with words I thought I'd never speak

I went to see MCR in Seattle the other night! It was kind of spur of the moment (only bought the tickets last week or so), and I was SO THANKFUL, because I really thought I wouldn't get to see them again before, like... they went back to the studio and wrote a new album and started touring on THAT. so I was very glad. It was not the greatest concert experience, tbh, but MCR was AMAZING.

( mcr stuff )

BUT OKAY. this is where I talk about blink a little bit, and I must warn you that I DO NOT LIKE BLINK-182, AND I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE THEM OR THEIR MUSIC. I get that they were big when I was... not old enough to be into bands, so I missed out or whatever. but I have had people (tony) TRY to convert me and he failed. utterly. because I don't like them. so okay, you have been warned. maybe skip this if you love them. ( blink stuff )

then there was some stuff and some traffic because lol this venue made some awful roadblock choices and the whole way home my dad talked about gerard and queen and freddie mercury being flamboyant and it was great! and at home my mom was still up so we did a little recap for her! and I checked out mcr_u even though there were hardly any comments except for like, MY OWN TWEETS, which was amusing to me but kinda sad (lol time zones) but then there was this thing about a rumor about a drummer being fired.

( pedicone stuff )


sorry for... such a craptastic review. it wasn't as overwhelming as my show in the pit on the world contamination tour. it was awesome, but not overwhelming. and my resentment for the asshole blink fans around me kind of killed the mood after. and then all the drummer stuff. this was meant to be a super happy post, but it just didn't turn out that way. but mcr is fucking great and they're going to keep being fucking great, and they're only going to get better from here. this band has proven itself to survive highs and lows, and i trust them.

1. i stayed up until 4am. WHY? whyyyy? i was writing shit, and it really is shit, it's completely self-indulgent crap that i don't even want to show anyone, and like, it was 2 and then i looked up and it was 3 and then i looked up again and it was 4 and i was like FUCK THIS, I NEED SLEEP. and therefore slept until 10:30 with an eyemask on because it was already getting lighter and fucking birds were ALREADY CHIRPING at 4am and so when i took it off, i was nearly BLINDED because even though it's overcast today, it's still BRIGHT AS FUCK. happily, i had a snuggly fluffy sleepy lump next to me. (side note: mcr, pls post pictures of various dogs in various guitar cases FOREVER.)

2. i just kept pressing snooze and only really woke up because i got a phone call. from my friend, who is in the recital, and who will be the only good thing about probably humiliating myself today. i've only been practicing this song for like, a week and a half, and i have it memorized again, but it's not... great. and i'm going to be wearing bright hot pink shirts and gigantic fuck-off heels that hurt my feet, and tights that undoubtedly make my thighs look huge, and a miniskirt. IS THAT 80s ENOUGH FOR YA? i've resigned myself to looking like an idiot, but i am going to OWN IT, BABY, and be comforted by the fact that the other costumes will be much more ridiculous than mine.

3. apparently some mcr fan has been spamming the entire band with a link to her fanfic, and she finally got one of them to respond. ray. i saw that and nearly died of motts, not even joking. and then i clicked it, saw gerard's name at the top, and was absolutely horrified. RAY, I'M SO SORRY. he actually read it, i think. I COULDN'T EVEN READ IT. i was too overcome by the motts. i just made disgusted noises and flapped my hands at my computer and tried to erase it from my brain. perhaps ray did the same.

4a. my dad and i watched the top gear goes to america episode, and i love watching top gear with him 'cause it actually makes him laugh for real, and it's so hilarious. i love top gear.

4b. since tomorrow's father's day and i don't have any kind of present at all, and my mom and sister are going to be gone all day, maybe i could take my dad out to see the hangover? it's the only movie i can think of that would be good. he's already seen star trek, we went to angels & demons a week or so ago, and UP is more of a whole-family type movie. and transformers = hell no. but i've heard good things about hangover. whaddya think?

4c. tomorrow is also my BBB POSTING DAAAAAAAY. so exciteddddddddd. omg, i'm so freaking excited, you don't even know. well, giddy_london probably knows. i am so happy with the fic, and the ART, and the MIX (which i have been listening to like, NONSTOP) and ahhhhh i am so ready to post this shit.

5. how completely ADORABLE is this? :D :D :D and i won! i was not expecting that at all. i almost didn't put my name in, that's how much i was not expecting to win. hahahaha. ♥____♥

things i still need to post about, before i forget them for good: robot weekend, first day of classes... shit, i'm forgetting something, aren't i? shit. i mentioned the leather-eating dog already, i think... gah, i dunno what else.

gym situation - went to do an orientation thing at the community center here (basically just a tour of the equipment). haven't bought a membership or signed up for classes there yet. had a long talk over dinner about convenience, having only 2 cars in the family and 3 drivers going different places each day. buses are apparently not convenient for going to that gym. SO, after dinner, my mom and sis went to look in 24-hour fitness center, which is really close to the house AND right at the bus stop. that's more convenient, and they talked about prices and stuff. BUT, that place doesn't have the 'boot camp' thing, and now we've met the two trainers for that and everything.

so basically, i think what's going to happen is we're going to get a family membership to 24-hour fitness, and use that place to do stuff, but take the class at the community center gym (which apparently you don't need a membership for). best of both worlds. sort of.

