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-jersey was good! nana's back home and they think she'll be fine, everyone was naturally overjoyed to see me, and i got my favorite hoodie back from g, so i am counting it as a win.

-finished valiant (which was excellent) and started the princess bride (which is pretty much exactly how i remember it but with more racism). can't wait to get some new stuff though!

-watched charlie bartlett last night. it was fairly mediocre as a whole, to the point where i don't even know why i downloaded it. it had one really rage-inducing line though, which i can't find online and can't be bothered to search through the movie for. anyway, what a waste of two hours. (this is why i don't watch movies.)

-kibeth has been acting kind of funky :( i need to back everything up again and have someone from dell come out to take a look at her next week. i might need more RAM (among other things- the fan is going kind of haywire and i might have them look at the dvd burner, which has never worked). how do i figure that out?

-you should look into geohashing with the xkcd kids. i am still thinking about going to orlando's meet-up today, but will probably not bother as i have so much to do and can't justify procrastinating from across town.

-on a related note, my parents will be here WEDNESDAY. i really really need to clean. and quit smoking. and clean. FUCK.

-interesting blog post about buffy and her influence on society.

i got my age of rockets cd last week. i hate to say it, because i love them so much as people, but the cd is not my thing at all. i really only bought it because i like the members of the band, and because "avada kedavra" is an awesome song. check out their myspace and if you like their sound, the cd is yours. (i am shit at describing music, sorry. and they are not wrock, despite the name of the song.)

but i got my damion suomi cd today! the cd case is sooooooo gorgeous, you guys. if all cd cases were this pretty, i would download less mp3s, for realz. (it is even individually numbered! i have number 108/300, fyi.) i am really into music that translates well acoustically, and i am digging what i have heard of his cd so far. but i will probably keep playing the live tracks over and over anyway.

getaway_machine and simplykatie have had to listen to me wax poetic about the awesome youtube vids i found, so now i will bore the rest of you. some amazing, generous soul recorded the mike doughty show i went to and put it on youtube. !!! he even recorded three of damion suomi's songs. (i am mildly obsessed with the live version of "ghost" and will be uploading the mp3 for you soonish.)

anyway, the videos are fucking AWESOME. i love the social so, so much. these videos seriously have great video quality AND great sound quality and i can't stop watching them even though i have already ripped all of the mp3s.

this is damion suomi performing "ghost" at the social on 02-01. i am crazy in love with this boy and can't wait for him to come back to orlando.

this is mike doughty performing "white lexus" at the social on 02-01. every concert has that one moment that freezes in my brain forever (which is saying something, because i have a horrendous memory), and that moment is 14 seconds into this song. (you can't really tell in the vid, but the girl next to me screamed "thank you" and doughty looked right at her and mouthed "you're welcome" and if it had been me, i think i would have fainted. it was one of those concert moments that you only see in books and movies.)

here's what i did today:

-read three years worth of archives on mike doughty's blog.

-did not finish the subtle knife, cos i know how it ends and will miss lee too much and don't even get me started on the amber spyglass. (which i have never reread, and am therefore terrified of.)

-updated my facebook status to be more obviously about mike doughty.

-skimmed the new issue of everyday with rachael ray.

-blathered at getaway_machine about mike doughty. um, a lot.

-talked to sheena, and did not mention mike doughty, not even once. (in my defense, it was only a fifteen minute call, and we mostly talked about a wake.)

-talked to my grandmother, and did not shut up about mike doughty for pretty much the whole conversation.

-called my parents for pretty much the sole purpose of talking about mike doughty; was annoyed that they were not home.

