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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:

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

GUYS. I LOVE V. It is awesome!

Also, SPN 5x08: ( Cut for AWESOME QUOTAGE )

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.

You guys, today this week was awesome because:

I rediscovered this person: etzyofi (aka, formerly sandwch__zombie)

I discovered these people: bisou, epicet, honestlygreen, shiplessheathen (purely alphabetical, guys!)

I got a new nickname: Hot Donna, courtesy of shiplessheathen. LIKE FROM THAT 70S SHOW. How awesome is that? I give you all permission to call me Hot Donna as often as you'd like.

I got @replied on Twitter by an author: even though it was related to overcaffeination and orange highlighter consumption. >.>

I had epic conversations with these people: hateable, etzyofi, honestlygreen

I discovered awesome in theatre-form: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is going to be at the Seattle Children's Theatre until the end of November.

I made one wise decision during an otherwise very unwise three-day stretch: Good Burger is at the top of my Netflix queue and will be arriving tomorrow.

OH MY GOD, GUYS. The best thing that has ever happened to me in my entire life JUST HAPPENED.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is going to be at the Seattle Children's Theatre for the next month.

I texted all of my friends about this, and one just replied: You are a nerd.

I'm doing research for my awesome English independent study project thing and was looking at of the ten most frequently challenged books of the 21st century, by year, and saw this entry:

Gossip Girls (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Reasons: homosexuality, sexually explicit, offensive language, and unsuited to age group

And all I thought was this: "Oh my gosh, I want to read that now. If only it was Blair and Serena finally admitting their true love."

And then I realized there are some things more embarrassing to admit than others. >.<

Background: I'm doing an independent study project on censorship of LGBT young adult fiction. Only instead of just writing a paper, I'm creating a website and generally fighting for awesome.

You guys already helped me narrow the list of potential domain names down to two, but now I can't decide between the two.

lgbtfiction.com - looks less like a jumble of letters
lgbtya.com - more specific to YA, which I plan on sticking with
lgbt-ya.com - the hyphen helps it look like less of a jumble of words, but a lot of people tend to forget hyphens in a domain name

Poll #1471623 Which domain name?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 21

Which domain name do you prefer?

EDIT: *ponders just buying lgbtfiction.com and lgbtya.com and having lgbtfiction.com point to lgbtya.com or vice-versa*

EDIT #2: readingrainbow.com/net/org are all taken, of course, but readingrainbow.co.uk IS TOTALLY AVAILABLE. I AM BUYING IT. I'm not going to use it specifically for this site as a whole, but I will probably use it as a larger LGBT YA book database/blog.

So. Guys. Remember how I was talking about the English independent study project I'm undertaking? I know you don't. That's okay. :D

The gist: I'm studying LGBT young adult fiction and censorship. More specifically, I get to make a website with an LGBT YA book database, articles on book challenges and bannings and whatnot, plus interviews with librarians, readers, and hopefully, YA authors.

I GET 5 QUARTER CREDITS FOR COMBATING CENSORSHIP AND DOING SOMETHING AWESOME. <3 my brain sometimes.

Now, you guys should help me decide on a domain name. Feel free to leave your feelings on any of the ones below or suggest something! If you have an awesome idea for a site title, let me know!

I totes wish I could call it 'Reading Rainbow' or something. I think I may call the book database that instead. :P Brings a whole new meaning and you know it. ;)

banned.cc/banned.nu -- I like how short these are, but is it bad to use .cc/.nu for a more professional site? Also, I can expand beyond just LGBT in the future, if I choose. I'll want to keep the MG/YA focus though.

lgbtya.com/lgbt-ya.com/lgbtqya.com/lgbtq-ya.com -- makes it so I don't have to focus JUST on censorship issues in the future, can expand

lgbtfiction.com/lgbtqfiction.com -- ditto, except doesn't look like a jumble of letters

bannedlgbt.com/bannedlgbtq.com -- very to the point, doesn't allow for expansion to YA as a whole

bannedya.com/banned-ya.com -- sounds a bit like mods bitching and lmfaoing about using their banhammer

yacensorship.com/ya-censorship.com -- if you're one of those people who doesn't know how to spell 'yeah', it looks like I'm encouraging censorship. "Censorship, fuck yeah. Freedom is not the only way, yeah."

Or, my personal favorite, but clearly a non-contender:

ifwebanthemmaybetheylljustgoaway......dot com

I sort of love my brain sometimes, you guys.

So, I realized my history class was basically way too much work to do when doing 20 credits. I mean, I could easily do all 4 classes (history, English, and 2nd year Spanish all with massive research projects + 1st year French)...but I wouldn't necessarily get an A in all of them.

Don't mock and/or hate me, guys. I've only gotten less than an A ONCE in college. I'd like to keep it that way. >.< Particularly since I did really shitty in high school. Mostly because I never attended or did any work ever. I just like having good grades again, okay?

But anyway, I still need to do 20 credits this quarter. So on my way to history class on Thursday at way too early in the morning, I realized: I'd rather be reading than doing this shit.

Then it dawned on me. I like reading. I read A LOT, though I've only read 32 books so far this year. :(

I should get credit for reading.

Which I can do as an English independent study project. More specifically, I'm doing a project on LGBT young adult fiction and censorship. I get to write an article of a certain length, potentially submit it for publication, and create a database of LGBT YA fiction and update on current censorship issues, etc. You guys know I can totally rock a website.

So, yeah, love my brain. Getting 5 quarter credits for reading and working to combat censorship. WHICH I WAS GOING TO DO ANYWAY.

P.S. Why do tasty apples and ice water make me hyper? This is so wrong.

I stayed up until 6:30 AM finishing Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, the AMAZING sequel to The Hunger Games. I've been dying to read it all week, but had my hands full with family issues. Then I started thinking about how I'm going to have to wait at least a year for the last book in the trilogy and how fucking tragic that is.

I meant to go to sleep around 3:00 AM, telling myself I'd stop at the end of the chapter.

I should really know myself better at this point.

Of course, I couldn't put it down, even when I was so bloody tired that I nodded off and nearly fell out of my chair.

I really need more caffeine in my life.

You know a book is good when you would pay billions to read the sequel, in the case that you had billions, if that is what it cost.