This is the world, this is the world we live in.

And this is why I love her.

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:10:45 GMT

So, my friend wants to go get taquitos. And I'm like, "Um, YES. If I can find clothes. I WILL GO NAKED IF I HAVE TO."

And she's like, "Um, not on my upholstery."

Not dead, but might as well be?

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:05:53 GMT

You know what's fun?

Migraines. Oh yeah, loads of fun.

You know what else is TOO MUCH FUN?

WoW. I should never be allowed to play that game. I have an addictive personality like whoa.

BRB. Destroying my sanity.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:23:12 GMT

What I'm most looking forward to this weekend: Not using Clocky again until Monday.

What I'm not looking forward to this weekend: Monday (and Clocky's return D:) being so close.

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Renewing my WoW subscription probably = the worst thing I could do for my schoolwork. :P By the way, I'm a gold-making MACHINE, I tell you, MACHINE.

Also, I was in Stormwind on Tuesday night on my human rogue and was turkeyed twelve times in about six minutes. I should really go kick some ass while in turkey-form--for the lulz.

Just kill me now, thanks.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:47:05 GMT

I hate Clocky with every fiber of my being. He is the bane of my very existence. I may be faster than Clocky, but he makes me regret living when he goes off in the morning. D:

Fail, awesome, and more awesome.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:53:19 GMT

1) I broke my not-publicly-shared goal to post in my LJ every day for the rest of the year. Fail! I actually wrote an entry for my actual blog yesterday, but forgot to post a version here as well. *facepalm* I was too busy doing what's listed under item #2.

2) Yesterday I watched the entire first season of How I Met Your Mother and IT WAS AWESOME. I also watched the first third of season two. I am so addicted. It's amazing. Why haven't I been watching this for years? /fail

3) I've started regularly posting at my blog and I'm excited. I really do want to keep it up this time. I need to think up some consequences for if I fail to keep it updated at least twice a week. Help me think of stuff!

4) I learned how to play gin a week ago and today I won for the first time! Yay! Very exciting. :D

5) I got my WoW account back, yay. They have super ominous hold music of doom and it is beautiful and/or fucking terrifying. I had to hold for an hour, but once I got a hold of a person, they fixed it in less than five minutes. Yay.

Do any of you play WoW? What servers? What side?

I've been playing sporadically for about three years. Now I play primarily on Bronzebeard because I'm a member of wow_doth and wow_dota (Daughters of the Horde and Daughters of the Alliance, respectively). I actually transferred to that server just to join the guild. I don't have a loyalty to either side, but I tend to play more Alliance-side because my highest-level character is there, but I love both.

I'm also an altaholic diagnosed with ADD (and going untreated) so I also don't have any high level characters. D: I think I need to set leveling goals or something. :P

iMac vs. MacBook Pro -- Help me decide!

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:47:13 GMT

Okay, I'm in need of a new Mac, stat. I have two options. The 27" way-more-powerful and cheaper iMac. The 17" less-powerful and more expensive MacBook Pro. I keep going back and forth between the two and now I need a second opinion because I am way too indecisive.

Keep in mind that I am seriously a power-user. I do a lot of: gaming, video editing, graphic editing, and I multitask like a motherfucker so I have an asston of stuff running all at once. I do need to get an extremely powerful machine that will keep up with me and my needs for at least five years and still have an okay resale value after that time period.

I'm covering the cost of the computer with a student loan which I'm not going to start paying anything on until I finish grad school...in like 2014 or 2015, depending. So am I really worried about a $450 price difference over the next 4-5 years? Convenience and whatever is the best machine for me are a bit more important than this factor, though it is something to consider. Whatever I choose, I'll still be able to resell it, eventually.

I am such a flip-flopper. D:

iMac Specs 27" HD screen (2560x1440 resolution) 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 (this means it blows the MBP's 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo out of the fucking water, so to speak) 4GB RAM, upgradeable to 16GB ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics with 512MB 1TB 7200RPM hard drive (pain in the ass to upgrade)	MacBook Pro Specs 17" high-resolution antiglare screen (1920x1200 resolution) 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB of RAM, upgradeable to 8GB NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 512MB 500GB 5400RPM hard drive (self-upgradeable) Generally sleek and sexy
iMac Pros More powerful to ridiculous extents. 27" HD SCREEN WITH A 2560x1440 RES. heart flutters RAM is upgradeable to 16GB rather than the 8GB which means it can stay relatively current for longer than the MBP. If I spill milk on the keyboard, it won't cause other hardware issues. I can just buy a new keyboard. My current laptop is still functional, but not on a rigorous-daily-use level, so I can still use it as a portable. If I decide I can't handle it, I suppose I can sell it--but that's also a con because I'll take a financial hit. Brand new plus AppleCare, it's around $450 cheaper than a refurbished MacBook Pro.	MacBook Pro Pros (haha) I love having a laptop because I like having all my stuff in one place no matter where I go Antiglare (aka non-glossy) screen. Obviously portable. If I have a laptop, I can game anywhere. I'm going to let my friend I'm moving in with in Januaryish use my current MacBook Pro as a computer, so I might not have access to it, always, as a portable. This wouldn't be a problem if I bought an MBP over an iMac.
iMac Cons Not portable. Glossy screen. I checked it out in the Apple Store and I think I can handle it, but it bothers me that when I'm editing videos, photos, and graphics I won't be seeing the same thing most other people will be seeing. I'm a student who plans on applying to master's programs across the US and also in the UK for a fall 2012 entrance. That's only 2.5 years from now. If I do decide to go to a UK university, I CANNOT move a 30.5 pound, 27" iMac. I'd have to sell it. I wouldn't be able to bring my games with me. When my current laptop decides it's time to pass on to laptop heaven, I'll have to get a new a cheap used MacBook or something. It takes up a lot of goddamn desk space in a small room.	MacBook Pro Cons I'm not sure it'll be able to keep up with my needs in 3-5 years. 17" is one huge bitch to carry around (but my Bag of Holding from ThinkGeek can handle that easily--that thing holds so my shit ;D), but I need more screen real estate than I have now with a 15" MBP. Only upgradeable to 8GB of RAM, though it's a laptop so that's understandable--but 4 years from now that might not be enough for whatever I'm doing. If I somehow have a milk incident, there goes a couple thousand dollars. Apple is probably releasing an i7 MacBook Pro next year and I'll be pissed I settled for a Core 2 Duo. :P Including AppleCare, a refurbished MacBook Pro is around $450 more than a BRAND NEW iMac.