-got really frustrated with the lack of music around here. which is ridiculous, but there you go. (I NEED NEW MUSIC. and i have like, three new cds coming to me in the next few weeks, which is fantastic, but i want new music right now. i don't even know what i'm looking for, i just know i've been hitting the skip button a lot today. grr argh.)

i have two job interviews tomorrow, at an advertising place and a temp agency. cross your fingers and hope for a lack of scams, k? and also hope for a lack of getting lost, since i only set up the interviews today and have therefore not driven to either place ahead of time, awesome. (one is in, um, maitland, and the other one is off of i drive (which means there is about a 30 minute drive for each trip, according to mapquest), and i am going right from one to the other, so there is a good chance of getting lost. sigh.)

otherwise, i'm still just reading weather warden and trying to ignore the internet. except, okay, i will say one tiny thing: this is the best post i have read about this entire thing, and it is the first post i've read that hasn't made me want to stab fandom in the face, which is probably because comments are locked. oh, i guess that's two things. here's a third, as an added bonus: efw is, for all intents and purposes, an rp comm, so untwist your goddamn panties and stop yelling about people judging your posts without looking at the intent behind them until you can offer the same courtesy to others. honestly, i have never in my life been ashamed for being in fandom until i read the comments to that post. and now i'm done, and i don't particularly want to discuss this, especially with anyone who is currently foaming at the mouth. (also, thank god for getaway_machine, who for some reason tolerates me yelling at my computer and then bursting into the living room while going off on a long tirade about how much i hate ____________.)

um. that got long and awkward. my bad?

oh, so a while ago i promised simplykatie a peek inside my WIPs folder, cos i let ashley look at a bunch of it at the ootp premiere. and now there's this meme going around, so i'm just gonna do that instead? (katia, you can still rummage through it when you get here, cos i'm not posting everything.)

When you see this, post a little weensy excerpt from as many random works-in-progress as you can find lying around. Who knows? Maybe inspiration will burst forth and do something, um, inspiration-y.

( WIPs for bjt & hp (all without spoilers) )

This is awesome, but how do I find it?? I want a Squishee :(

OMG YES!!

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otw_news is creating a fannish nonprofit in order to do things like set up a panfandom archive and create a legal defense fund for fans and other awesome stuff. I happen to love fandom and bureaucracy (I know I'm a freak, but understanding Robert's Rules is my only superpower), so I think this is rather awesome. There is a LOT of information in the comm, but it's worth a read.

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I leave for Virginia early Thursday morning and get back sometime Sunday night, so no internet access for the rest of the week (I also work all day tomorrow and then need to pack). I'll have the cell though, so calling is an option if you miss me.

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G. is hopefully drawing my tattoo and making us an appointment while I'm gone. And clearing her calendar so we can go see Jenny Owen Youngs in NYC with getaway_machine the night before we leave. And planning a night for me to hang out with her and Ryan. I told her tonight that the rest of my friends are going to be pissed that I am basically making plans for every available night my last three weeks in Jersey with a girl I work with 4-5 days a week, but everybody seems to doubt the existence of these alleged "other friends" who I never see. Speaking of, I need to make plans with Scott. And see if Bel and Hita and Ben want to go to Atlantic City. And email Sheena. And I need to change my calender because I keep getting very confused because the dates are all wrong, heh.

-who left me this comment? or, alternately, who wants to tell me a safe way to download that and confirm its non-virus status without any risk to my baby? it doesn't matter much though- i had a shitty day on thursday and engaged in some retail therapy, so the cd should be here next week. (i also bought these shoes. the american eagle line at payless continues to be irresistably cute, in case you were wondering.)

-the '20s party was awesome. g and i looked hot, if i do say so myself. we did not solve the murder or do much of note (she stole someone's ring, i spread a rumor that she had sex with him, and then i spread a rumor that the congressman was sleeping with g's husband- and for some reason, everyone took my rumors at face value haha) but good times were had. and then we played apples to apples and everyone was strangely literal- i did not approve! (g left a picture of us in my myspace comments, so you can see it there or wait for me to be less lazy and save it.)

-my body can no longer handle either a lack of sleep or some very casual drinking- i'm not sure which it is yet, but that's now three weeks in a row that was i was so nauseous on my way to work that i almost had to pull over. I DO NOT APPROVE.

-and actually, i was late to work and then sat on a hop ball for probably two hours, followed by a game of who what where and a trip to the diner for lunch. i am clearly the best employee ever.

