's power. Within minutes, they were crowded around our house and pawing at our windows, trying to get a glimpse of my new raging sexual aura. I was overwhelmed by the attention, terrified of what they would start doing to each other if they couldn't get inside. I took the shirt off and stuck it back into its box, to protect the power from falling into the wrong hands. From now on, the shirt will only be used in case of emergencies.

Brian bought us snuggies. I have a green one, Brian has a brown one, and Angie has a blue one. They are basically the awesome. Be jealous.

I have been up for about 36 hours, so I'm sorry if I don't make any sense. I am not really sleepy, but everything looks all wonky and I have bags under my eyes. I am expecting to crash here any minute now.

Oh god, if I have to workshop one more stupid story for my fiction class, I am going to go insane. More insane.

Emma has new tricks. She waves bye-bye, claps, and is starting to stand up on her own without holding on to something. I am overwhelmed with pride.

Castle is a good show. Nathan Fillion is fantastic. I am loving all the shows about writers that are on. (actually, I think it's just Californiacation and Castle)

I am going to go to bed now. It is probably for the best.

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl year after year...

2009-10-10T20:36:23Z

I am amused that my most commonly used tags are class and alcohol. I think it says a lot about who I am as a person.

I LOVE my Human Origins class. Every time I skip it, I am sad. It is so much fun and it's very interesting. It is one of the few classes I think I honestly wouldn't mind if it was a 3 hour night class because time flies by as it is. He's a great prof, too. If anyone ever wants an elective to take at UNI, I highly recommend Human Origins with O'Brien.

Emma has officially stopped eating baby food. We have spoiled her with table foods like mashed potatoes and veggies and our bread, so she won't eat her carrots, squash, or sweet potato. On the bright side, she will eat the fruits! And she will still eat her finger foods because they make her feel like a big girl since she eats them herself.

The Backstreet Boys were on Conan O'Brien. I am very confused. The 12 year-old in me is not sure whether to be overjoyed or depressed...

October for me is always horror movie month since it's Halloween and all, so I watch a ton of horror movies. Last year I did not do this and I was very sad. We are watching the Watcher right now. Next we will watch Diary of the Dead, Saw, or maybe Children of Men (FUCKING LOVE THAT MOVIE).

Brian's oldest sister Lisa is coming over for the Hawkeye game tonight. I adore her. Actually, I adore all of Brian's sisters.

I really feel like sushi right now.

She walked with fire at her heels. The scent of smoke on the breeze...

2009-10-05T21:26:28Z

We went to an Apple Orchard on Sunday. It was so much fun. We'll probably go back again around Halloween to get pumpkins and squash for carving and making delicious food (I'm thinking pumpkin bars and pumpkin pie). We got a ton of apples for apple crisp, too. Hooray fall baking! Also, there are pictures up on Facebook. She is such a ham.

I slept funny on my neck last night, I think, because it is killing me today. I have the Frankenstein head-turn going on even, where I have to turn my upper body to look at something since I can't turn my neck. Tylenol isn't helping either.

I am already excited for Friday night. The WW boards have been pretty entertaining, so thank you.

I am updating my Louise and Amie playlists. Should be fun.

I don't want to go to class tomorrow. Most of my classes aren't even that difficult, I just feel lazy. In my night class we're going to talk about flirting even, so I mean it's not like I'm taking quantum physics and dread going.

The tiny baby is so cute. She was a premie, so her lungs aren't quite the strongest. When she cries they're tiny little whimpers you can barely hear, which is a definite change from Emma who has been able to scream since she was popped out. In fact, she is screaming at the cat right now while trying to play peek-a-boo with her. Nala is not amused.

We set out at dusk. We left them, well, not much. The boys were shouting and kicking up dust...

2009-09-28T16:41:59Z

So I lied to you guys and I didn't even mean to. I made a list of 5 actors I would totally do, and the list was Viggo Mortensen, Alan Rickman, Clive Owen, Zach Braff, and Christian Bale. Well, when I added Zach Braff I was pulling at straws. I couldn't really think of another one. Sure, he's a funny guy with amazing taste in music, but I'm not sure he actually belongs on that list. Then I saw a preview for something that had Tim Roth in it and my brain went, "OH YEAH!" Hawt. He's also British, so maybe I just have a thing for voices?

