with words I thought I'd never speak

YAY, Dazzle won that video contest! I dunno if any of you voted, but if you did, thank you!! My sister's making money left and right now. I'm a bit jealous, actually. She has marketable talents like photography and dog training and stuff like that, which is also good for these kinds of contests. Meanwhile, I.... go to school and write fanfic in my spare time. >.<

My other bit of news for the day is this: I think I'm going to go mostly friends-only. Gradually, though; I'm not just gonna suddenly disappear or anything. And fic and stuff will be left public, of course. I have a vague plan to switch journals as well, and use this one more for fan-ish stuff (which was my original intention with it anyway).

Also, Raquel and Megan and I watched Return of the King last night all together, which was so much fun to do. We should do that more often. And this is an general invite for anyone who wants to join us, if there's ever a movie on tv we all want to watch or something.

Also! My ipod won't turn off. >.< It's had this problem before, but this time, even the 'reset' isn't working. GAAH.

and so much stuff has happened! first of all, in TV land...

- The Office: Casino Night - OMG JIM. CRYING. LOVE. AWWWWWWW. ♥ SO MUCH.
- The Beatles' Help! movie - CRACKTASTIC. I think the best part was watching them mess around in the snow, LOL.
- the Monk and Psych holiday specials - were nothing really special. >.< but any new Psych is good, because it is adorable. :P

in the mail today came the movies Reign Over Me, which looked really good, so I can't wait to watch it, and THE FLYING SCOTSMAN. YAY!!! I also have Hairspray from the store, and that really has to go back, but I haven't watched it yet...

in school news, I got an A in Studio Production. as if I could've gotten anything else. and a B in math, which means I didn't do fantastically on the final, because before the final, I think my grade was about a B+... and I don't have my grade for Italian yet, but my grade prior to the exam is a 92.8, which is ALMOST an A, I think. I looked up the books I need for next quarter: Italian uses the same book I already have, which is very nice; Physics requires like, 4 different book/workbook/study guide things, booo; and the two books for Writing Fiction look AWESOME. can't wait to get those in my hands. :D

as I said a while ago, cute guy had something else going on and couldn't come to Sweeney Todd, but it's always fun when my dad and I see movies together, so I really wasn't too bummed. the movie was AWESOME. and the blood was very Tim Burton-ish: bright bright red, and therefore not very disgusting. there was a lot of it, though. but there was so much humor in the movie too, it was really cool. and then the costumes were awesome, and the singing was alright, and it was just soooo cool!! I do think the gothy makeup was overdone in a couple of scenes, though. but overall I liked it. I can't wait to see it again when it actually comes out. lol!!

currently, I'm rearranging furniture in the house. amazing how just rearranging a room makes it look so much cleaner. LOL of course, there's actual cleaning being done as well, much to my annoyance. :P my friend is coming over on Sunday night and staying until Monday to help us clean (she's getting paid to clean, btw. I wish I was getting paid. >.<) I think the grandparents are coming on Wednesday, which doesn't leave a whole lot of time... and then my dad's birthday is on Saturday next week, so that's when we're going to have the first big family dinner of the holidays, I think.

other randomness:
- I'm in chapter 4 of The Golden Compass, and so far I realllllly like it. hopefully I'll be able to finish it before I go see the movie.
- omgwtf coyote? there was a coyote in our backyard earlier today!! WTF? for reference, I live in the very densely populated suburbs. O.o
- ever since classes ended, I've been staying up extremely late at night and waking up extremely late in the morning. I dunno why. my body rebels against waking up early now. :P
- FotR last night = ♥. I don't know why I get so fangirly when the movies are on TV, seeing as I have them on extended edition DVD.... :P
- there's a part near the end of The Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks (which I finished recently and really enjoyed) that I agree with SO MUCH that I was literally saying "YES, EXACTLY!!" out loud as I listened. I don't want to spoil anyone or spark an argument or anything, so I'll just say that the passage pertains to religion and leave it at that.
- tony emailed me a photo of us from the weekend we first met. awww, we're so little! apparently we were 12, but we certaily don't look it from the picture. lol
- I started writing a Dom/Viggo ficlet a few days ago and it has since grown into something much more involved than I was planning. but there will still be porn, don't worry about that. *g*

