Feeling Radical in Cotton

Writer's Block: Cyber Monday Shopping

2009-12-01T03:56:44Z

Cyber Monday is the new Black Friday. What gadgets and gizmos are you shopping online for today?

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Wait, seriously? I know online shopping is all the rage and hella safer, as last year's events will attest, but naming another day? Wow. Go on with your bad self, consumerism.

This year I will be doing what I've done every year: make what I can, buy what I can't. I want to do something nice for Bel's family, because this is their first Christmas without Bel's father...they're very religious so I'm thinking maybe I can make something with a Biblical quotation about the immortality of the spirit on it.

What I did last year was ask people for a list of general stuff they like and figure out a gift from there. A kinda "Favorite Things" remix, as it were. For instance, if someone were to ask me the sort of things I like, the list would go roughly like this:

Peaches
Anything purple
Jewelry
Kitties
Anything having to do with any religion ever
As The World Turns, specifically Luke/Noah and Casey/Ali and Maddie and Janet
Yami no Matsuei, esp TsuSoka
Books
Wildlife
Latckhook
Crocheting
Flowers
TAROT CARDS
Dresses and skirts
Anything vaguely hippy
Candles
Tori Amos
U2
Third Eye Blind
SafetySuit
The Lion King

From there, if I were giving a gift to myself, I get myself a candle that smells like peaches or roses or is in the shape of a kitten, or some piece of religious jewelry, or some wooden roses, or that awesome latchhook kit of orcas leaping from the sea that I wanted SO HARD last year, or a long hippy skirt, or a nice dress, or some books on religion, or another pack of Tarot cards, or burn myself a Tori/U2/3EB CD, or--if I had the time--I'd print out a bunch of pictures from YnM or AtWT, glue them onto posterboard, and decorate it with sparkle glue. (I love making posters for people <3)

I actually think what I want to do is a sort of "scrapbook": fill a book with their favorite things. Like, I know Nicole loves dolphins and fantasy novels and Broadway and Gerard Butler, so I'd print out a bunch of pictures or get stickers and put them all in a "book" for her. I'm sure I could do that for at least most of them.

Uh~ If you wanna PM me your address I could send out cards :)

Uh...

2009-11-30T06:48:53Z

I WAS 20 FEET AWAY FROM CYNDI LAUPER, LEA MICHELLE, JONATHON GROFF, AND VAN HANSIS AND I JIZZED IN MY PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANTS.

Writer's Block: If we took a holiday ...

2009-11-26T16:46:22Z

What is your favorite holiday and why?

Submitted By crazyprotein

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Christmas. I just love everything about it. I love the Christmas songs, I love how warm and safe and happy the house feels all December, I love decorating, I love baking cookies, I love how it smells, I love getting presents, I love giving presents, I love going to church, I love visiting family, I love the car rides everywhere, I love sitting on the floor with my sisters on Christmas morning to open presents even though we're 20, 27, and 31 respectively, I love watching "Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz"...I even love shopping for gifts because my mall is never actually terribly crowded.

So after that...Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! ^.^

The Revenge of the Spork: This Time It's Pissed Off!

2009-11-24T21:08:57Z

May I just say Watari narrating the beginning of this episode is a little…eh, IDK my BFF contrived?

THAT’S RIGHT BITCHES I’M BACK.

In which Hijiri is a dope, Hisoka couldn't be gayer if he tried, there a bunch of movie references, and OMG IT'S STING!

Anywho. K, so we covered this part in the last spork.

THE CONTINUED MISPRONUNCIATION OF HIJIRI’S NAME IS LIKE NAILS ON A CHALKBOARD TO ME. Seriously, I flinch each and every time.

I love how Tsuzuki concedes that getting another transplant wouldn’t work as if it’s so obvious and he was a moron for suggesting it. Were the other Shinigami really surprised that Tsuzuki was so self-loathing? Even Watari, who is like the best friend Tsuzuki has, will pull those “you’re an idiot” tones, like right here.