View Poll: iMac vs. MacBook Pro

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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:49:36 GMT

What the fuck, guys.

I canceled my WoW account in August because I had quit my job and moved back to Seattle.

On October 31st/November 1st I received two emails from Blizzard telling me that someone was using password retrieval on my account. This is where I got stupid. I should have clicked on both links to deactivate them, but didn't because, well, see below on how crazy my passwords are. I didn't even think of my EMAIL being breached. Instead I just went to worldofwarcraft.com and changed my password because I was like, "o_O SCARY." At this point, my account was still mine, despite the fact the first password email had been sent much earlier in the day.

Now, I have an RL/business email address that I use for anything involving money transactions. Additionally, it's the email address I give to people IRL because it's easier to remember. I have Gmail forward my RL/business email to my most active email address, my online stuff email, which I use for everything else.

Today, I went to reactivate my account and what the fuck, it tells me to log into my Battle.net account. I don't have a Battle.net account. So I create one. Then it tells me to merge my account. So I try. It tells me the login information is incorrect. I know it's not. Just in case, I go to worldofwarcraft.com to try to retrieve my password. It tells me that account has already been merged and I need to go to Battle.net to retrieve my password. The account has never been merged. There is no Battle.net account under my online stuff email. I checked. I just created the Battle.net account under my RL/business email not ten minutes earlier. It clicks in my brain: Motherfucking hacked.

Because of the aforementioned email forwarding bit, I rarely log into my RL/business email on a computer, I just log into my online stuff email. Two days ago I did log into my RL/business email though, because I was freaking out about an email I was waiting for and wanted to make sure that Gmail was forwarding correctly even though I knew it was because I was receiving other email.

However, when I logged into Gmail at this point, I was greeted with an odd message requiring to change my password right then and there because they'd noticed strange activity. Didn't make the connection until just now. Because I check my Trash on my RL/business email? The only items in there are the two password retrieval emails.

Okay, my passwords always look like this: wR3mu*Re8=maf_33#5 **. What the fuck, guys. I take security ~seriously~. I CREATE PASSWORDS THAT MAKE ME WANT TO DIE because they are so difficult to remember. How the fuck do *I* get hacked?

Also, since I've never told anyone my WoW username***, much less password, how did they figure out both my username and the email I used to go with it? That's crazy.

(EDIT: Seeing as I run almost exclusively OS X on my MacBook Pro and I've never played WoW under Windows, it's doubtful my computer was compromised. Plus, I reinstalled my entire operating system on Halloween so it was a shiny new install when it occurred.)

I hope they were fucking disappointed when they logged in only to find out that 1) I only have 2,000 gold, and 2) I have shitty gear because I'm leveling because 3) my highest level character is a 44 at most because I'm a severe altaholic who only plays on and off.

So I'm pretty much taking this as God telling me that deciding to add more procrastination techniques to my life is a fucking terrible idea right now.

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** Obviously, this was not my actual password, not even close, but it's an example of the passwords I create.

*** I wouldn't even tell my own mother if she asked.

I've turned into my dad. D:

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:14:22 GMT

Yeah, you read that right. I've transformed into my dad. As my dad is a truly terrifying individual, as hateable (and countless others who have met him in real life) can vouch for, this distresses me greatly.

However, thankfully, the particular issue that has forced me to utter this haunting phrase, is just that I can hit my snooze button for hours.

My mom and I used to mock my dad because his alarm will start going off at 5AM and his ass will still be laying in bed at 9AM. Worst part: He doesn't even hit the snooze. He will just let his super annoying alarm clock go off for four goddamn hours.

I UNDERSTAND NOW, DAD. I apologize.

At the beginning of this quarter, I was waking up around 7AM every day, no problems, and getting extra work done in the morning. I thought not having class until 11AM (although that means I have to catch my bus at 9:45AM because I live so far from school) meant I'd have more time to be productive in the morning!

Yeah, no. I apparently don't know myself at all. Alarm starts going off at 7AM. I set three separate alarms* on my phone and it generally goes off every 3-5 minutes. By the time 9AM, I've probably hit snooze about 30-40 times. Perhaps choosing the Firefly theme song, "Piazza, New York Catcher" by Belle & Sebastian, and "Willkommen" from Cabaret as my alarm clock tones wasn't the wisest idea I've ever had.

