Day 08

Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad



This photo makes me sad (so does that sweater!).

My parents swear I had a dog when I was a kid but I don't remember any dog but Skippy. We got him when I was in 6th grade, someone dropped a litter of puppies in our neighborhood and Skippy ended up in our yard. We kept him for a while to see if anyone would claim him, when no one did, after much begging and pleading we were allowed to keep him. He was the best dog ever, he was a guardian, protector, sled dog, garbage disposal, horse... Even though he died years ago, I still miss my Skippy. We all do. *sniff*

I Turn My Camera On

I had a pretty blah night at work. I was stuck in the back where we can't get a good wifi connection. Oh yeah, they changed the pw for a couple days then changed it back or something cuz we can get on now AND the bigmouth got fired. Yay on the wifi, no comment on the other part.

So, last night I started to choose songs for the mixed CDs I am making and it's hard to choose! I got off track once I started renaming all the mp3s that had funky underscores or dashes in the titles so they were all the same. Why yes I am a little bit obsessive, thanks for noticing. That took up a bunch of time and I'm not finished yet. I also had to listen to a lot of the songs to make sure they were the ones I wanted...

Anywho, I was in an OK mood, mostly in my own little world. Then this morning as I am doing my rounds, listening to a bunch of random songs, I Turn My Camera On started playing. I was like I have heard this song before but where? Then I remembered my dancing Peep from yesterday's 30 day meme and it made me laugh. Ever since then I have been in a really good mood. :D

OK, I really need to get to bed now, hope y'all have a great day!!

• I Turn My Camera On (Album Version) by Rock Kills Kid

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Day 07

Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy



My boy, ready for a belly rub :D

Day 06

Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Dancing Marshmallow Peep @ Yahoo! Video


In other news, a birthday shout out to my sister-Happy Birthday Steff!! ILY!!

Day 05

Day 05 → Your favorite quote

I really like "Live, Love, Laugh" it's short and sweet. It's also a reminder of what's important. One of my friends has this tattooed on her hand and I have always been envious of it. If I thought I could get away with a hand tattoo, I would totally do it.

Day 04 → Your favorite book

I'm changing this to the top two series I read this year, mainly because I tend to only read series, lol. I never want them to end!

1.The Southern Vampire Mysteries series- Here's a review of the series from life beyond twilight.

2. The Demonata Series- some kid's review

random
I couldn't sleep yesterday, well, let me rephrase that. I procrastinated until I got a second wind yesterday and ended up awake for about 36 hours. I had that sleep deprived headache-y feeling and was super moody. I went from being irritable>laughing>wanting to cry>being frustrated>stabbity-repeat, repeat, repeat.

Neither sis or I wanted to cook last night so we went out and I had a disappointing salad and shared an awesome brownie. It was delicious but made me sick to my stomach. :(

I came home fully intending on going to bed but didn't. It was almost 4 before I finally went to sleep and I was up by 6... I'm sure I'll get tired later but even if I wanted to sleep, I couldn't because sis snores like a lumberjack. Oh, yeah she's in my bed now cuz she sold hers. She bought all new furniture for her new apartment and it gets delivered later this week. I'm not jealous at all *coughbullshitcough* my time will come, my time will come...

weres
I'm going to call this year the Year of the Wolf or maybe the weres, shifters? I know I have talked about this in the past, but I've always considered myself a vampire girl. I've been fascinated since day one. I liked weres, but never really gave them much thought. Werewolves were not sexy, they were slobbering, hairy kill machines. I mean what was out there? Teen Wolf? Not a great example. American Werewolf in Paris? The Howling? No. Gingersnaps, Wolf and Cursed had some sex appeal but that's about it. Buffy had Oz but he wasn't "sexy", he was kinda nerdy. The werewolf Nina on Angel was kinda hot though.

I'm not sure if it's because I'm more aware of them now or if they are more popular, but I see them all over now. There were weres/shifters in half the books that I read. The Southern Vampire Mysteries/True Blood have Sam the bar owner/shifter. The books also have a multitude of other weres/shifters. The Twilight Saga has the half nekkid wolf pack. Harry Potter has Sirius Black. The Demonata Series by Darren Shan has a family cursed by werewolfism/lycanthropy. The Dresden Files has a wolf pack... They are all over TV and movies. It's a fursplosion!