And again, as I said…uh…two years ago >.> Hisoka could have just said that he won’t make any promises but he’ll try to protect Hijiri. He’s such a Debbie Downer :\ Though I do think his line about “not being one to say that we’ll manage” is somewhat revealing and actually very vulnerable of him to admit. This is the one who has almost a pathological desire to be in power but at the same time has pretty much rolled over whenever someone asserts control over him. Exhibit A: His psycho mother and apathetic father. Exhibit B: Muraki. Hisoka’s not one to really rise to the challenge (he’s more likely to take the bait, if anything); I think we could argue that he more often finds ways to cope than ways to actively make his lot better. And I think his next line about who the one getting hurt will be if the plan fails is his exact philosophy on why he’s like that. It’s easier on him to do what is expected of him—whether it’s to just fulfill his job requirements, sit alone in a basement, or lie back and think of England—than to try and fail to improve his situation. The only time I can really think of where he took that sort of leap is during Touda’s fire, when Tsuzuki told him not to bother trying to talk him out of his suicide and Hisoka did the exact opposite, with a totally epic emotional meltdown while he was at it. Just goes to show what a good influence Tsuzuki is on him ^.^

Speaking of, this is so totally opposite of Tsuzuki, who will go above and beyond what is expected of him. I think this is why Tsuzuki is suicidal and Hisoka isn’t, because Tsuzuki lets himself care too much while Hisoka forces himself to not care at all. Hisoka can’t rack up any guilt if he never made any promises, which is smart on one hand, and terribly sad on the other.

Man! Even with all the consistency flaws in this series, the way the characters are set up to contrast and complement each other is just freaking amazing.

Haha! Watari: He’s awfully uptight. Oh, Watari, you don’t know the half of it.

Tsuzuki broods in his Emo Chair while Hisoka is busy running into Tatsumi on his way to Konoe. These two should interact more in fic when it’s not in a romantic way. See, one of my biggest complaints about As The World Turns is that the writers isolate the characters within their own storylines and don’t let them interact with everyone else. For instance, there’ve been two funerals on the show in the past couples months, and in both of them, even some members of the immediate family didn’t show up, which was so WTF I don’t even know. So I’m becoming very big on characters interacting with each other, even more so than before. It just makes a better story.

I adore the way Hisoka’s voice changes whenever he says “him” when he’s talking Tsuzuki. It gets lighter, more aspirated, and it’s got this little mix of longing and mourning in it. So cute <3 I also love how Tatsumi just knows Hisoka is talking about Tsuzuki without Hisoka making it clear.

Lol, I can imagine some fic where Hisoka goes to Tatsumi for advice about Tsuzuki. Barking up the wrong tree there, hon. Tatsumi already blew it. Unless his advice is to do the exact opposite of everything he ever did.

I do like how Tatsumi brags Tsuzuki up here, though. I think he and Tsuzuki do have a tacit understanding of each other, or at least Tatsumi does of Tsuzuki. The tragedy there is that while they might “get” each other’s MO, they didn’t know how to handle it, and that’s why they’re not together.

Anyway. Tsuzuki informs Hijiri that he and Kazusa have to stay at the Ministry, which Hijiri is not happy with. He even goes so far as to yell at the Gushoshin. Dude, stop being a douche. You’ll survive—literally—if you just disappear for a while. (How was he planning on getting back home, anyway? He can’t teleport. Hell, he probably doesn’t know how to get out of the building.)

But Tsuzuki lets him, and goes back to his job as the replacement nurse. Five’ll get you ten he’s fired in three days. Over the course of the day Hijiri is almost killed by way of falling basketball hoop, ~~Christine~~ possessed car, and rockslide. And each time Tsuzuki saves his ass while he just stands there staring like a dope. Way to be, Hijiri.

Back at the lab, Watari is ~~playing Sudoku~~ tying to figure out the demon’s identity. He’s having a bit too much fun with this, as the Gushoshin point out. Y’know, because he’s voiced by James from Pokemon, and so was Pegasus from Yu-Gi-Oh, I’m totally hearing him in the voice of Pegasus from Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged. So I’m hearing Watari say stuff like “And when you do, I’m going to spice up your life!” and “But then you exploded. Yeah. That’s was kinda weird.” Tres disturbing.