-i just bitched out dell and got my way, which was very satisfying. apparently when they told me they were going to give me $150 coupon, they meant they were going to send two $75 coupons that couldn't be combined or used on items that cost less than $75. in the end though, i got an external harddrive, a laptop stand thing, a (pink!!) mouse, and a flash drive for $15. ::wins::

-work sucks. especially the office, but dumping all the store bullshit (one of my favorite coworkers quit, and a useless one decided that he's only working weekends, which means there are only two of us to close during the week now) on top is making me very cranky. i think i need to take a personal day soon and do some pampering. i was actually considering telling m that i want to go back to part-time and have off on sundays, but fuck that. i have not worked my ass off for the past however many months to lose my two weeks paid vacation just cos i'm tired!

-i think i know what i am getting for my next tattoo. i haven't drawn it yet, but it's going to be a tree in a circle, based loosely on this necklace, just black ink again. i kind of want to get it on the inside of my wrist, but i'm not 100% sure about that yet. if not, it'll probably be on my shoulder. (left side, in either case. gotta keep 'em balanced!) either way, i will probably be going with g to her friend's shop in the next few months. but if it's the wrist, i'm gonna do it right before i move so my parents have less chances to freak out about my job prospects, hahaha.

dear daysgonebye,

pls to be clicking here. you're welcome! :D

love always,
lisa

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so, '20s murder mystery party, saturday night. i got this dress (on sale!) and a bunch of fake pearls + string and g has flapper hats? so i think i am all set! also bought some ridiculously red lipstick, cos apparently that's what they wore in the '20s? it does nothing for me (i just tested it out) so i might ditch it. need to see how it looks with my eyes all done up. anyway, i am pretty excited. i hope i'm the killer! (also, thank god g is coming, since my only friend (other than the hostess) is no longer going cos he's getting eye surgery the night before. WHATEVER, SCOTT. plus i think g and hoenz will either hate each other or get along fabulously, heh, so i've been wanting to introduce them for a while.)

very short list is this awesome site that sends a daily email reccing something- music, movies, books, whatever. last month they recced the year's best cover-song performance: coldplay's "fix you", as performed by an old man with an oxygen tank. i finally got around to watching it and um, i may or may not still be crying. here is a link directly to the video on youtube.

go here to download this awesome song- "fuck was i" by jenny owen youngs. gorgeous music and brilliant lyrics and her voice! oh oh oh, such love. g. played it for me at work tonight and just, SUCH LOVE. she is local and awesome and i can't wait until g. burns me the rest of the album. (this song was on the season premiere of weeds if it sounds familiar.)

i finished a mango-shaped space by wendy mass last night. my unspoilery thoughts: awesome book. the writing could have been a bit better, but the story was fab and the writing was spot-on where it really mattered. ( my spoilery thoughts: ) so yeah, fascinating book about a medical condition that i had never heard of before, but which actually sounds fantastically neat, as strange as that may sound.

i was going to start how i live now by meg rosoff today, but g. beat me to it at work this afternoon (i believe this was before the 4 games of mash we played, *and* the journey to the roof- clearly we were busy *g*) and liked the beginning, so i let her borrow it. of course, now i'm really itching to read it :P

instead i went out and bought some more books: coraline by neil gaiman, it's a wonderful lie: 26 truths about life in your twenties by emily franklin (editor), an idiot girl's christmas by laurie notaro (on sale!), and a pez book that is actually a birthday gift for g. and then i bought some books from amazon (i used about $100 worth of gift cards tonight, and 3/4 of that was on books :D): the amber spyglass by philip pullman (FINALLY), the yanti by christopher pike, and ill wind by rachel caine.

(argh, of course i had to google philip pullman's name to make sure i was spelling it correctly, which led me to this, which means i am going to have to sell my copies after all. dammit. simplykatie, let me know if the ones you got have the drawings and whatnot? if i'm going to buy new copies, i'd prefer to buy those gorgeous covers since i want them anyway haha.)