So I just purchased the world's most annoying alarm clock, except I purchased it from Amazon despite my love for ThinkGeek. Saving $15USD, plus free shipping demolishes all brand loyalty.

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* Mostly because I can do that weird iPhone swipey motion in my sleep and turn off my alarm entirely without actually opening my eyes. *facepalm*

Question Tuesday #2

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:51:02 GMT

The answers to the questions you guys asked me for this Question Tuesday! Ask me more questions in the comments! You can ask anything you want! And you can ask as many questions as you'd like, though if I get as many questions as I did for the first Question Tuesday (posted on Wednesday), I may split it up into multiple posts. :D

Anyway, they can be simple questions like, "Do you like pancakes?" or "What's your middle name?" or they can be just the craziest things you can imagine. :D

lizzie_marie_23: You love Ender's Game. Are you interested in reading a story where Peter Parker goes to Battle School?
Um. WHO WOULDN'T BE?

By the way, for those of you who were like, "WHAT? NEED!" when you read that, here's a link to the story.

I am using it as motivation to stop procrastinating on the work I need(ed) to get done this week and last! SOON! Ender's Game is one of my favorite books of all goddamn time. :D And Peter Parker pwns!
lizzie_marie_23: Why can't I fall asleep?
Are you doing that thing where you're thinking about how much you need to be sleeping right now? Because if you are, that's why. You'll be awake for the rest of your life now.
lizzie_marie_23: Does anybody really know what time it is?
Yes. I know what time it is. lafemmedarla, however, doesn't. She always insists it's three and a half later than it really is because she doesn't understand that my timezone is the only one that exists, obviously. Sigh.
lizzie_marie_23: Do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?
Depends on who the many are, who the few are, and what the 'needs' are. Are they actually needs or just wants disguised as needs?
lizzie_marie_23: How do they get someone's voice onto a record (or CD)?
~MAGIC~, obviously!
lizzie_marie_23: How did you guess right about how many fingers I was holding up? Really, though, that's incredible!
~~True story~~ Story of ambiguous truthiness: I used to work as a psychic, but I lost my job due to unforeseen circumstances. :(
wannablessedme: Did you like Uglies by Scott Westerfield? I have the audiobook on my iPod and keep zoning out in chapter 2. I find the narrators voice super annoying. Is it worth acquiring the real thing?
OH MY GOD YES, BUY THE BOOKS NOW. ALSO: Tally Youngblood should never sound like Elle Woods on crack with a Jersey accent. That's horrifying. D:
lizzie_marie_23: Suppose a man who could tell the future came up to you and pointed out a child playing with his/her friends. He says that that child will grow up to be a ruthless dictator who will destroy millions of lives. He hands you a shotgun and says the kid must be destroyed. Would you then kill the child?
No, but I completely support the concept of an Evil Baby Orphanage.

Also, Wikihistory by Desmond Warzel is an awesome (very) short story that I'd recommend that covers this topic with humor. :D
hateable: What are you more afraid of: bears or sharks? (And if you are not afraid of either, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?)
Well. I don't swim in the ocean because I don't like taunting sharks. But I could feasibly come face to face with a bear on land and that's terrifying.

But, alternatively, I have a standing rule of not going into the woods unless I'm bringing someone who runs slower than me.

BUT SHARKS HAVE SO MANY TEETH. AND ARE TERRIFYING. This is so hard. >.<

I HAVE SO MANY FEARS, WOMAN. COTTAGE CHEESE. What could possibly make you think I wouldn't be afraid of bears and sharks?

I think I'm going to have to side with sharks. I straight-up avoid where sharks live altogether, but I still go into the woods sometimes (or, I did in Bellingham). But both are scary.
hateable: Do YOU think Jensen curls his eyelashes?
QUITE POSSIBLY. But my little brother has unfairly curly eyelashes too and I'm pretty sure he has no idea that the concept of an eyelash curler even exists. SO IT IS POSSIBLE HE DOES NOT.
hateable: Hard shell or soft shell tacos?
Soft tacos! But shit, if it's a taco, I'll pretty much eat it. I don't give a fuck what's containing the filling.
hateable: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a: teacher, writer, veterinarian, scientist, paleontologist, and witch (oh, Hogwarts--did my owl get lost?). I wanted to do everything. Looking at that list, it's quite clear I've always been a nerd. :P
hateable: Sprinkles: yes or no?
DEPENDS. But generally I go sprinkleless. D: Those really tiny granular sprinkles? I'll pass unless they're on these maple cookies my grandma used to make that are the best cookies in the whole world. If they're, like, sprinkles that aren't all ridiculously hard and don't taste like food coloring, then sure, bring 'em on.

Fun fact: In our pharmacy (aka the cabinet containing all of our prescriptions, vitamins, other misc pills), there is also a shaker of rainbow sprinkles. I don't even know.

Don't forget to ask me questions in the comments!

When Creepers Attack

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:10:32 GMT

As I mentioned in a one-line post last night, yesterday my day was invaded by many, many creepers. Being the creeper magnet that I am, I should not be shocked by this and yet I always am.

Yesterday I went to the mall with my friend, Kari, to have conveyor belt sushi (at a restaurant next to the mall) and go to a movie. I'd never had sushi before and I loved it. :D I'm excited to go again!

After we left the sushi restaurant and actually entered the mall, we still had a couple hours to kill before our movie started so we headed for the Apple Store so I could check out the new 27" iMac.

On our way, a crazy kiosk man comes at us from the side, shoves dixie cups containing a mysterious melon-colored liquid into our hands, and commands us to drink. He kept promising there wasn't tequila in it.

