silver_miko

SPN EPPY OP. WAY TO BE FULL HOUSE.

I slacked off a bit because I had library books to finish. Read The Queen of Attolia and it is really good. Need to read its predecessor and then it's sequel.

Today's movie! The Descent.



This movie, which actually came out about three years ago, isn't your typical horror film we've been used to these days.
It's dark (literally), claustrophobic (literally), and bloody (literally) fucking creepy. And I mean genuinely 'this shit will give you nightmares and make you NEVER EVER want to explore caves EVER' sort of creepy.
It doesn't rely on overblown special effects or easily predictable slasher-style setups.
When I first heard about it when it was coming out, I heard people regarding it very highly, calling it one of the best horrors in a long time.
Okay, that sparked my interest as a horror movie fan who had been rather disappointed by the genre for most of this decade.
And honestly I felt and still feel it lives up to the hype.

I haven't seen the sequel yet. I'm sort of..hesitant because the original really is perfect as a stand-alone.

So computer saavy friends. I have a dilemma.

I burned 130 mp3s, which I NUMBERED MYSELF IN ONE SITTING, onto CD as a data disc since my car cd players plays mp3 discs.
I had things in a specific order.
I go to play it in the car....it is NOT in order.
I come home and pop it in the computer and check it under D-drive. It's IN order there.

So....why the hell are they playing out of order?!!

I burned it using Windows Vista. Clearly that might be where I went wrong. :*(

Please HELP!

EDIT: Nevermind, apparently putting them in order in seperate FOLDERS then burning said folders in numbered ordered makes it play in order. WTF.

My eyes are on fire. This may have to do with the onions that were cooking in the kitchen. But they're so delicious caramelized.
My parents leave next week for the Dominican Republic, and this is exciting because I will have the house to myself!
Even though mom will call 100 times a day over the dog.
I'm thinking of catching up on some shows on Demand. I wanted to start watching Rome, but my dad says it isn't available on Demand right now.
BOO. Seriously. Showtime has all its series on demand. What the hell HBO? I want to watch my historical (ly inaccurate) shows!!

I've also decided I want to go to Annabel Lee Tavern when in Baltimore. I would like to try a Masque of the Red Death and the Raven.

So...according to my parents who saw my boss in the paper today...he used to be my dentist like 20 yrs ago.
....................Yeah,

1. Pick 20 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDB and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them in a note for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDB search functions. That's cheating and it ruins the fun.


1. "Well I got news for you pal, you ain't leading but two things right now: Jack and shit, and Jack just left town."

2. "I'll cut your heart out with a spoon!!"

3. "Let's go get the shit kicked out of us by love!"

4."My story... it's exactly the same as your story, just one chapter behind. I chased a man across the Seven Seas. The pursuit cost me my crew, my commission, and my life."

5. "Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. The story can resume. I will return. Find you, love you, marry you and live without shame. "

6. "You were young like you are now. You seemed just a little sad. I used to always wonder what you were thinking at that moment. I memorized every line, every curve. I came across time for you Sarah. I love you; I always have."

7. "O lord, he will hang upon him like a disease."

8. "The man I bought it from explained to me that, when a husband gives it to his wife, they become two halves of the same person. Nothing can separate them... not even death."

9. "Yeah? I'll tell you what. Until I get back my five thousand dollars, you're gonna get more than you bargained for. I'm your goddamn partner."

10. "You know how you're always trying to get back at your parents? Wouldn't I be excellent in that capacity?"

11. "Oh shit, we're going to get FUBARed."

12. "You happen to like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life."

13. "I have crossed oceans of time for you."

14. " We have just gotten a wake-up call from the Nintendo Generation."

15. "Go now!.. GO NOW AND LEAVE ME!"

16. "Simplicity. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature? What does he do, this man you seek?"

17. " Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"

18. " I'd be the worst possible Godfather. I'd probably drop her on her head at her christening. I'd forget all her birthdays until she was 18. Then I'd take her out and get her drunk. And, let's face it, quite possibly try and shag her. "

19. " I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave. "

20. "You know what I'd love for lunch? Fresh asparagus, then, um, pasta - angel hair pasta with heaps of basil, garlic, olive oil and, uh, apple pie. Uh, John, have you got a towel? "

So I don't like Thanksgiving and managed to somehow suffer a horrible headache all through dinner today to the point where I had to lay down in my aunt's "parlor" (ie the room that's basically for show and not use) while TRYING to nap my pain away but alas impossible under the harrowing straining din of Barry Manilow on television.
It also doesn't help that my aunt is a shrill harpy of a woman who barked at everyone unpleasantly upon arrival.
So after being held hostage for a few hours I'm home now with a lingering ache still but not as bad as earlier since the Tylenol I took at 3:00pm finally seems to be working and am pausing in Necropolis to go back to Six Wives of Henry VIII. That's the good thing about Nonfiction, you can totally do that. Though I do that with fiction books too.
And I'm stupidly getting up at 5ish am to go to the mall tomorrow and meander away my gift cards but at least I'm being driven there. And then I shall come home and commence the "Great Napping" and then who the hell knows what tomorrow. It's only my birthday afterall.
But I do get Outback on Saturday night! Since apparently I'm weird for never having been to one before Nekocon. Oh the faces I got over that!

And also most likely and probably going to Katsucon because I have nothing better to do on Valentine's Day weekend so why not.

My God, OSHA meetings are two hours of hilariously wanting to stab your eye out in boredom and why Hep B is worse than HIV to medical staff people and health safety/lab safety etc. Why can't my full time job just be promoting Otakon? ::sigh::
We got $25 gift cards to the grocery store for Thanksgiving though so I bought some makeup/toiletries. Though they didn't have Wet & Wild anymore so I've yet to buy new teal liquid liner. Someday!

I'm subbing kindergarten tomorrow because I fail at having days off this week and worked so my only day off this week was Sunday. I wasn't supposed to work yesterday but went in half a day and had tomorrow off but agreed to sub. Hopefully the kids aren't bad.

And it's also currently and literally freezing in Connecticut. Go New England!

So I'm more or less being forced to take vacation time from April 11th-20th since my boss is going to Japan to visit his daughter (whynotme!) and the orthodontist is out as well. Thing is, I don't do vacations anymore and have no freaking idea what to do for nine days so...

What should I do/where should I go for vacation?

I'm serious. I need suggestions. I have no idea what to do in April.

So shortly after some Windows automated update yesterday, a lot of sites I'm logged into I was logged out of of so I went to re-log in...
And was having troubles. If I want to log in to LJ, Facebook, or any site I CANNOT click on the remeber me box to save my log in so I dont have to keep logging in. If I do it bounces me back to log in and I can't acess the site. One site doesn't have that box, I think it just automaticcally saves log in, and I can't log in there cuz it bounces me back to log in.
Does anyone have ideas on how to fix this?!

Oh House, after five years my fandomness is vindicated! But damn...two weeks until next new ep? MEAN with how tonght's ep ended. But my squee of delight will carry me over.

Also, I may or may not be dehydrated as I've consumed two full bottles of water in 30 mins and am wanting a third...maybe I'm an amphibian and don't know it?

I've decided to pacify my coworker and Amy and read Twilight, also to justify my dislike for it validly to combat the "but if you read it you'd love it!". Yeah. Two chapters in and I already want to smack Bella. Really, you're nauseated and flipping out because SOMEONE didn't come to school your first week.. OH NOES LE DRAMA.
I know some of my friends on here like this series, and since Shelley determined its something like crack or Uggs, I guess to each their own.
But I will say this, I keep picture Dr. Cullen as Shigure or Hatori. I'm just saying.

I slept. Actually slept. It was amazing and fantastic and awesome! The Dental Associates woman called me yesterday since I phone stalked her in the morning, and said a position opened in the office in my town and she was going to forward my resume/application to her and that since its Fair Days here this weekend I would hear from her next week.
I'm thinking that I'll stop by the Dental Associates booth and say hi. My friend Dawn works there and is usually at the booth anyway. I need moneys since my moving away plan is back on. And it's more experience for my resume. And good pay and benefits yay.
And even if I don't get into grad school for next fall, I'll move anyway. That way I can list myself as a state resident for cheaper tuition if/when I can get into school. I just need to really make a big move and see how I do with it.

And Finola Hughes has the prettiest hair. I want to figure out how she gets such great wavy/curls.

And I've read 55 books this year, working towards 58 this week, and that's actually pretty damn paltry for my normal standards. Ugh. But I guess it's a good number for over halfway through the year.

Plans to see X-Files Tuesday since its $5 all day at the theater in town. Yay!

And this is why Mariah's fiece costume making skillz and Will's sense of humor are for. the.fucking.win.