~~The Three A~migos~~ TsuHisHij head over to the orphanage to pick up Kazusa, who calls Hisoka and Tsuzuki “old men”. How many pots is this kid smoking? Tsuzuki’s stuck at 26; Hisoka still looks prepubescent. It’s funny watching Tsuzuki flip out over it, though. It reminds me of when my Japanese teacher was telling us about the proper use of “oba(a)san” and how some ladies get up in arms about it. And my Japanese teacher is adorable, so it’s all good :)

Kazusa explains that she wasn’t avoiding Hijiri, but that she was scared by something standing behind him. They left out the plot point about her being able to see demons in this one, didn’t they? (Also, lol Tsuzuki. You weren’t going to check it out before?)

Hisoka takes Kazusa to the Minisitry (Tsuzuki’s trust that he got her there all right is so cute) while Hijiri packs. Tsuzuki poisons Hijiri with his cooking, but he’s adorable in a green apron, so it’s okay. (Now I see why when I wrote Second Death people were ADAMANT about Tsuzuki being the woman in the relationship.) Hijiri takes out his new violin to practice with, which apparently summons Sagatanasu. Sagatanasu’s dialogue makes me think that somewhere out there in the recesses of the internet someone has used violin metaphors in a Hijiri smut fic. “You need that violin, don’t you. It is a part of your body. […] You will play it to your heart’s desire.”

So Hijiri peaces out with Sagatanasu to retrieve the violin, and Tsuzuki heads out after him. It amuses me to no end that Tsuzuki mutters “Aw, shit” when he’s outside the school, because I say “Aw, shit” a lot, too. *Tatsumi washes Tsuzuki’s mouth out with soap*

Anyway, they find Hijiri having a psycho moment, but oddly, no Sagatanasu O.o ??

Cut for commercial break, and Hijiri wakes up to find Hisoka and Tsuzuki watching him. Voyeurism Yay!

Hijiri asks for…well, demands a favor, really. He’s kind of a pushing demanding jerk in this. We’re left with a cliffy and the scene cuts to Watari still trying to figure out who the demon is. Kazusa stops him and points out seeing a Doberman-like demon, causing a “Ho shit!” moment. Cut to Hijiri leading Kazusa to the school auditorium. So we never find out what exactly the favor was. *hears the dirty thoughts of fic writers even from here*

It is so frakking adorable that Kazusa claps for Hijiri ^.^ Sagatanasu comes out of the floor and tries to attack Hijiri, but is forced back by an energy field. Then OH MY GOD IT’S STING! HE’S COMING DOWN FROM THE RAFTERS AND HE’S POINTING HIS BAT AT SAGATANASU! No wait, it’s just Tsuzuki swooping down. Like Batman.

Hijiri once more stands there like a dope, only getting off the stage when Watari and the Gushoshin start to drag him away. Sagatanasu Hulks out, and we cut to a little exposition on him courtesy of Watari, and also the Cuteness being upped by like a billion percent because HISOKA IS CARRYING KAZUSA OH MY GOD I SPLODED.

Watari: We’re up against a big one!

THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID. Watari, quit jazzing over Sagatanasu, he’s kinda trying to kill you. Also, points for pronouncing “Ashitarote” correctly.

I feel bad for whoever’s stuck rebuilding this school.

Tsuzuki summons Byakko, who sends an energy ball at Sagatanasu, who responds by shooting Death Blood Spikes from his pores, which Tsuzuki defends against with a shield, and then protects the rest of Team Good with another shield, and Hisoka’s staring up at him like “I’m so worried for my ~~boyfriend~~ ~~life~~ partner, and the whole thing is like fifty kinds of badass. Then Sagatanasu does something to Hijiri’s eye and Tsuzuki’s distracted by something (I’m typing this on my way to class so I’M distracted) and Hijiri leaves the safety zone like—say it with me—a dope. Then Sagatanasu noms on Tsuzuki’s arm before Tsuzuki calls for Byakko to cast Magic Missile at the Darkness, which sends Sagatanasu blasting off agaaaaaaaaaaain.