And you know what we did?

WE DRANK IT. Our only excuse was that we were frightened of the crazy kiosk man who kept talking about tequila and how he bites his nails. He also demanded we come over to his kiosk (no idea which one it was!) and let him perform an unnamed "procedure" which would only take 50 seconds. At this point, I inch around and hide behind Kari. We decline his offer about 8 times and declare we have a movie to catch and then make a break for it.

The fact that the movie didn't start for over two hours? Minor detail.

The first thing we both do, as soon as we reach our Apple Store refuge, is pull out our phones and tweet that shit so fast. You know you're a little addicted when... </nerds>

We've decided that side of the mall is dead to us now. We can never return.

Then we saw Cirque du Freak which wasn't as bad as I was expecting! Despite its flaws, I actually enjoyed it--it was funny. However, I have never seen a movie filled with so many damn creepers in it. And everybody just went along with the creepers, without mentioning the fact that they were clearly the creepiest creepers who ever creeped!

And on the way home, Kari and I were convinced the bus driver was going to kill us all. The PA system crackled and in a super-creepy and wheezy voice, informed us that the bus was past Tukwila Boulevard or something. Then he kept randomly stopping the bus on the side of the road for a few moments in random, completely dark areas and we kept having these "Oh my God, where the hell are we? Are we going to die?!!" moments every time it happened. I kept seeing a stereotypical horror movie play out in my head. The driver would slowly get up from his seat and turn to face the passengers. Perhaps a large scar would grace his face. And then we'd all effing die and that would be the beginning of the horror film. We'd be dead before the title even showed.

He also blew right past a group of teenage girls standing at the bus stop despite the fact that bus is the only bus that stops at that stop. It may have been the luckiest thing that ever happened to him because I'm surprised I made it out of there alive.

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* I'm trying to decide between a brand new 27" iMac (the one with the 2.8GHz i7 processor) and a refurbished MacBook Pro (17", antiglare, 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo) and wasn't sure if a 27" screen is too huge for the space I have. Another post is in the works about this.

** missambs says: .............. if someone's like "THERE IS NO TEQUILA," that means there is rum.

Today was a creeper day.

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:18:31 GMT

I swear, LiveJournal, so many creepers invaded my life today. D:

It's like they know me.

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:06:44 GMT

Guys, I noticed earlier today that I get a lot of DANIEL RADCLIFFE IS GAY and nip slip spam on Donut.nu, for some reason. Is that beautiful or is that beautiful?

You know what's not beautiful? Tila Tequila porn spam. D:

Today Was Awesome Because #2

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:10:58 GMT

~~Today~~ This week was awesome because:

1) I saw Rufus Wainwright live with my mom on Sunday! It was amazing, he was amazing, and if we weren't both gay, we would be married. No, srsly, I just want him to sit in the corner and sing to me, always.

2) I made hateable understand exactly how goddamn crazy my dad is. SHE WILL NEVER DOUBT HIS MENTAL INSTABILITY AGAIN.

3) Tomorrow I'm actually going to answer my Question Tuesday questions. You guys should ask me more questions in the comments of this post! Ask me anything you'd like!

4) I'm reading Going Bovine by Libba Bray which is a comedy about mad cow disease. Yeah, really. It's hysterical so far. I'm also reading Wide Awake by David Levithan which I'm also enjoying. It takes place in the nearish future, probably 30-50 years from now, when a gay Jewish man is elected president which is basically ~revolutionary~. The main character is a gay Jewish teenage boy and heavily into politics, but then the election is called into question by crazy bitches. It's pretty good so far, I'm definitely enjoying it.

5) I researched and wrote my entire first draft of my research paper on Wednesday because the first draft was due THURSDAY. It was supposed to be 12-15 pages long. I wrote 14. Showed up to class on Thursday and was the only person who had written more than seven pages. Sigh.

6) I know for a fact I got a perfect score on my French exam today. Le chat est sous le table. Aimez-vous fromage? ~~C'é aranciata?~~

7) Spent an hour on Omegle, trying to see if anybody on there WASN'T a creeper. Tomorrow I will make an epic post with all of the hilarious responses I received. Here's a teaser:

You: Do you like goldfish?
Stranger: yeah
You: Aren't they delicious?
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Stranger: show me yo titties
You: Do you have a problem with man boobs?
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Stranger: up for cam sex
You: Grandma?!!!
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Stranger: hey
You: Are you a creeper?
Stranger: yes i am
Stranger: sorry
You: Thanks for admitting it.

8) Today I was standing on the bus and, of course, all of the bondage and escort ads fell out of the newspaper I was holding and fell on an old woman's head. She looked very dismayed that a whole lot of transvestite hooker ass had just rained down upon her face. D:

I have problems.

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:53:16 GMT

Guys, seriously, I'm procrastinating on my French work by deciding to learn Portuguese RIGHT NOW at this very moment. >.<

My flashcards already have three languages on them (Spanish, French, Italian in that order)--LIKE I NEED TO ADD MORE LANGUAGES.

Though I did leave room on purpose. >.>

Oh, look, a nickel...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:59:19 GMT

I swear to god, my room is never cleaner, my stuff is never more organized, I never read as many books, as when I have A TON OF SHIT TO DO.

I wish I had hateable's problem of not being able to let homework sit for a minute. I let it sit and ROT forever.

Teach me your ways, non-procrastinators. I will pay you. With the money I do not have.