Yesterday morning I made spinach, mushroom, and mozzarella omelets. They were quite possibly the most delicious omelets I have ever made. Then we had Hy-Vee gumbo for dinner. I recommend it highly. Best gumbo I've ever had. It is also super easy to make considering you just have to warm it up!

I have a stupid amount of homework. I have 2 tests, 2 workshops, and 70ish pages of stupid reading to do. I'm pretty much finished with the reading, which is what I did this weekend. The good news? My 3 hour night class? We only have to show up, take the test, then leave. This means I should only have a 30 minute class to take a 50 question multiple choice test. (I am one of those annoying people who go through the test twice to double check my answers...)

Wasta, I listened to your CD. I am very much a fan. Even Emma was dancing to some of the songs (though since it was Jace Everett's "Bad Things", it was mostly disturbing). It now has its own playlist on my iPod. Also, I do not foresee our PCs getting along.

You can't resist her. She's in your bones. She is your marrow.

2009-09-25T20:09:04Z

A while back there was a huge Journey Vs. Rush discussion which was basically a bunch of people slamming Rush. Which is fine, people are entitled to their opinions. I could care less. Whatever. I was jokingly like STFU RUSH IS THE GREATEST BAND EVAR. I guess people took that seriously because someone asked me that if they were one of my favorite bands of all time why I had only recently been so ecstatic about them. I took that as the person was accusing me of only liking Rush because Brian does, even though I have been a huge fan since high school and had no idea of Brian's existence back then. I just don't go broadcasting it to the world because when I do, lots of people are like, "RUSH SUCKS AND GEDDY LEE IS A WOMAN". Brian is just the first person I have really had that in common with on a daily basis because he listens to them a lot. Well, recently Mark S made a facebook status stating he just didn't like Rush (THIS IS IN NO WAY INSULTING HIM, SO IF ANY OF YOU BRING YOUR DRAMA TO POOR MARK I WILL CHOP OFF YOUR BALLS. I am not saying he is wrong, I am simply stating that he said it and am using it as an example) and I have been the only person to respond in defense of them. This just reaffirms why I will listen to them, but I don't tell everyone how awesome they are because over the years, I've just learned to STFU so I don't have to hear the 100s of reason everyone else hates them. Because frankly I don't give a shit. Your opinion will not sway mine. And yes, I am posting this in defense of myself because I was/am that upset about a comment posted on that thread that was over months ago. I am a stupid woman. Whatever.
/end bitch mode
We have a sitter until 10 tonight! So the first half of Werewolf will be peaceful!

I am so bored, I have been doing homework to entertain myself. Well, that and making an LJ post. I managed to condense a 46 page article for War and Peace into 5 pages of highlights I copied and pasted. I figured it would be nice to have notes in case I get called on. My professor has her panties in a twist because she doesn't think any of us are reading the "reasonable" 70 pages of dry political science articles she gives us as homework (and that is from Tuesday to Thursday on top of other homework) and always looks at me when she says it. The problem is that I try to read them and I find myself stuck on one page for half an hour re-reading because I don't understand most of it since I didn't get the memo that the class was an advanced political science course. So when I get into the class, I don't say anything. I literally turn into a fucking clam. Don't get me wrong, when she explains the stuff in class in a way that isn't written out by someone who has a PhD in poli-sci and is simply trying to impress their peers, then I get it. I think the reading material is just too advanced for what I know (or don't know, rather). Maybe this new method I am using will help...