Speaking of, the last book I read was Sharp Teeth. I read it because Simon Pegg said it was "utterly brilliant" now if SP says a book is good, it's gotta be, right? Guess what? It was. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was unlike any book I have read before, it's written in verse, so even the way it's laid out on the page is different. It is not your typical werewolf story. Read it.

In conclusion, I'm thinking of changing teams to be more inclusive. I'm thinking TEAM MONSTER! or TEAM TEETH! TEAM BITE? TEAM CHOMP?

Goal update

FYI: It's gonna be a posty day!

On days like today I am glad I have a blog, sometimes I need this outlet, sometimes I have more to say and it's always there, waiting, whispering to me... write, write, write even if it makes no sense. Before I started blogging, I never felt this way. I never wanted to write. I'm not the best at expressing myself, especially with words. Words get caught and tangled up in my brain or come out wrong.

Reading back, I see a lot of my entries are kinda shallow, superficial. I like the pretty, the shiny but I need substance to hold my attention... anywho this is all leading up to a goal for next year.

I need to become more confident in myself, in my thinking, my opinions, my writing skills. I can write, I can think critically, I can be introspective and intellectual but only when I *have* to be. I don't have the confidence to pull it off so I avoid it and take the easy route where I don't have to think. It's easier to be vague and general. IDK maybe this should be a long term goal. How the hell do you build confidence?

Speaking of goals, I need to bust out my 2009 goals and see what I have left to do. *busts goals out* LOL, oh yeah I forgot this was the 100 goals for 2009 that had some ridiculous goals on it. Some of these will never be achieved. It looks like I have crossed off about 1/3 of my list and attempted another 1/3.

OK, I'm not going through this list one by one, I'm going to kinda summarize what I did and what I still need to do. I lost weight and started eating better. I stopped drinking soda all together (not by choice, a side effect of one of my meds makes soda taste nasty), I cook new dishes but stopped keeping track somewhere along the line. I shared recipes with y'all at the beginning of the year. I exceeded my reading and movie goals. I got rid of all my unwanted books/DVDs/CDs and VHS.

Ok, so this is what I have left that are do-able.
-Make a mixed CD/zip: send to 5 friends
-Send out 5 postcards to international friends
-Participate in a Christmas card exchange
-Mail a postcard to PostSecret
-Put useable items on Craigslist, eBay or Freecycle
-Play Rockband/ Singstar/Guitar Hero
-Go to the Museum of Fine Art
-Go to the Science Museum
-Go to a sports event
-See a musical
-Go to a ballet
-Go to a concert
-Go to a play
-Try Philippino food
-Take photos with friends
-Write a short story (I may have done this, I need to check
-List 101 things that make me happy (yeah, I don't see this happening)
-Learn how to play a new card game

Day 02 → Your favorite movie

I can't pick just one so I chose three of my favorites-


Underworld: Rise of the Lycans- duh, vampires and werewolves not to mention blood, guts, hot guys, sex, fighting, romance, tragedy...

Valentine- David Boreanaz and bloody, bloody revenge :D

Simply Irresistible- SMG and SPF (who btw, graduated from my high school) IDK why I love this movie because it's kinda ridiculous but I do, lol.

Day 01 → Your favorite song

OK so I'm going to try this 30 day meme and see how far I can get before I either forget about it or get bored with it.

Day 01 → Your favorite song- Right now my favorite song is All Over You by The Spill Canvas




Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program
Day 04 → Your favorite book
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

I need some more friends for when I'm bored off my ass at 2am at work, or hell at home cuz I'm always up at 2 am, well I am for now...

I'm kinda freaking out because I am about to have a huge lifestyle change where I will not be working graveyard shift and will be out during the day. Fighting traffic and people and smog and waiting in lines and all that other BS that you daywalkers deal with every day. This is so not cool... not only that, I will be living at home with my parents.

Erg. So, um yeah, I have pretty much dropped Vampire Wars for NM fandom. I don't know how I can be so into something one day and the next I'm like "eh..." I'm sure as soon as something shinier comes along I'll be jumping the NM ship... until Eclipse at least. Ya know, I'm kinda tired of hearing myself talk about this. HA!

Anywho, look me up, especially if you are a night owl!