So Tsuzuki’s on the ground bleeding and Team Good rushes over to see him, and either Tsuzuki doesn’t wear a shirt under his trenchcoat or Watari is a master at undressing people, because Watari just rips open Tsuzuki’s coat to check out his upper body.

I love the series of faces we get when this happens:

Gushoshin I: o.o
Gushoshin II: O.O
Hijiri: O.o
Kazusa: *Doesn’t get one because her eyes are being covered*
Hisoka: *blushblushblushblush*

Watari: There’s nothing there. You can relax.

Tsuzuki: Well, it’s not nothing. Some people actually think I’m attractive.

Lolololol. brb making tsusoka jokes 4ever.

Watari explains about Sagatanasu potentially possessing Tsuzuki and does the whole song-and-dance on devils not having physical bodies, though it STILL doesn’t make sense because I don’t know of any animal that looks remotely like Hulk!Sagatanasu, and besides Kazusa recognized him from a Magical Picture Of Yore. He’s been hanging out in a Doberman’s body all this time?

Hijiri fanboys and worries after Tsuzuki, while offscreen Hisoka contemplates stabbing Hijiri in the head. Tsuzuki skips on up inside the school to the Infirmary for whatever reason and OH JESUS CHRIST HERE IT COMES *SKIN RIPS OPEN* THAT BUGS ME OUT EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. *FLAILS WILDLY*

Sagatanasu: That’s because I am entering you. Each and every cell of you!

Tsuzuki: Get out of me!

………I’ll just leave it at that.

I have to say I really do love this ending sequence. It’s so deliciously creepy without turning itself into a cheesy horror film.

EXPECTED ISLAMIC ART TEACHER IS EXPECTED TTYL GUYS.

Haven't done one of these in awhile

2009-11-23T20:38:14Z

first name?
Caitlyn. I was named after the sherrif on a TV show whose title I don't remember. It's also something like the 37th most popular name of 1989, so I always knew at least one other girl with my same name in my grade. I shared my name with three other girls in 8th grad.

age?
20

location?
New Jersey

occupation?
Student. Fic writer.

partner?
Nope.

kids?
WHERE GIMME GIMME. Right now the closest thing to a child of mine is my widdle baby niece and she is GROWING UP TOO FAST WAH T_T

brothers/sisters?
Laura is my oldest sister at 31. Stephanie is 27 and is like my best friend ^.^ Then there is my sister-in-law Bel and her sister Mary.

pets?
One spoiled lovebug pooch named Madison, Maddie for short. Two cats, Emo!Kitty Lizzie and HearsVoices!Kitty Maxie. Two VERY loud birds, Alex and Emma. I think we still have fish...?

list the 3-5 biggest things going on in your life?
Writing ATWT fic. Making sure I pass Hebrew. Writing my paper for Venetian Art which I am seriously procrastinating with *whistles*. Preparing my theatre troupe's next show.

parents?
Two wonderful human beings named Tom and Ann :)

who are some of your closest friends?
Ho crap. This is a hard question because I'm isolated from so many of them. I definitely talk to Stephanie the most often.

So I just realized that if I get cracking, I can finish last year's Gift!Fic in time for this Christmas. *desk* I suck.

All signed up for next semester!

2009-11-15T06:05:16Z

Now that I know what exactly I'm majoring/minoring in (Art History/Religion), I filled out my schedule accordingly. I am signed up for...*drumroll*

Japanese Painting
Impressionism
High Renaissance in Italy
Religions of the Western World
Carribbean Religions

^.^

So...

2009-11-13T01:36:21Z

MIDTERMS:

Sanskrit - C+
Biblical Hebrew - B
Japanese - B
Venice - B-
Islamic Art and Architecture - C+

They said this is what happens to transfer students; A's go to B's and B's to C's. Here's how I would calculate my grades thus far...