We are into the workshop portion of my fiction writing class and I am once again reminded why I sometimes hate creative writing classes: Reading other people's stuff. Guess what? A story about a woman throwing a book at your head when you worked in a book store or your regrets about sleeping with a guy you met in a bar are NOT FUCKING STORIES. It's shit you write in your own diary so you can read it later and feel good about yourself because NO ONE ELSE FUCKING CARES because you life is NOT AS INTERESTING AS YOU THINK IT IS. We are 6 stories in and if I have to read one more about some "character's" life in college, I am going to puke all over their papers, sign my name, and hand it back to them. The worst part is that Dr. O'Loughlin says things like "You have a lot of good stuff going on in this story". I wonder if it's because over the years he's faced the fact that most people in creative writing classes can't actually write and has just resigned to hope one or two will pop up who can and it's the only thing he's living for anymore. Or maybe there was at one time a professor who was like, "You all suck and will never amount to anything in the writing field, so give up now and leave my classroom" and made the students cry. But then he was fired and so all of the other creative writing professors cower in fear so the same thing doesn't happen to them. Either way, I feel oh so bad for him.

Bought the new Brand New CD. EPIC. <3

Marilyn Manson has Swine Flu.

In payment for reading, I give you this:

We never are what we intend, or invent. 'Cause I make little lies and then I pull them apart...

2009-09-21T21:42:37Z

ZOMG, BRAND NEW'S NEW CD IS OUT TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!1!ONE! *SQUEEEEEEEE* I have been following along on their MySpace and I LOVE the new stuff. It's very familiar and in the spirit of their old stuff, but just different enough to be new. So excited.

It's cold and rainy! I LOVE FALL! WEEEE!

And even though I have spent all day doing homework, it's good homework! I'm writing a personal experience paper, working on a few short stories, doing a workshop, and some reading for my human origins class, which I love. Taking a class because I want to and not because I have to is empowering.

Lately I have been a little stressed out. School and being a mom are hard enough without combining the two. I'm just trying to be better than all of it and as strong as I need to. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

Today is a good day.

Do you like fishdicks?

2009-09-18T00:31:32Z

Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers, and me...

2009-09-16T14:45:58Z

I am beginning to think that Rebecca needs to have a curse on her sheet so if there is anyone with stalkerish tendencies in a 100 mile radius of her, they will find her and follow her. I would be completely okay with it if the STs decided it.
I don't watch MTV, especially not the VMAs because music these days is pretty bad. And the people who decide who wins? Their taste in music is even worse. However, I have seen the clip of what Kanye did to Taylor Swift and, I have said this before, but I will reaffirm it here: He just proved my theory that you can tell how big of a douche bag someone is by the amount of sunglasses they own. See: Bono.

If you would like to argue that Bono is a pretty awesome guy who doesn't afraid of anything because he saves the world one shitty U2 concert at a time, feel free. Just because he is loud about saving starving children and the rain forest doesn't mean he isn't a douche bag. If having good intentions made you a good person, then Michael Moore is a cool guy and THAT I simply refuse to believe.

One of my classes was canceled yesterday, so I had a class, a break, and then another class. I decided to use my time to stop by Rob's and pick up the first book of Buffy comics. I have the other books, but I never had the first one because I bought all the comics before it came out so I figured why bother. Well, I discovered one of my issues had disappeared, so I decided to go buy the book so I could re-read them. I forgot how good they were! I also bought Marvel Zombies 2! (shh, don't tell Brian). I should've gotten MZ: Dead Days since that is what comes in between Vs Army of Darkness and MZ 1, but it was $25 instead of $15. Of course, Rob gave me 25% off anyway, so it wouldn't have been so bad. I should've known. Next time! While I was there, I saw a comic called President Evil and the cover was just like the Army of Darkness movie poster, but with Barack and Michelle Obama. I laughed pretty hard. I am also tempted to go back and pick it up, for the lulz.

I want to start watching Dollhouse, but I am afraid. Every time I watch a Joss Whedon show I am reminded of the fact that he hates me and wants me to be miserable. And for some reason, I can never look away. (Unless it's Angel. FUCK THAT. I want to skip straight to season 5 simply for more Spike). In ways, I am sad there will never be any new Firefly, but on the other hand, I know that nothing bad can ever happen to it! :D (not that he could do much worse after killing Wash T_T )

I FOUND THIN MINTS IN OUR PANTRY! I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONE! Oh, delicious minty cookies, you make me happy!

Edit: Obama called Kanye a Jackass and is getting a bit of flack for it. I think it's HILARIOUS. But apparently it's inappropriate? Who knew?

I'm not sick, but I'm not well. And I'm so hot 'cause I'm in hell...