Is this what I get for making fun of lafemmedarla (aka my brontosaurus) for being old?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:59:18 GMT

Guys, I was so tired at 8:45 PM that I almost went to bed. I literally have not been to bed that early since I was a fucking infant.

Even when I was a toddler I went to bed at 9:30 PM or later because otherwise I would wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning and nobody likes getting woken up by a three-year-old at 5 AM. I never even took naps as a kid. I just did not like sleeping, apparently.

Now I can hit my snooze button for THREE FUCKING HOURS. What is wrong here?

Woeirumsfmnxcvioeropmnsdf!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:57:45 GMT

1) Rufus Wainwright is fucking amazing live.

2) He is also hilarious.

3) Fact: If we weren't both gay, he would be my husband.

4) I just want him to sit in the corner and sing to me, always.

5) Also, hateable? "Clowns bother me......."

Because we clearly can't just be happy for other people.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:51:09 GMT

Dear Fandom,

Jensen was never going to go for you anyway because your eyelashes cannot match the awesomeness of his ridiculous eyelashes. So suck it the fuck up, princesses.

No love,
girlflesh

EXCITED.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:01:29 GMT

Guys, I'm totally about to go see Rufus Wainwright in about 2.5 hours. HOW EXCITED DO YOU THINK I AM?

Also, just realized I haven't eaten anything except Nutella today. >.>

The first step is admitting you have a problem.

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:47:50 GMT

So, I've been struggling with downsizing. First things first, I have too much shit. Most of the shit is stuff people gave me, but far more than anything else, I have an asston of books as well as a bunch of DVDs. If you want to know where my disposable (and some non-disposable >.>) income went, the answer is: books. Aside from necessary life objects, stuff related to social engagements (food, movie tickets, gifts, etc.), school stuff (tuition, textbooks, supplies), and my Netflix and MegaUpload accounts, I only buy books and the occasional DVD (usually only ones $5 or less--exception: any Harry Potter DVD).

I love books more than anything else in the world, pretty much. I have an addiction, to be honest. I haven't read most of the books I have and yet I keep acquiring more and get lots of books at the library now that I've actually run out of space for new books.

Yeah, you read that right. I have no space for new books. Why? Because I have three large bookcases full of books in a bedroom the size of a prison cell. This might be taking things a little too far.

I mostly buy books used for pretty cheap (many good books in good condition for $0.50USD to $1USD at Half-Price Books, my favorite store in the whole entire world. Yeah, I'm even applying for a job there. It will be the death of me.

I also get some books bargain-priced on Amazon, on the occasion I'm lucky enough to catch the sale. I do preorder some books by authors I love and have no problem with that. I'm going to continue doing that because there are some authors that I like to support and some books I absolutely cannot wait for, such as anything related to The Hunger Games.

Many people, mostly people who hate rewatching movies or TV shows or rereading books, ask me why I buy books and if I'm ever going to reread them. And the answer is yes, I reread books a lot! Often, I reread the entire books, but more often than that, I just several specific parts of books that I loved.

I think, for books I've previously read, I'm going to ask myself if I'm going to reread it and if so, how often? Maybe once? Is it worth keeping it or should I just go to the library if I want to reread it?

For many, many, MANY books there is no question: Yes, I love that book to death, keep it.

For others, the answer is: Eh, I might. For the books I haven't read, I do plan on keeping them until I've read or attempted to read them at least once. After that, I'll decide how to categorize them. I read about 40-80 books each year so this won't be a HUGE problem if I focus on reading books I actually own instead of ones from the library. ;)

What am I going to do with these books? I may take them to Half-Price Books to sell them, I may send them to friends who I think would like them, I may even give some away here! Who knows!

And yeah, this is crossposted to my blog--sorry to those of you who see this twice. :P

Procrastination makes my life more difficult, and yet I do it. facepalm

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

The important thing is that there should be a space of time, say four hours a day at least, when a professional writer doesn’t do anything else but write. He doesn’t have to write, and if he doesn’t feel like it, he shouldn’t try. He can look out of the window or stand on his head or writhe on the floor. But he is not to do any other positive thing, not read, write letters, glance at magazines, or write checks. Write or nothing. It’s the same principle as keeping order in a school. If you make the pupils behave, they will learn something just to keep from being bored. I find it works. Two very simple rules, A. you don’t have to write. B. you can’t do anything else. The rest comes of itself.

Guys, if I applied this advice to school work, I WOULD HAVE SO MUCH LESS STRESS. No lie.

I'd love today even more if I had tacos.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:29:43 GMT

GUYS. I LOVE V. It is awesome!

Also, SPN 5x08: "I am wearing sunglasses at night! You know who does that? NO TALENT DOUCHEBAGS!"

I just read Demon Princess: Reign or Shine by Michelle Rowen in one sitting. I didn't expect it to be very good because the cover blows (reminds me of all those irritating whiny rich white girl books that I loathe), I wasn't overly excited with the premise, and I hate most books with the word 'princess' in the title that doesn't include an actual princess (though this one does, obviously--just a demon one), but it was surprisingly good! Fun, easy read. Good story. Want the sequel!

EDIT: *eyes mood theme* WTF, there are so many better BatB caps one could choose for 'hungry' than that.

Dear Flist, Need more procrastination ideas! -Hot Donna

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:20:41 GMT

Hey, what are your favorite new TV series this year?

Also, any TV shows in general that you looooove that you don't think I watch, but think I should start?