(speaking of new covers, i am still ridiculously in love with the new alanna covers. ohmygodddddddd, i know i don't need them, but they are SO. PRETTY. and the new tortall book looks awesome, but i have to wait for the mass market paperback to come out so it'll match all of my other tortall books. hmph. i still need the ali books too, but ugh, i do not want those monstrous books!)

UGH being getaway_machine SUCKS and i would like to go back to being me now!! SECOND PLACE IS THE FIRST LOSER AND I AM NOT OKAY WITH THAT. HMPH.

other things that suck: feelings; fic; fic about feelings; fic deadlines; DO WE SEE WHERE I AM GOING WITH THIS; and also shopping for stupid boys and winter and people who fucking rewrite led zeppelin songs so that they are about fucking christmas, AS IF I DIDN'T HATE CHRISTMAS MUSIC ENOUGH ALREADY. HERE IS THE ORIGINAL, because i am disgusted at the thought of people thinking it is okay to bastardize classic rock songs. IT IS NOT OKAY.

also, AS I SUSPECTED, "tom sawyer" is by rush and NOT blue oyster cult, so FUCK YOU two-for-tuesdays! you are filled with LIES.

oh, and i hate these shoes. except by "hate" i mean "covet" :(

( happy thoughts! with some sort-of minor vmars spoilers? )

also: free music!

say anything - alive with the glory of love. it needs to be sunny and warm every single day so i can listen to this in my car with the windows down and the radio blasting.

superdrag - sucked out. they keep playing this on the radio and it makes me miss my old radio station :/

so, who got the abvh comic last month? thoughts? opinions? anyone want to obsess with me about when edward will show up? (i don't have guilty pleasures right now and i haven't read it in a while, so i can't really remember his first appearance. with that said, i am hoping for december but thinking january is more likely. someone plz look this up for me as my personal researcher is nano-ing and i do not want to bother her!)

also, is anita's face at the top of page 11 not the best thing ever? oh man i can't wait for my scanner!

fyi, there is a limited edition print of jean-claude available with issue 2 if you order here, if you're into that sort of thing. which i'm not. sigh. if there's a special print with each issue though, there's *bound* to be one of eddie, right? i mean, there were those special anita covers with issue 1, and now jc, and then maybe there'll be a philip, but WHATEVER, plz just give me eddie. :(

( i am chatty! did i have caffeine today? oh, i did. what a shame! )

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i've been listening to this song for approximately 4 hrs straight, so now i shall share! (i even PAID for it! 14 whole cents. ahahaha. i almost love russians, except, you know, that's illegal.) death cab for cutie - i will follow you into the dark. what can i say? i am completely in love with this song and this band, dean be damned. (just kidding dean! i'm wearing my zeppelin hoodie as i post this, so it's all evened out, right? right??)

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somebody needs to make getaway_machine and simplykatie post more. or create a new magical hour during which we are all non-busy so we can actually TALK or something. srsly.

this sounds like it may be the single most amazing television show ever. EV. ER. sleazy people, a murder mystery, AND musical numbers? omg. what more could anyone possibly want in a tv show????

how does my nerd-infested town contain no comic shops? this is a TRAVESTY!

(don't forget! guilty pleasures comes out in comic-form tomorrow!)

(here's more artwork, in case you weren't already excited to the point of bursting.)

(find a comic shop near you! unless you live in brick, nj, in which case, good friggin' luck!)

(seriously? no comic shops? and no comic-loving friends to steer me someplace good? oh, how things have changed since high school.)


(also, my little brother dropped out of college and he's home and we've been having family card games every night. we are so screwed up but i love it. hee.)

in case you were (for some reason) dying to try out vox (the new blogging thing that is not really all the rage), i've got two invites. comment with your email address and they're yours!

(mine can be found here and i'm pretty much using it to chronicle everything i rent from netflix, at least until i get bored of doing that.)

also, i approve of the studio 60 pilot, and the heroes preview was intriguing and had hot people, so it looks like i now have tv committments for mondays, tuesdays, and thursdays, although both thursday shows and proving to be skippable.