2009-09-11T20:38:44Z

This post is going to be about many things.

1. Last Sunday was horrifying. Emma was being super cranky due to teething and not feeling well. She screamed bloody murder every time I changed her diaper, including one time while we were out to dinner with Brian's siblings (which we promptly got to-go and left). I think it was the worst experience in a public restroom I have ever had, including throwing up at Perkins. It was made worse by the fact that she got it all over herself before hand and wouldn't hold still so I could clean her up in her fit of baby rage. She is not nearly as bad now, but I cried.

2. My War and Peace class was supposed to be called International Relations during Conflict and Peacetime, but they changed the name to make it sound more appealing to students. WELL GUESS WHAT UNI, IT FUCKING WORKED. So now I'm stuck in a class in which some of the material is over my head, but I refuse to give up. I am the only person in the class who is not a poly-sci major AND hasn't taken the introductory course to International Relations (which they didn't note was a requirement in the schedule books). Thankfully there are no tests, just a few easy papers and a ton of reading. I am going to go with my English major teachings with this one: fake it till you make it.

3. OMFG KEVIN SMITH IS MAKING A NEW MOVIE! ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385867/ ) If you have watched some of the Evening With Kevin Smith documentaries, you will understand why having Bruce Willis play the main character is hilarious. I'm pretty pumped.

5 movies I can't live without:
1. Silence of the Lambs
2. V for Vendetta
3. Children of Men
4. Dan in Real Life
5. Love Actually

5 places I would love to visit:
1. Iceland
2. New Zealand
3. Ireland
4. Russia
5. Cape Cod

5 books I think everyone should read once:
1. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
2. Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
4. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
5. Harry Potter - JK Rowling (I think there are important lessons everyone can learn from these books)

5 names I would love to give my children:
1. Juliana
2. Edward (I liked this name before Twilight came out and ruined it for everyone else)
3. Ophelia
4. Alexander
5. Leoben (Lee for short)

5 of my favorite foods:
1. Sushi with miso soup
2. Pork roast with mashed potatoes
3. grilled chicken
4. chili
5. Thanksgiving (because seriously)

3 weeks of class done!! Only 12 more to go :(

I wish that I could make her see, she's just the flavor of the week...

2009-09-05T15:02:11Z

5 women I would go gay for:
1. Natalie Portman
2. Gillian Andersen
3. Sarah Michelle Gellar
4. Maggie Gyllenhaal
5. Milla Jovovich

5 fictional characters I am in love with:
1. Severus Snape
2. Spock
3. Rupert Giles
4. The Doctor
5. Fox Mulder

5 men who, if I had a gun to my head, I would totally do:
1. Viggo Mortensen
2. Alan Rickman (From about 20 years ago)
3. Clive Owen
4. Zach Braff
5. Christian Bale

BILL!!! NEW BRAND NEW SINGLE!!!

Also check out a band called Republic of Wolves (http://www.myspace.com/therepublicofwolves)

THEY ARE MAKING A RESIDENT EVIL 4 MOVIE. It's going to be called Resident Evil: Afterlife. The tagline is: "She's back...and she's bringing a few of her friends." I have mixed feelings. On one hand, I LOVE SHITTY RESIDENT EVIL MOVIES. On the other hand, I do not like shitty Resident Evil movies.

BRB, Hawkeye/UNI game...

Would you meet me by the water, baby? 'Cause I can't get you off of my mind...

2009-08-30T22:29:11Z

First things first. It is absolutely gorgeous outside. Perfect weather for yesterday's grill out. I know some people are pretty bummed about not getting the main lodge, but having the other one that looks out over the lake totally made my day. I cannot tell you how therapeutic it was walking along the shore line in an attempt to get Emma to pass out while the sun was setting. And as if that weren't enough, the lake at night was inspiring. The reflection of the moon upon the waves paired with a sky full of stars which aren't visible in the city was breathtaking. I am completely refreshed. Some time on some other weekend, how many people would be interested in a Sunday grill out/swimming time there? We don't need to rent the lodge, we can just go, eat, throw things away, then hang out on the beach and get into the water.

