girlflesh

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.

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.

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*

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.

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

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. >.>

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?

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

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.

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.