Sanskrit - B- or B. He grades mostly on attendance, and I've never missed a class. Most of my quizzes are in the B/C range, as well.

Biblical Hebrew - Somewhere between B- and C-. He's flat-out told me he knows I'm struggling, and I seem to be getting by with just average work. I go to the extra study sessions, though, so he knows I'm trying and might be merciful.

Japanese - Probably a pretty solid B, but I need to be careful. She's kind of a hardass on the homework and quizzes, even though she gives five billion of them so they can even out real quick.

Venice - B+, I think. We've only had one major grade, the midterm. And I'm very attentive and participate a lot. I might get an A if I do well on the paper and the final.

Islamic Art - B. The only two grades I've gotten are an A (quiz) and a C+ (midterm), and I've only missed one class

Masqueraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaade

2009-11-07T20:25:09Z

So the art museum is throwing a Masquerade ball and I am going to it, duh. Hopefully the mask aspect will be less creepy since everyone else will have their face covered, too.

Tomorrow if I'm not too sick--I'm getting sick and it SUCKS wah--I'm taking the train to New York, and me and Foosh are gonna watch "Were The World Mine". Can't seem to get away from the gay-themed movies...we watched "Latter Days" in BiGLARU last Thursday. I did enjoy it, even the sexytiems parts (except there was a fascination with full rear nudity, which doesn't exactly float my boat and was more awkward than sexy, but whatevs), though I think the first half of the movie is really really rushed. Rumela put it best: "It was kinda 'Oh, by the way, I'm in love with you' after five minutes." The second half of the movie was very well done and flangsty, though. If anyone else has seen the movie I'd be happy to discuss it <3

What else, what else...uh...anyone got any good books about Giorgione? I have to write a paper about how his painting "Laura" is a paradigm of Renaissance Venice's contradictory attitudes towards women. Venetian courtesan culture...<3

Hebrew continues to kick my ass. What really bothers me is that this last quiz I took, I studied for. I even had a system in my head of recognizing words. And then as soon as I get the quiz I totally fricking blanked. You can't tell that I studied, and that really, really upsets me. There's also the fact that he rushes the quizzes and I don't have time to think about them...everyone else in the class is either Jewish or are freaking geniuses, so they're all done within like ten minutes, while I'm the dunce working through her third sentence after she skipped four of them to come back later. I'm pretty sure I'm floating at a C average in that class. How the hell is Sanskrit easier than Hebrew, can anyone tell me?

Uh...nothing new on the fandom front since none of you are into As The World Turns. I am going to schedule myself to finish CaBW and start RewriteCanon, not to mention finish the sporks...

Halloween pics should hopefully be on my computer soon I'll post them asap.

Guess that's all for now~ I notice that most of us aren't posting prolifically lately; I know it's school for me; how are the rest of you guys doing?

Writer's Block: Who will you be?

2009-10-30T15:48:53Z

What are you going to be for Halloween this year? Are you going to wear coordinating costumes with a friend or partner? Did you buy something pre-fab or make it yourself?

Submitted By crazyprotein

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Thia year I'm going as the color blue. Right now I'm wearing a blue dress, blue shawl, blue-ish flippy-floppies, blue fishnet gloves, blue earring and necklace, a blue stick-on tatto, blue nailpolish, blue lipstick, blue hairspray, and blue panties...the only thing not blue on me is my bra (which is black). I was also wearing my blue mask, which I took off while I was eating and because it needed to be readjusted.

Had a philosphical moment as I was walking down the street to the student center. I'm in my full get-up, right? Including the mask. People pass me by, and I'm watching their reaction. The people who bother to look either gigglensort, look away, and rarely make a comment (they're flattering, no worries). And I had a moment when I realized that none of them would ever recognize me again. My one friend in my Venetian Art class, who takes the bus with me in the morning, didn't even know it was me when I came down to the bus stop. I fully realized how "safe" it is to be behind a mask, with all the metaphorical implications you're thinking off.