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November Book Blog

OK, so I got sidetracked with some stuff and only got through 7.5 books. I'm a slacker!

1. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #1), Rick Riordan [audio; narrated by Jesse Bernstein] 11.06.09
2. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #2), Rick Riordan [audio; narrated by Jesse Bernstein] 11.7.09
3. The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #3), Rick Riordan [audio; narrated by Jesse Bernstein] 11.9.09
4. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #4), Rick Riordan [audio; narrated by Jesse Bernstein] 11.11.09
5. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #5), Rick Riordan [audio; narrated by Jesse Bernstein] 11.13.09
6. Dark Calling (The Demonata Series #9), Darren Shan-256 pages 11.21.09
7. American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot, Craig Ferguson-268 pages 11.10.09
8. Sharp Teeth, Toby Barlow-320 pages (started 11.29)

"You know your lack of confidence in us is a little insulting."

1am
I'm irritated tonight. I have a sore throat and people are pissing me off. My sup for one because she asks the same stupid questions every night. She always asks me who's working, what hall they are on and if I've seen them. Um, you are the super you should know who's working and where. I can only tell you who I have seen and no I don't know where they are at any given time, they do not keep me updated of their whereabouts. No I am not going to call them, you can call them or just be patient and wait. You know this crew, you know we all show up or call if there is a problem or we're going to be more that a few minutes late.

Then, she wants to bug me about a resident being out of bed. I told her I had put her to bed several times and I wasn't doing it again cuz the last time she kicked me. She kinda sighs and goes to put her to bed. That pissed me off cuz I just told her the res. wouldn't stay so why would her trying be any different. I blew it off cuz a change of face/different technique does work sometimes, but I doubted it. Anyway seconds later, the res. is up again and I was like "OK, so what was the point of that?" Sup tells me some BS about how residents have the right to walk around. OMG really? No way! So, when I was letting her walk around and do her thing, before you came over and got all up in my business, I wasn't letting her have that right? Yeah, screw you and you can quit unnecessarily walking down my hall any time now.

7am
Later, when she came down my hall to bother me again and I had to snap at her (what? I don't feel well.) She started talking about how the way we do our assignment isn't going to work and she is going to have to have a talk with us and blah, blah, blah and she walked off... so a few minutes later my co-workers come down my hall and I thought "OMG WTF now!" Within 2 seconds they knew I wasn't feeling well and asked me what was wrong. Anyway, IDK why sup was being a bitch, it's not like I don't do my job. Ugh.

OK, since this is a pissy post, lemme get this in. I downloaded an audiobook and it was in apple's stupid ass .m4a format, I wanted to listen to it on my non-iPod mp3 player so I had to convert it from .m4a to .mp3. I found some "free" conversion software that put an annoying as hell "logo" on the book so every 30 seconds the book fades out and it says "XXXAudio Conversions". If I want a logo free version I have to pay like $40, screw that. So, I looked into some other converters and they are all the same. What a scam!!

I should be in bed but I have been up reading fanfic all morning, well since last night actually. It is addictive and deliciously angst-y.

I finally convinced my sister to see Twilight and New Moon. First lemme kinda explain my sister. She is firmly situated in "the real world" she has no time for the type of fantasy/sci fi BS that I adore. She wasn't all that impressed with Twilight (bad acting mainly). She did seem to like New Moon better but did not share my enthusiasm and barely even answered my million questions. Like when I asked if she was Team E or J, she said "Well, I would pick J because at least he's still alive and human most of the time." Gosh, the girl has no imagination but at least she picked the right team. LOL!

There were no tears at this viewing, I think I may have been PMS-ing the first time I saw it because it wasn't really *that* intense. I still got a rush from the wolves and the fighting. I still think the boys did a great job. Blah, blah, blah.

I watched Shark Boy and Lava Girl last night, it was cute. I LMAO at Taylor singing and dancing.

I got a much needed pedicure Friday and my toes look pretty cool :D

Thanksgiving was fun, we went to my cousin's house and ate way too much. I keep having to remember that I can't eat as much as I used to, as in my stomach has shrunken, I was miserable for hours after eating. Blah.

I gotta get to bed, later!

ROFLMAO

This vid had me laughing so hard I was crying!

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