Thank you. :D

Question Tuesday #1

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:29:09 GMT

Like I said I would, I answered the questions I asked you guys to ask me for Question Tuesday.

Yes, I'm aware I'm doing Question Tuesday on Wednesday. This wasn't actually intended, but let's just say it's a thing.

My favorite questions asked:
7. You're going to a BBQ and can only bring one Winchester brother and one Carebear. Which ones do you bring along and why?
18. You have to trap Dean Winchester using only one type of food. DO YOU CHOOSE OMELETTES?
20. Do you think it is unreasonable to kill someone for a taco? I MEAN REALLY. THINK ABOUT IT.
23. Would you rather be murdered by Samara or the creepy girl from The Grudge, and why? (If you have not seen The Grudge yet, Google plz. No bitch answers.)
33. Has the Flying Spaghetti Monster touched you with his noodley appendage?
40. What's the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
43. Would you like to buy a subscription to the Watchtower?
44. I FORGOT! THIS IS OF DIRE IMPORTANCE! Would you have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids?

Now, you can ask me more questions in the comments and I'll answer them next Tuesday!

lizrocks: What is your favorite scary movie?
I cannot watch scary movies since Saw II ruined my whole entire life. Yeah, really. My "friend" forced me to watch it. I didn't sleep for 48 hours afterward. I'm still paranoid 4-5 years later. And ever since then, I cannot watch scary movies.

My rule is I have wait 15 years after the release because that's the amount of time it takes the movie to cease being scary, pretty much.

That being said, does Silence of the Lambs count? If so, Silence of the Lambs. If not, um, Nightmare on Elm Street, I guess? Johnny Depp is one bloody bastard in the movie. How many gallons of blood spurted out of that fucking bed?
lizrocks: Favorite song from a musical?
This is really freaking hard. I'm going to be stereotypical and say "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Beauty and the Beast" because they have the most listens in iTunes. I also just realized that it's kinda weird that I chose two songs titled after the musical they're from. >.> Whatever. I love everything.
lizrocks: Favorite word? Favorite curse word?
My favorite word is: tortuga. I DON'T EVEN KNOW. I just love the word tortuga. In English, I also love bovine and Cuisinart. Even though I'm terrified of cows and I don't think Cuisinart isn't technically a word.
lizrocks: Who would you want to play you in a movie?
I think I'd want to play myself in a movie because I know I could be true to the ~original~. Except not really. I just don't think I look like anybody. D:
lizrocks: What is the biggest bill you have to pay right now?
Thanks for bring that up. D: My credit card bill because I had to pu my tuition on it. :( Thanks for nothing, FAFSA.
lafemmedarla: When you say "peanut butter and chocolate", you mean peanut butter and Nutella, right?
When I say peanut butter and chocolate, I mean peanut butter and any form of chocolate, Nutella included.

Yeah, I'm not going to lie, I just went and got
lafemmedarla: You're going to a BBQ and can only bring one Winchester brother and one Carebear. Which ones do you bring along and why?
This is the best question anybody has ever asked me. Ever. There needs to be fic like whoa.

Well, obviously, the Winchester brother I'd choose would be Dean. No question there. But the Carebear. That requires more thought. *ponders*

Grumpy Bear and Dean would be hilarious and they could be all ~angry~ together. But I think Cheer Bear would drive Dean motherfucking crazy and it would be EPIC. So Cheer Bear.
lafemmedarla: What color is your hair right now?
My hair is the same color as my profile picture on Facebook. ;) Which is to say very dark brown.
lafemmedarla: What should I read next?
The Hunger Games! Except that is implausible as I haven't sent it yet. Hmm. You should read one of the following: Uglies, Paper Towns, Tithe, The Sweet Far Thing, Dramarama, or Ender's Game.
lafemmedarla: Any idea where did I put my sunglasses?
>.> No idea. <.<
wannablessedbe: Favorite musical?
I'm going to have to go with Phantom of the Opera.
wannablessedbe: How many Neopets do you have?
I have a million Neopets, for real, because I have a million accounts.

On my main I have four though. A disco Krawk (this means I'm totally 1337, guys), a baby Skeith, a yellow Aisha, and a red Ixi. The last two were meant to be a baby or royal or something Aisha and a Maraquan Draik, respectively. Because Ixis are fucking ugly bitches. I thought they were cool at first. They are not.
wannablessedbe: Marry, Shag, Throw off a Cliff: Hank Green, John Green, Maureen Johnson?
It is probably sad that it was very easy to decide to throw Hank off a cliff so easily. I love Hank. I'm listening to "DFTBA" RIGHT NOW. I totally love Hank. I'm sorry Hank. :(

I had trouble choosing between John and Maureen for the other two. Because, well, while I really don't want to shag John Green, Maureen is so crazy and hilarious. But I think the two of us together for the rest of our lives, being crazy, MIGHT MAKE THE WORLD IMPLODE.

Also, I could totally live with John Green making social commentary every moment of my day for the rest of my life. Well. His life, likely, because I'm about a decade younger than him and women tend to live longer.