In other news, we have been informed that Angie is going to take on a new tactic with Mekaylah after today's behavioral issue (she hit Angie in the face and she now has a bruise) and if Mekaylah is unable to handle it, then she's going to have to go some place different to get the structure she needs with someone who is capable of giving her more of it. I am very glad that Angie recognizes that. It is giving me much more confidence in this whole situation. I'm sure in a few weeks I'll feel like nothing has changed or that any previous issues were forgotten, but for now I don't feel as though Angie is going to continue to keep a kid who's problems are beyond her capability to control and have a negative impact upon the entire household, especially the kid. Sure, she wants to help, but sometimes when you dive in head first you do more harm than good. I would also be so bold as to say that a stressed Angie is not helping Mekaylah, or any other kid like her, either. Bringing these children into your home is a choice and if you are incapable of handling it, then it makes the entire situation no good and you should let them go to someone with more experience. *sigh*

I feel like ice cream. Maybe of the peanut butter and chocolate variety.

Some men die under the mountain just looking for gold. Some die looking for a hand to hold...

2009-08-26T17:50:52Z

Individually, all of my classes seem incredibly simple. When you pair them up with each other and the fact that I have to take care of Emma, I'm going to be pretty busy. Several of them are reading intensive, which is what is going to get me (THOUGH I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE DOING THAT THAN WRITING FUCKING PAPERS). It's hard to read for class and Emma wrangle. Plus, I still have to pick up my last book and a packet at Copy Works. Maybe I will do that tomorrow before or after class, but that also means I won't have some of the reading done for 1 class. OH WELL.

Here is my schedule for Tuesdays:

8:00 am - leave and drive to Dike to drop off Emma.
10ish - leave Dike for class (15 minute drive, plus I have to park forever away because there are never any parking spots near by)
11:00-12:15 - Human Origins
12:30-1:45 - Craft of Fiction
2:00-3:15 - War & Peace (Did I mention that my classes are not in the same building? And that the time in between classes is just enough to walk to the next class?)
(drive to Dike)
3:40-4:30 - Spend time with Emma/do quick reading/wait for my mom to pick Emma up
(drive to Waterloo)
5:30-8:20 - Human Identity and Relationships (technically she let us out at 7:30 last night and apologized for keeping us so late, so really the class is only until 7:30)
8ish - Meet my mom somewhere in CF to pick up Emma and then drive home
9:30 - Get home

That's a total of 13 and a half hours on the go. I am very very very exhausted. It also leaves little time to eat, which sucks. The good news is that Emma was good with out me! She cried a little bit, but over all she behaved! That makes me happy.

In other news, apparently Angie didn't know what she was talking about when she said Mekaylah would probably be gone before Thanksgiving. Her and I had another chat and the social worker said it'll probably be more like another year. This means that right now Brian and I are looking at apartments. We found one in Marion that looks awesome...

"I don't want to. You both withdraw when I go vamp. I feel you judge me."

2009-08-25T03:12:32Z

I got an email from my War and Peace professor containing a copy of the Syllabus and our first reading assignment. We haven't even had our first day of class yet and I already have something to do for tomorrow. By looking at the syllabus, I can tell this class will be reading intensive, but no tests and technically only one 8 page paper (there are others, but they're ridiculous enough that I refuse to call them papers...I mean, a 2 page free writing exercise? It's child's play). I may have to laugh at anyone in the class who complains that it's a long one, then pat them on the head in an incredibly demeaning way.

For my Craft of Fiction class I had to buy InDesign CS4 For Dummies. ?!??!???!?!?!?! Seriously??? See, I thought that a fiction class would focus on the quality of writing and that a professional writing class would focus on the other stuff. This also means that we'll probably be in a lab most of the time instead of actually writing. Grr.

Since Angel takes place during the 4th season of Buffy, we started alternating between episodes. Episode 1, season 4 of Buffy, then Episode 1, season 1 of Angel. The shows make so much more sense this way and it's interesting to see how they play off of each other.

Oh, and another thing:

Dear Joss Whedon,

I love your work, but FUCK YOU!!

Tara

They're both soo good and entirely unsatisfying, no wonder I'm reading fan fiction.