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( lots of rambling under here )

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I watched Pushing Daisies tonight, except I missed the first few minutes. It's beautifully shot, and I love the colors. It looks like a movie. And actually, I think it would probably work better as a movie than a show because I don't know how they're going to continue it and keep it fresh. Also, my sis and I recognized Jim Dale narrating right away because of all the Harry Potter audiobooks. :D That came as a surprise. Oh, and is this a half-hour show filling an hour timeslot? Because that was a hell of a lot of commercials. O.o

And I watched the newest House episode. ( spoilers )

To the classical music lovers - does anyone have Valse in A by Frederic Chopin and would be willing to upload? I've googled it but only found things I have to pay for, and I don't like paying for things. lol I'm about to start playing this song in piano.

And finally, I reviewed some SAT stuff today. I'm gonna fail. >.< ONLY TWO MORE DAYS. *headdesk*

First off, thank you soooo much to whoever nominated one of my fics at the MOME Awards. ♥!!! I hadn't even thought about awards or anything like that, so again, thank you very much for the nomination. It means quite a lot to me. :)

Well, I'm now back from vacation, but you wouldn't know it by my LJ activities, would you? So, a general sort of update about my trip (not in chronological order, mind you): SCAD was awesome and it's now my top choice of school (except it was hot, but even that wasn't as bad as I was expecting); Drexel was alright, but not exactly... right. *shrug*; spending time with my dad's extended family was fantastic (mom's side of the family was mostly-fun, but annoying and boring at times. >.<); spending time with Tony (and David) was really great fun, especially the fact that I got to be with them on my birthday and we could just hang out and go out to movies and play poker late into the night and stuff.

General update for back home: haven't unpacked yet; being on the east coast did NOT help jetlag-wise as it should have done, which is quite annoying, really, because I was hoping waking up early wouldn't be so hard now; already starting schoolwork, specifically, SAT prep and Geometry and anything else my mom wants to pile on; classes are starting entirely too soon in my opinion, even though I'm starting to look forward to them - I'm just not ready yet!

And finally, a note for today, I've finally finished reading Lord of the Rings. WOO. And then I watched the end of RotK from the scene right before "The Eagles are coming!" on to the end, and then I just had to watch some of the DVD extras. So yeah, I spent about 2 hours doing all that. But now it's all over and I can finally say I've finished the books. I loved how Merry was all heroic and 'take-charge' in The Scouring of the Shire. Very cool.

Anyway, that's all for now. I've had astoundingly little time to mess around on the computer and do some of the things that I said I would, which really sucks, but hopefully that'll change soon, once I get into more of a routine. I'm sloooowly catching up on some of the new fics or new chapters of fics that have been posted, which is fun, but I feel so behind. >.<

Also, Raquel, we had more luck of being online at the same times when I was on vacation than now!! I miss youuuu.

soooo, today. today was a bit of an adventure. as I said in an earlier post, I pretty much rolled out of bed into the car, lol. I alllllways forget about parking downtown. >.< so we went to Bellevue to redeem our secret movie passes and get our tickets and everything only to first discover that my dad doesn't know where Lincoln Center is (meaning we walked back and forth around Bellevue between one movie theater, the car, and another movie theater), and then (once at the right theater), we found out that SIFF's box office doesn't open in Bellevue until the 30th or something. which meant the whole mission was in vain! lol, by this time, we'd completely missed the secret movie, which really sucks, but the box office hours are made to screw us over apparently. so anyway, then we drove to downtown Seattle and found the box office there, only (again) we had to park like, a gazillion blocks away. then we waited in line for a while and finally got to the desk and got all our tickets and passes and vouchers and stuff. but then we had to decide on a movie, and there weren't many that I wanted to see today. >.< finally decided on the moon movie, but then had an issue of remembering where the hell the Neptune theater is. my dad got it confused with the Egyptian..... so we drive there, park quite a few blocks away, and wait in line for about 45 mins (in a drizzle! but luckily there was an awning, lol), then go inside and wait for another half an hour or so, but this time sitting down. lol.