Is it good that this prospect freaked me out? I've tried hard to rid myself of my masks, and the prospect of someone not knowing me because of a mask gave me that ball-of-nerves feeling in my intestines. Is there such thing as "scary safety"?

Anyway. There's your thought for the day. Happy Halloween, everyone!

I saw The Lion King on Broadway and I jizzed in my pants

2009-10-26T12:22:17Z

Be back later w/ details *studying for two midterms*

Ren Faires are awesome dreamcatchers

2009-10-12T21:34:06Z

My parents, Foosh, my Uncle Joe and cousin Jake, and me went to the Pennsylvania Ren Faire yesterday :) In short, it was awesome. Fire-eating acrobats? Win. Joust and archery show? Win. Riding an elephant for the second time in my life? Win. Getting this gorgeous blue mask and a seahorse ring and a wooden rose and this little pink fuzzy dragon who can nod and shake her head that I took with me to classes today? Win. Apple strudle? WIN.

Also, did I mention on here that I've been having a lot of nightmares recently? Usually involving Nazis or some other sinister type of people? I didn't have one last night or the night before.

*Sigh* Now to settle into midterms :\

Your substitute production manager...hey, hey, hey!

2009-10-08T21:19:35Z

Anyone who gets the reference wins a Broadway.

Sorry I've been away, folks. But really, there's nothing much to blog about. I go to class, chorus, and BIGLARU. In my spare time I plan my As The World Turns epic fanfic. I started a study group for Japanese on Monday nights; I've only had one meeting thus far but it was fun.

I've been having a lot of nightmares recently and I don't know if it's just because I'm under stress because Sanskrit has been kicking my ass or what (though I fail to see what Nazis murdering original characters in The Sound of Music has to do with Sanskrit). Also, this morning I woke up at like 4 AM unbearably thirsty. And I'm starting to get sick; the back of my throat hurts. Brushing the back of my tongue helped, though, so I'll keeping doing that.

I'm also in the process of converting my mood theme from the standard to one composed of my icons. So I should have a fun new mood theme once it all happens. It just takes forever to upload them all.

This weekend looks like it'll be fun, though ^.^ My Venetian Art class is going to the Metropolitan tomorrow, and then on Sunday I'm going to a Ren Faire with my folks. If I get batteries I'll take pictures <3

Yom Kippur

2009-09-28T15:51:52Z

If anyone else is observing, I wish you a Most Meaningful Yom Kippur.

To that end, I added to the YK Playlist from last year.

"Staring At The Sun" - U2
"Wave of Sorrow" - U2
"We Beseech Thee" - Godspell soundtrack
"What If" - SafetySuit

Yeah, I'm in the W's on my mp3 player.

September 24th, or, WHO SITS DOWN AT A U2 CONCERT???!!!!

2009-09-25T21:46:13Z

So last night Steph and I went to a U2 concert <3<3<3<3\o/\o/\o/\o/

Sadly, it wasn't as good as the Vertigo tour we went to in '04 T-T For one thing, it felt so short! They were only on for two and a half hours. And poor Bono forgot his lyrics like three times. :( *hugs him* Well, the man's pushing fifty, has well over 150 songs in his repertoire and is still running around the stage singing his heart out--not to mention all the stuff he does worldwide--so we can forgive him. Poor guy looked flustered :( But seriously? It's okay, because The Edge, Larry, and Adam more than make up for him with their EFFING AMAZING MUSIC angianbgibiogbignbroingsr *flails*

I wish also that they'd played a lot more of their old stuff, and not just the staples that even the "Fucking Fake U2 Fans", as Steph calls them, knows. Mainly I'm just sad that they didn't play "40". But they did break out a lot of their lesser-known songs, like "MLK" and "Ultraviolet" (which, by the way, is on the YnM jukebox), "The Unforgettable Fire"...I'll do a complete list later.

But what REALLY dragged the concert down was our section. As I say in the title, WHO SITS DOWN AT A U2 CONCERT???!!! You could've cut the apathy with a butcher knife in our section, seriously! You sit at a musical. You sit at a Celtic Woman concert. YOU DO NOT FUCKING SIT DOWN AT A U2 CONCERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to be Debbie Downers, Mezzanine seats!