I'm not your star, I'm not that beam of light here to save your life...

2009-08-20T20:30:34Z

Em had a doctor's appointment today, which means she got shots. The little turd is getting smart because the second she saw the nurse who gives the shots, she started crying. We managed to convince her that the first half of her check up was fine, but when the doctor went to check her ears and eyes, she started screaming like some one just jacked her in the face. Then came the shots, which were the worst thing in the world (for her, needles don't bother me), but then I picked her up and she stopped crying. She is now passed out. Apparently at 8 months she weighs 17.6 pounds. She is in the 50th percentile for weight and 97th percentile for height. Also, while we were in the waiting room, there was this little boy who was probably about 9 months old that was smiling at her and she was smiling back, then he started talking to her with the same babbling she does. He was adorable. They were totally flirting with each other. His mom was highly amused.

I need to buy books tomorrow. Thankfully my loan check came in so I have money for gas, books, baby supplies for my grandparents, and foodz while I am out and about for class. Hooray money! Boo having to pay it back some day!

This:
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/08/zombie_apocalypse_the_thesis.php
First of all: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUU-
Second of all: It's a legitimate thesis that someone wrote for college, but it's about zombies. I have read through most of it and it's actually a really interesting read. If you have some time to kill and you want to read the only paper worth reading that you'll ever read in your life, check it out. I should also mention that some of the facts and stuff in it are fucking terrifying. Skip over the math stuff and look at the graphs and you pretty much get the jist of what they're talking about. If you need me, I'll be in my bunker with my canned foods and bottled water praying to the deity of my choice.

I lol'ed:

I leave you with these pictures:

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2009-08-19T01:12:24Z

We had a trial baby sitting day with Emma and my grandparents. I dropped her off at noon and my other cousins, who are 6 and 2, were there. I set Emma down to play and then slipped out while she was distracted. I went to Parkersburg to see if my loan check had been sent out yet and of course it wasn't there, so I dicked around for a while, the entire time expecting a phone call at any moment from my grandmother demanding I come get my cranky baby. Two o'clock rolls around and she still hasn't called, so I drop by and they were at the park, which is maybe a block from my grandparents' place. Apparently Emma was a little angel for the two hours I was gone. She cried when she noticed I wasn't there, but that's it. Also, she was laughing when I showed up, but when she noticed me, then she started crying again. It was cute. It also gives me hope that we have our baby sitter covered and that anyone else who has offered is just back up (my grandparents will be gone for about 3 separate weeks over the course of the semester, so I'll need someone then).

Mekaylah broke the shower this morning. I discovered it when I went to the bathroom after I woke up. Of course, I also had to take a shower this morning, which was a feat. I got the top bar hooked back up so it would slide, but the bottom I couldn't get. *sigh*

I start classes a week from today. Oh, the horror.

We had amazing sweet corn for dinner.

I am not wearing shoes.

...I got nothing. Carry on.

My tongue is lost, oh, I can't tell you. Please just see it in my eyes...

2009-08-11T18:23:36Z

There is supposed to be a meteor shower tonight. If you happen to be awake anytime from Midnight to 5 am, take a step outside and look up. Should be good times. http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090811/sc_space/strongmeteorshowerexpectedtonight

I feel like every Tuesday I ask if tomorrow is already Wednesday, as though I am in disbelief about the passing of time. Anywho, D&D tomorrow! Let's get the fuck out of that forest before I burn that whole place down with our wilderness guide as kindle.

Heidi came over last night and we had dinner. Then we played Chez Geek. Great times. Very relaxing. She suggested we have a girls night sometime and I was totally intrigued by that.

Emma is working on tooth number 3, which means she is chewing or biting everything she can get her hands on. AND I MEAN EVERYTHING. My poor ladies are not doing so well... :(

You know what grinds my gears? YOUR MOM.

**EDIT**

GUITAR HERO 5...THERE WILL BE JOHNNY CASH SONGS. ALSO, HE IS A PLAYABLE CHARACTER! FUCK YEAH!

Also, want: http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/08/the_greatest_bed_in_the_galaxy.php

AND:

Okay, now I'm done.