So I'm going to go with:

Marry: John Green
Shag: Maureen Johnson
Throw off a cliff: Hank Green
wannablessedbe: Mac or PC?
Mac! <3
wannablessedbe: Favorite City?
Unfortunately, I have not traveled enough to be able to say what my favorite city truly is, so I'm going to have to go with Seattle, but I reserve the right to change this in the future.
wannablessedbe: Blue, Black, or Red ink?
I like writing with ALL THREE, plus throwing in some green and purple. Yeah, my papers look like a rainbow threw up on them.
wannablessedbe: Favorite fivewesomegirl?
This one is hard too! I love Lauren because she's so freaking adorable, Lianne is so pretty and I love song Fridays, Hayley is funny. :D But I think I'm going to have to go with Kristina! She's funny, she lives in Seattle <3 and talks about local stuff, and I just like her in general. :D
hateable: You have to trap Dean Winchester using only one type of food. DO YOU CHOOSE OMELETTES?
UM. YES. BECAUSE THEN I COULD MAKE THAT MAN SO MANY OMELETTES and make my dreams come true.
hateable: If you could live anywhere, where would you live? (This does not have to hold to real places.)
Hogwarts. Or just Potterverse in wizarding!UK.
hateable: Do you think it is unreasonable to kill someone for a taco? I MEAN REALLY. THINK ABOUT IT.
Um. I thought about it. And the answer is no. I want a taco so bad, guys, you don't even know. Rachel and I have been talking about getting tacos for like five days.
hateable: What book have you read more than any other?
Ha, actually, probably Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. MAYBE If You Give a Moose a Muffin, but I can't remember how many times I read each of my favorite children's books. Also, I have read Ender's Game many times.
hateable: Top five favorite fictional characters, go!
Ugh, I totally hate you for this question. I CANNOT PICK favorite things. I always think of a million things I love. D: And when forced to narrow, I don't think of my absolute favorites until right after I share what I originally chose. D:

Twilight, Bella Swan LMFAO KIDDING GUYS
Firefly, ~~ENTIRE MOTHERFUCKIN' CAST~~ River Tam -- "I can kill you with my brain." / "Put a bullet to me. Bullet in the brain pan, squish."
The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen - Super uber BAMF and awesome and heartbreaking and tragic and I love her
Arrested Development, GOB Bluth -- "I've made a huge mistake."
Extras (Uglies series), Aya Fuse
Harry Potter, Harry Potter
missambs: Would you rather be murdered by Samara or the creepy girl from The Grudge, and why? (If you have not seen The Grudge yet, Google plz. No bitch answers.)
Um. The Ring terrifies me. Like, ridiculously so. Parts of it were filmed at a summer camp I used to attend. D: And yet I googled "The Grudge" and the images it gives me have made me choose to be murdered by Samara. O_O
missambs: Have you ever tried to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop by licking alone? Did you succeed or did you fail, like so many before?
I failed. Because I'm an impatient fucker and would just bite it.
missambs: How come "red" and "blue" are valid flavors? And how come grape doesn't taste like grapes, yet no one ever says something tastes "purple."
I say stuff tastes purple. And so does Dave Chappelle. Grape flavor does not and has never tasted like grape. It tastes like purple. Red and blue are valid flavors because sometimes shit just tastes like the color. "Fruit punch" that is less than 1% juice? That is what red tastes like.
missambs: If you could only buy your clothing and accessories, including purses and shoes, at one store for the REST OF YOUR LIFE, which would you choose? Imagine you've won the lottery and money doesn't matter.
I'm going to say one of those gently-used clothing stores because then I have a chance to find all brands. >.> /cheater
missambs: Which Angel character would you rather hang out with, unromantic-like and totally non-sexually? Like... a noon lunch or something?
Dude. Gunn. It would be lulz. I would make that motherfucker make me waffles.
darlas_mom: What's your blood type?
I get an A+ even in blood. /bad pun
darlas_mom: What was the name of your first lov-ah?
[NAME REDACTED]!
darlas_mom: Are you childfree or childless?
Formerly childfree. Not childless, I suppose, since I want a kid someday, maybe. But it would totally be a terrible idea for me to have one within, like, the next three or so years, AT LEAST, haha.
darlas_mom: What fandoms do we have in common?
Just from the fandoms listed in your userinfo:

Angel, Buffy, Dead Like Me, Dexter, Dr. Horrible, Doctor Who, Firefly, Harry Potter, Heroes (NEED TO CATCH UP! AM BEHIND BY AN ENTIRE SEASON!), Six Feet Under (still need to see the last season), Star Wars, Supernatural, Torchwood, and X-Men (vaguely).

I also want to get into: Dark Angel, Good Omens, Discworld, and Roswell eventually.
darlas_mom: Do you smoke? What brand?
Noooo! Never.
darlas_mom: Has the Flying Spaghetti Monster touched you with his noodley appendage?
Well, there was this one time at Pride, and...
darlas_mom: Cephalopods: awesome or CRAZY-AWESOME?
CRAZY-AWESOME. ALSO TERRIFYING.
darlas_mom: Favorite cephalopod?
I totally used to be ~obsessed~ with giant squid as a kid because they were so unknown. It was amazing. Still love them.
darlas_mom: What's your default browser and why?
Firefox for the past billion years because of Firefox extensions. I could not live without my extensions. <3
darlas_mom: You're trapped on a desert island and may only take ONE TYPE of sandwich to have for the rest of your life. NAME THAT SANDWICH!
I'm going to go with, "Whatever sandwich would be the most delicious to me personally even if I have not yet tasted it." /cheeeeeater

Or PB&J with homemade strawberry jam.
darlas_mom: Favorite book?
YOU WANT ME TO PICK JUST ONE? YOU ARE INSANE.