Steph and I of course stood for the entire show <3 And danced, and sang with every single song. And we both started to cry when they played "Where The Streets Have No Name". That's song's been described as feeling like "God walks through the room" and you know? It's so fucking true.

Like last time they used the stage to talk about world issues. They dedicated "MLK" and "Walk On" to Aung Sang Soo Kyi (I hope I spelled her name right; I haven't see in it print for awhile) and "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" for Iran. And of course "One" for the ONE Campaign. They broadcasted a speech by I think Nelson Mandela, and had Amnesty International volunteers out on stage.

Short of the long: they rock. The stupid people in our section can tell me what my ass tastes like.

The playlist (not in order of appearance):

The End of the World
With or Without You
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Where The Streets Have No Name
The Unforgettable Fire
Beautiful Day
Vertigo
City of Blinding Lights
Stay (Faraway, So Close)
No Line on the Horizon
Magnificent
Moment of Surrender
Unknown Caller
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (some remix version...I didn't like it as much as the album version)
Get On Your Boots
Breathe
Walk On
Ultraviolet
One
Elevation
MLK
Mysterious Ways

And they covered "Stand By Me".

Today

2009-09-21T12:43:12Z

Happy Birthday to myself and distorted_r!

Auditions yeah!

2009-09-15T21:26:15Z

Me, Steph, and Lisa just got home from "auditions". I put the word in quotes because by the time we were ready, they had run way overtime and didn't have time to run the scenes; instead we had like a one-minute intervew with the casting directors.

Q: What brings you here today?
A: [Insert 30-second really quick history of how Honey started watching earlier this year with Luke and Noah and decided to watch the show proper and got involved in the online fandom and found out about the auditions via Facebook and even though she's in theatre decided to do TV and IMed her sister saying "G. G OMG. AUDITIONS."]

Q: So who's your favorite character? Is it Luke and Noah?
A: They're my favorite COUPLE, but my actual favorite character right now is Janet. [Insert discussion of how everyone online is a big MEENIE to Janet even though she is Awesome Soup sprinkled with Awesome and a side order of Awesome. Awesome.]

Then she said it was nice to meet me and that they'd know in about a week. My little pipe dream is that they'll call on my birthday. <3 Here's hoping!

Tuesday

2009-09-14T00:07:24Z

60% has been upped to 100%, so Steph is going to drive me and Lisa to ATWT auditions on Tuesday! I'll be ditching my two Art History classes, so I have to e-mail the teachers to let them know what's going on, and just hope it won't cause a problem. I've been thinking about if I actually make it, if the filming will interfere with school, but I figure I'll cross that bridge if/when I come to it. Right now I'm just excited at the prospect of (probably) meeting an Emmy-winning casting director, and maybe just maybe working with Michael Park.

Evidence of his awesome:

Scene, circa 2002/2003

Bloopers, 2006

Guess what guess what guess what??!!

2009-09-11T21:13:05Z

There's a 60% chance I'm go to audition for As The World Turns on Tuesday!!!!!!!!

Hey

2009-09-05T04:54:55Z

^.^

I just wanted to say a collective "thank you" to everyone who commented on my last post. It means a lot to me. A whole, whole lot.

It's like I can't fucking escape it

2009-08-31T23:19:32Z

I'd like to thank Obnoxious Girl In The Quad for reminding me that some people never matured past middle school.

Ok. My meal plan allows me one meal a day, so I go to the cafeteria to take food to bing back to my dorm. Because I wasn't going anywhere else today, except the lounge to watch ATWT, I didn't bother getting all dressed up. So here's what I'm wearing: pink flip-flops, a pair of capri pants, a slightly oversized black shirt with a sparkly rose on it (it's from when I saw Beauty and the Beast on Broadway), my headband with multi-color hearts, and my hair clipped against my head. In other words, I don't look like a beauty model, but I didn't just roll out of bed, either.

