with words I thought I'd never speak

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

well, that was fantastically unimpressive. we watched a 3-hour-delay of the ball dropping in NY, and then quickly switched over to KING 5 for the "New Years at the Needle" fireworks show... wow, how pathetic was that? we laughed ourselves silly, joking that some guy was probably going up and down the elevator, and then around the top, manually lighting each one (that's certainly what it looked like). and omg they actually did, though it was from the control booth. ROFLMAO

Computer glitch throws wrench into New Year's at the Needle (there's probably a video of it somewhere, or there will be soon, but I can't be arsed to find it, and it's slightly painful to watch anyway. LOL the video link is there now! lol)

eta: an actual article about what happened: Computer glitch stops New Year's Eve fireworks at Space Needle

I got my most recent SAT scores back today: writing was a bit lower, but I expected that. math was EXACTLY THE SAME as last time (640, if I remember correctly), and the reading? up by 80 points. *\o/* YAAAAAY. Hopefully this means I qualify for the highest scholarship at SCAD. :D :D :D I'm very excited. I need to send in my application packet today with my updated scores, homeschool transcript, and personal statement. Hopefully I'll know whether I'm accepted by Christmas or New Years. YAY.

I got 46/50 on my studio quiz last Thursday. And ok, y'know that movie premiere the guy at class invited me to? There's an article about it in the newspaper. Jeff is the guy I know. Didn't I tell you he was good-looking? ;D This is so awesome. And I didn't know he was homeschooled!! I'll have to ask him for tickets tonight. I'm very excited about that also.

Tomorrow night's the Halloween Dance, which I went to last year, but besides a mild desire to go, I'd totally forgotten about it. And anyway, the premiere is the next night, and it's probably better not to do two things in a row. Besides the fact that I haven't even thought about costumes... I dunno what I'm going to do for Halloween...

I'll be posting RunAway in a few minutes and OMG I LOVE THIS NEXT CHAPTER. It ends with a bit of a cliffhanger, though. SORRY.

And one more thing: the Across the Universe soundtrack is so awesome and I've been listening to it non-stop since yesterday. omg this song makes me laugh. "They're great, they're just... chillled out!"

in the Seattle Times today:

OK, it's time to get serious.

Fall fashion this year is about a proper suit, long leather gloves, an oxford shoe or a power pump and a structured handbag. It completes the 180-degree revolution away from the loose and carefree bohemian styles that were all the rage mere seasons ago.

YES PLEASE THANK YOU GOD.

the article goes on to stress blazers (omgyes!), gloves, specifically opera gloves (I WANT), and grey as a main colour because it can go with anything (I need something grey...).

you guys have no idea how long I've waited for this stuff to be "in" again. I have so many fitted blazers (most of which actually fit me), a new pair of black trousers that are SO comfortable, and even a couple pairs of nice heels. hahahaha yay I can finally be fashionable without even trying. *\o/*

Unlike other recent trends, such as the empire waists that don't flatter everyone, [...] a neat appearance can complement anyone — anywhere.

YES, thank you.

that is all.

Because I don't know how to grab it off the site, I typed up a transcript of the Comcast Exclusive interview. The interview is found here. They say "y'know" a lot.


( cut for length more than spoilers )

this is so cool. they've a map of the dark matter in our universe! and lol, the astronomers are in Seattle!

in other news, I feel about 80% better than I did a few days ago. maybe it was just a 24-hour type virus. but I also drank a TON of water and tried to sleep a lot, which I'm sure helped. of course, I stayed up 'till 4am last night reading all the textbooks that I was behind in for class today. the cinematography book is SO BORING, it's like reading a safety manual. the two scriptwriting ones are very cool, though.

must get ready for class!

I didn't get any real chores done, but I did fix all of my journal entry tags! And updated links to everywhere! And I posted a new chapter!! (yeah, yeah, "about time," right?) Well, I also did a bit of writing. Just a bit. Not enough for a full chapter, though. >.<

Also, there's this. My mom emailed it to me.


( the article thingy )

I've another article for you! An interview with Sean Lennon (son of John Lennon, if you didn't already figure that out), and streaming audio of one of his songs. Sounds cool. Like something I would listen to.

Also, I feel I should explain that poll a bit. I don't usually think I'm being annoying (at least, I try not to be), but lately, instead of making one long post with several topics, I make about three thousand little short posts, sometimes with not topic at all. And I can see how that would be annoying. I'm mostly doing it as a method of procrastination, so I should really quit it anyhow, but. I'd rather post than work, if you know what I mean.

Yeah, so that's it. At least this post has a purpose, right?

ranDOMly, I noticed that the entertainment section of today's paper had three movie adverts all lined up in a row. The movies were Flushed Away, Babel, and Happy Feet. I thought it was funny how all three of those movies had LotR actors in them;

on Happy Feet's ad, there were the names Elijah Wood and Hugo Weaving,
on Babel's, Cate Blanchett,
and Flushed Away didn't have any names on it, but I happen to know that it has Ian McKellan and Andy Serkis in it.

in other news: still working on my papers. >.< only three more days!

holy crap.

i've never liked those things. >.< they always look so precarious.

a couple funny links for the writers on my flist.

Selekted Riting Wrules and some other lists

(and I'm sure at least most of you have seen this before, but.) Ode to Spell Checker