so, 1) I'm very glad I decided not to wear heels. >.< I changed them for my normal shoes at the very last second. sooo glad I did. 2) I'm glad we saw the movie we saw, because it was awesome and the director was there too! 3) I'm now watching The Abyss, and it's reminding me of the Lost finale because of
so anyway, I'm gonna try to fix up my little ficlet in a few minutes, 'cause I've got a couple of ideas for it now.

ps: my most-used words: so, also, and anyway. >.<

pps: I misread a sign that said "habits for the home" and was like "omg I want a hobbit for the home." LOL I've seen so many lotr-type things like that today. "two towers" on a sign, and... well, now I can't remember, but there were others. lol

somehow, I fit into a Junior size 11 and a t-shirt I wore in 3rd grade. I know I haven't lost any weight, but this just seems odd to me. How am I fitting into a Junior size?! I don't understand it! I've never worn Junior clothes!

in other news, I'm in the midst of whirlwind-cleaning the house, because the LotR lit class is coming over for NINE SOLID HOURS of LotR; extended editions of TTT and RotK. *\o/*

I was gonna post more about this at some other time, but during FotR two of my friends everyone was very giggly. >.< Hopefully that won't be the case (at least as much) today. Also, my dad's moved the big huge movie popcorn popper into the kitchen/living room area, so that should be fun. :D

ok. so. I watched it. then I rewinded and watched all the Charlie bits. and Charlie's bits. LOL and then I came online and immediately started freaking out with bloodrayveness. and because I am lazy and it is 2:30am 3:30am (now) and I've already said most of what I'm going to say about Lost to her, I decided just to copy/paste the chat transcript. and I didn't fix our spelling errors, sorry. LOL and it is long. lol

there's also a bit of spoilers about Orli's Leno appearance, but srsly, nothing major.

WARNING: spoilers for Charlie's episode, "Greatest Hits", AS WELL AS talk of spoilers for the finale, "Through the Looking Glass".

also, this is seriously the first thing I said when I logged on. LOL

( OH MY FUCKING GOD )

ALSO. we have decided that Snow Patrol's song Run is CHARLIE'S DEATH ANTHEM, OH MY GOD. I almost can't believe that after all of this stuff tonight, hearing that song is what made me break down.

and now, because I honestly COULDN'T DECIDE on what icon to upload/use for this post, here's a bunch of icons I was considering, each perfect in its own way. I finally decided on this one because omg, lookit Charlie all happy and glowy!

( 11 icons I considered )

and yeah. so. oh my god, Charlie. *sniffle* omg this music. *cries*

I get awfully posty when I have about 30000 things to do. LOL

procrastinator = me.

anyways.

Wilson on speed = best thing ever omg. ROFL

also, I wouldn't be too sad to see Foreman go. >.<

eta also! lotr: rotk is on TBS right now (for the west coast, anyway), but sadly I am not watching. >.< but! lotr lit party is on friday/saturday. plan is this: watch fotr on friday during class, then the group comes over to my house on saturday for a ttt and rotk marathon. \o/

fucking hell, i HATE lj's rich text editor. when i edited my index, HALF THE LINKS DISAPPEARED. *kicks omg* i should'a just continued editing in html. but it's so hard! what the fuck, lj? what the bleeding fuck? will fix later. omg, after i cleaned everything up, too! GRRRR.

in other news, i'm watching FotR at the moment. *spazms of love omg* srsly, LotR is mesmerizing. so pretty omg. ooh, commercial's over. ooooh, Beanie [in Rivendell]!! guh.

part one, because I meant to make more. only, I probably won't ever get around to making the rest, so here ya go. LOL

( 7 Merry & Pippin icons + 1 Dom animation )