So I step outside my building and stop on the steps to make sure I've got my ID card with me, and this girl fifty feet away from me yells, "Man, girl, you going out in that?"

I walked away without responding, but the whole five-minute walk I was thinking how obnoxious and bitchy that was. And then I get to the cafeteria, which is absolutely crawling with students, and suddenly I felt intensely awkward and self-conscious and alone. It was the first time I'd been there without my family and I think it fully hit me that I DON'T KNOW ANYONE. I drifted around the buffet area like a moron, stuffing food in my purse because I didn't know takeout doesn't start until tomorrow (something else to make me feel like an idiot), and then got the hell out of there.

Then, get this, I'm almost back in my building, and these two girls sitting at a bench whip around at the same time to look at me. I know it's because flip-flops are loud and it sounded like someone was approaching them, but get this...I actually panicked for a second.

This fucking blows. It's like I can't get over the paranoia I had in middle school. I don't talk about that time of my life much, and for a good reason: it was HELL. Take my relationship with Liz, triple the emotional abuse, and stretch it out over two years instead of eleven months, and that was middle school for me. And that obnoxious bitch in the quad, the awkward wandering in the cafeteria, and the two girls totally just reminded me that I have never gotten over it, and how pathetic I am to not have let it go by now.

I feel like a total fucking loser. I want my Nicole.

To top it all off, I accidentally broke my fast by eating a slice of pepper. So not only do I suck socially, I can't keep my committments either. Great.

Moving day today!

2009-08-29T12:19:44Z

What the title said!

What Color Is Your Love?

2009-08-28T04:38:35Z

Your Love is Blue

When you love someone, you give your heart entirely to them. You believe love is an unconditional, unselfish act.
You don't love half-way. You are "all in" whenever you are in love, and you don't hold back.

You find it easy to fall in love. You accept people as they are, and you even can love someone's flaws.
Because you are so loving and caring, you are incredibly easy to love in return. Your heart is open and ready to be filled.

What Color Is Your Love?

Writer's Block: Kindness of Strangers

2009-08-26T04:43:28Z

Would you donate a kidney or bone marrow to a stranger?

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Yes. According to some this makes me crazy or Jesus' sycophant. :/

Moving day in four days! *excited*

Ramadan had to be put on hold because Unexpected Period was Unexpected.

I added another class to my schedule, so now I am taking Elementary Sanskrit, Elementary Japanese, Biblical Hebrew, Venice, Islamic Art and Architecture, and Students in Transition.

Concerning the mouth

2009-08-21T19:28:21Z

More stitches from my wisdom teeth are falling out :) It'll be nice not to have little plastic-feeling thingies attatched to my gums.

Did some on-line checking and Ramadan starts tonight. Interesting how a fasting holiday starts with a time period in which you're allowed to eat. Huh. Anyway, I'm gonna do it this year. Sucks that it's gotta coincide with moving into the dorms and starting a semester, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do, I guess.

Speaking of, I gotta see if there's a French class left open.

I miss Yami no Matsuei fandom. It's kinder deader than Dumbledore now. I gotta start writing again. I haven't done a spork in effing forever.

Today was...interesting

2009-08-20T00:13:05Z

Y'know, if someone told me ten years ago that today I'd be picking up an acquaintance/friend from the mental hospital after he was wrongly incarcerated, and advising him on whether or not he should sue his parents for abusing him as a child...well, you know how it goes.

TBH I was nervous about going, since it was a bit of a drive, and when someone says "mental hospital", you tend to get a bit...well, a bit, y'know? But it was ok. I picked up his fiancee first, because he could only be released to her, and then went over to the hospital...and then to his job to make sure he still had one, and then back to his fiancee's house, where he'll be staying.

There's nothing wrong with him, by the way. His parents put him away because they're fucked in the head and seem to get off on tormenting him. His mom had the nerve to say that she loved him, for the first time in six years apparently...because he's threatening to sue. I'm all for mercy, but moreso for justice, so I'm behind him 100% of he decides to sue.

Word meme to come soon.