Ender's Game, The Hunger Games, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, Harry Potter, Looking for Alaska
darlas_mom: Favorite-ish movie?
Cry-Baby. Best. Johnny Depp movie. of all time.
darlas_mom: What's the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
What do you mean? African or European swallow?
darlas_mom: Have you gone to college, and if so, what was your major?
I'm in college right now! I'm majoring in Spanish and minoring in French and an as-of-yet unchosen third language.
darlas_mom: What's your dream job?
Librarian. Specifically, either in schools or working primarily with MG/YA fiction. And/or, YA writer. THIS IS WHY I AM DOING NANO AND MAKING MYSELF CRAZY, GUYS.
darlas_mom: Would you like to buy a subscription to the Watchtower?
Why buy a subscription when I get it for free from those trying to convert me? /cheap
darlas_mom: I FORGOT! THIS IS OF DIRE IMPORTANCE! Would you have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids?
ACTUALLY. I probably would have. I have an extremely devious brain and would probably be awesome at crime. It sucks that I turned out to be relatively law-abiding. :(
lizzie_marie_23: Should I add you as a friend?
Yes! XD Unless you can't handle crazy. :(
lizzie_marie_23: What's the last book you read? Song you listened to?
I finished "Down to the Bone" by Mayra Lazara Dole last night and loved it. :D And I just listened to "Orion & Dog" by Sea Wolf. I love it.
lizzie_marie_23: Can you dance? Sing? Play an instrument?
I can do all of these things. Can I do them well? THIS IS ANOTHER STORY. I may be the worst/best person to have a road trip. Worst if you can't handle terrible singing. Best if you like to laugh your motherfucking ass off.
lizzie_marie_23: Explain your username please?
It comes from this THC song.
lizzie_marie_23: When you eat something with peanut butter, do you hate to wash it afterwards? (I personally can't stand the smell of wet peanut butter)
I...don't even know what this means. But I think I just vomited in my mouth a little bit.
lizzie_marie_23: How many roads must a man walk down before they call him a man?
Approximately 8.
lizzie_marie_23: Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them.
lizzie_marie_23: How do you feel?
Like I should be sleeping RIGHT NOW.
lizzie_marie_23: How many fingers am I holding up?
Eleven.
lizzie_marie_23: Do you believe in the future? Is the past a different country?
I believe the future exists, yes. Unless the apocalypse is tomorrow in which case, well, I WAS WRONG, GUYS.

When I think about the past, I remember myself as I am now, but inserted into a different situation. It's weird and I know that's not how it was.
lizzie_marie_23: How long after finding out about these questions did you actually answer them?
Like, a day. Because I am lazy and passed the eff out last night instead of doing it. Yaaaay caffeine crash.
fairyfey: Favorite genre of literature? How about movies?
YA isn't REALLY a genre, but YA. More specifically, I really love dystopian/post-apocalyptic fiction and sci-fi/fantasy, but I will read almost anything. The same actually goes for movies, actually. PLUS DISNEY. <3
fairyfey: What's the craziest dream you've ever had (or one of them, anyway)? What are your normal dreams like?
I once dreamed I won a Skittles contest and then dancing Skittles in jester hats dragged me off and forced me to become the Queen of England as my prize. I was oddly not thrilled in my dream, though in real life I probably would be. Anybody crazy enough to allow me to be royalty deserves whatever happens.

There was also that dream about David Tennant and string cheese that still frightens me.

My normal dreams are crazycakes and I usually remember them for quite some time after waking up before they fade. Some stick with me though.
fairyfey: What kind of weather do you enjoy most?
Suuuuun! No clouds! The kind that ends with a gorgeous sunset, beautiful twilight period, before a clear summer night sky.
fairyfey: How do you feel about chili dogs?
I don't know that I've ever thought about chili dogs before. I've never had one!

Don't forget to leave your questions in the comments! Ask me anything! As as many as you'd like! As I said yesterday:

It can be something simple like, "What color are your eyes?" (Hazel!) or "Do you like waffles?" (Yeah, I like waffles.) Or, "Are you aware that orange highlighters aren't for consumption?" (Um. I am now. Not tasty. D:) Or, "What is the best peanut butter combination?" (Peanut butter and chocolate, obviously!) OR WHATEVER.

Maine voters forgot to be awesome today.

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:53:51 GMT

First of all, fuck you, 53% of voters in Maine.

Second of all, if Referendum 71, Washington state's everything-but-marriage bill, does not pass, I will actually cry.

I will also spend the next year ranting here, in public, and in general.

I may also have to bitch-slap my dad if he voted no on Ref. 71.

I don't want to have to do this, guys. I am afraid of my dad. We call him Lurch for a reason.

P.S. Yeah, I am so wearing my "Iowa: Cooler than California since 2009" tomorrow, but adding a piece of tape to say, "and Maine" underneath "California".

EDIT: Gives me hope. Also, apparently I'm going to cry whether it passes or fails because I cried just reading this.

Gays can't win at the ballot box.

That has always been the harsh reality. Put the subject of equality for gays and lesbians to a vote of the people — practically any people, in states from deep red to dark blue — and the people have always said: "No. Not here. Not yet."

Until — it appears — now. Right here.

There's a week's worth of ballot-counting remaining in an election everyone is saying is too-close-to-call. But it appears Washington state will be the first in America to approve a gay-equality measure not by court fiat or legislative action, but by the direct will of the people.

It's never happened before. If the slim lead holds for the gay-partnership law Referendum 71, it would be a landmark. Huge.

Washington, don't forget to be awesome. Please.