possibly related (but maybe not, i dunno): i have a mystery rash on my chin. it's freaking me out. O.o i didn't get punched in the face or anything, and my scratchy sweater has a v-neck, so it wasn't touching my chin, and i didn't wear a scarf today. and i don't think i've done anything weird with facial soap or anything... and it wasn't here this morning. wtf, stupid skin. >.<

also, OMG, i have a lot of reading to do. i've not taken any literature-heavy courses in a while. i don't have enough confidence in my speed-reading to try that with these books. crap. and yesterday i put together a homework schedule and oh my god. just putting the schedule together took over an hour! *headdesk* am currently exhausted, but i need to read something before tomorrow. *SIGH*

YAY for monaboyd_month starting up, but i haven't had enough time yet to do more than glance at what's been posted so far. :( i still need to figure out what i'm going to post, actually....

so, i went into the beta testing style customizer thingy, and i saw something that looked cool, so i (being incredibly stupid) clicked it. and now i'm probably never going to get my layout back to how it was. fuck. it's not even that i especially LIKE how it was; it's that i don't want it DIFFERENT right now. maybe when i have time, but NOT RIGHT NOW. pleeeeeeeease let me go back, lj. please. i beg you. having a new layout will drive me crazy.

also, an addendum to the last post - this morning my dad got into a minor car accident and the front hood of his car is squished. >.< apparently the other car involved was a big suv and my dad drives a little tiny vw car, so his is the one that got damaged. it's going to get fixed tomorrow, but first my dad and i have to go to school and the dentist (respectively) in it. oh great.

eta: YAY OMG THANK YOU. it remembered all the settings that i tweaked for who knows how long when i set up my layout a million years ago. THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU. *sigh of relief*

OMG I HATE RINGTONES. it took me FOR-FUCKING-EVER to get the damn file onto the phone's memory, and now it won't let me use it as a ringtone! WHAT THE BLEEDING FUCK? GAAAAHHHHH.

i WILL make this work. eventually.

i just have to figure out HOW first. DAMN PHONE. I WANT TO BREAK IT. only that would be bad. so i won't do that, but I WANT TO SOOOOO BAD. DAMN FUCKING STUPID PHONE.

...and now tony's just told me how to download a file that i KNEW should've been simple to get, and it WAS, but i couldn't figure it out. so YAY for that. *downloads more stuff* :D :D :D so at least that's one good thing. lol

eta: hee, i like the 'determined' mood icon.

eta2: grabbing those files was SO FUCKING EASY. why didn't i think of that? i took a whole class on html and computer shit. i should've known that. anyways. YAY FOR EASY. lol

eta3: YAAAAAAY, things are working now. still not with the phone, but i can't deal with that at the moment. tony's just said that there IS an alarm clock on the ipod, which is PERFECT, so i don't even have to do the thing i WAS going to do with the phone, and this is all very good news. also, tiffany's coming over in like, an hour. and i'm not dressed and haven't eaten yet. oops. BUT MY IPOD WORKS! *giggles* AAAANNNNDDDD, i finally have a lot of those beecake videos in the right format so they're on there too! \o/ when did i get to be so electronics-illiterate? i'm not usually this way, i swear. lol

I'm barely even involved in this fandom crisis, yet somehow I've become the source of information for a few people. *facepalm* giddy_london explained to me what was going on, and I (of course) immediately had to find out everything I could. Therefore, I'm compiling a list of the journals and posts that I got my information from. Hopefully this purge won't affect LotR or LotRPS too much, although Wood'cest might possibly have a few issues. The only way this even relates to me is through HP (via Weasley twincest) and Lost (via Pace'cest).

First of all, a to do list for you: delete trigger-words such as "incest" and "pedophilia" (yeah, like you guys have that listed. /sarcasm) from your interest list. Also, delete explicit icons involving minors, or just explicit icons if your especially cautious. Then, if you have any fics or images involving incest, friends-locking seems to be the general consensus for safety precautions.

Now that that's out of the way, on to the real information. (note: I'm adding ?style=mine to all of these because honestly, some layouts just make my eyes bug out, especially this late at night. Also, even though I'm embedding the links in the text, there's a list at the bottom for copy/paste-ing ease.)

( beneath a cut because this is pretty damn long )

More personal stuff: I've f-locked my (two) Weasley twincest fics, cleaned up my interest list a bit, and double-checked my profile for anything "illegal". Otherwise, my journal is staying public, at least for the time being. The only comm I'm a member of that would be directly involved in this purge is twin_trouble, which, despite having "incest" absolutely everywhere in the userinfo (eta: the mod has fixed up the userinfo and interests), is still up and running. O.o

Also, in the midst of all this, I somehow managed to get 29 out of 30 on my psychology quiz. Go me! lol

ETA: To make everybody feel better, bloodrayveness has posted a spam of cat macros. (for more, click the 'catspam' tag) *giggles*

ETA4: If your journal is fandom-related, join fandom_counts. There aren't any posts there, it's just a comm to count how many journals are fandom-related. Also, if you have a paid account, there is fandompays.

ok ok ok, i know i'm still an episode behind, but what about this.

( my theory )

it probably shows that's impossible in the episode i haven't seen yet, right? LOL

oh oh, about The Brig: did the music/sound effects seem slightly different than normal to anyone else or is it just me?

okay, i just checked my online class update thingy, and one of the TAs posted a thing saying the instructor passed away this weekend from a heart attack. wtf, is this a joke?? what's gonna happen now with the class?