Ok, ignore my wangsty PMS post from yesterday. After working out today and releasing some happy making endorphins I was able to think more clearly on this work/money/poverty situation.

Truth is, I've been in worse spots pre-con. I mean I was freakin' arrested in 05 a month prior and STILL managed to head a workshop at Otakon, come home and get my case dropped. Oh for people new to this flist, yes, I've been arrested. It was fun times. Akin to swimming in razor blades.

But really, I've been in worse financial binds. I called one of the three companies that I have student loans through and put forbearance on July because regardless of anything coming up I wouldn't be able to pay my bill next week. And really, so what I can't buy shiny things? Never did past 3 years and it won't stop me from having fun. And I mean I really shouldn't worry about food money as my food is supposedly going to be paid for by a certain staffer who shall not be named who owes me. And even if they don't come through, there's Con Suite.
As for my other bills, just going have to not spend any uneccessary money until I'm squared away.
Guh. Ok. Unless I have good reasons, outstanding reasons, you all have permission...in fact I'm asking...comment-slap sense into me if I ever put myself in these positions again.

Srsly. Go tough love on my ass.

Now, will Jill call me so we can hang tonight...hmmmmmmm. Don't wanna sit on ass. At all. Hmmm.

I had my second interview/meeting to see how I do tagging along today with Rewards Network with the Account Exec in CT and it went well and she said she got a good feeling from me and was going to call the Exec I had my first interview with and he would get in touch with me ( I had watched her renew a contract with an Italian restaurant owner, and the Exec was Italian, and so am I so it was rather informal discussion)
So I'm going to assume this means I have the job. Which would be lovely, especially if I can start ASAP in lieu of Otakon being like 27 days away (I don't forsee them having an issue since I only report into the office once a week, most of the job is on the road/working individually from home) and me wanting to actually HAVE money for Otakon this year. And then there's those damn pesky bills I have. So I would like to start ASAP in the instance that like EVERYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH they pay bi-weekly and I'd have to wait 2 weeks or so to get paid. And also since I didn't work at my current job today in the teeshirt sweatshop, I did NOT feel terribly and crappy and weak. So getting away from that would be nice.

So yay!


And my friend Will totally discovered Zero Punctuation and the wonder that is Yahtzee's reviews and there was much enjoyment of those today before dinner. I'm still trying to get him into Penny Arcade.

Over at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books there was a recent post on Flawed Heroines in which an article was linked from The Guardian on Top Ten Flawed Romanitc Heroines. Flawed as is not shiny perfect, has problems, etc.
They listed:

1. Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing
2. Prudence Merridew from the Perfect Rake
3. Ayla from Clan of the Cave Bear
4. Lucinda Leplastier from Oscar and Lucinda.
5. Dorothy Brooke from Middlemarch.
6. Harriet Vane in Gaudy Night.
7. Lisa Palmer from What Was Lost.
8. Christabel LaMotte and Maud Bailey from Possession.
9. Miss Haversham from Great Expectations.
10.Esther Evans in Welsh Girl.

Ok....some I agree with, some I've never heard of, some SHOULD NOT BE ON THAT LIST FOR BEING TOTAL CRO MAGNUM MARY SUES. ::coughcoughaylacoughcough::

If I had to make a 10 list, in no particular order it would probably be like-

1. Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing
2. Elizabeth Bennett from Pride & Prejudice
3. Jaenelle Angelline from Black Jewels Series
4. Emma Woodhouse from Emma
5. Surreal SaDiablo from Black Jewels Series
6. Sophie Hatter from Howl's Moving Castle
7. Regeane from The Silver Wolf
8. Helen Rossi from The Historian
9. Ophelia from Hamlet
10. Katherine of Aragon from the Constant Princess

Ok. I have to make a small note on #10. I really really did not like that Phillippa Gregory took the stance that Katherine of Aragon lied about consumating her first marriage (to Prince Arthur). It's hard for me to totally like her Tudor books in general in terms of their accuracy history-wise. Anyway. Aside from being irked by that fictional stance on the debated question, I did like that Katherine had a good deal of backbone and such. Most people focus on Anne Boleyn for fictional fodder, so I appreciate when Katherine gets a spotlight.

So who would you guys list as favorite flawed heroines?

For a week and half I've been feeling like crap. Not emotionally. Physically. I feel sluggish and lethargic and I haven't been sleeping proper (I never seem to accomplish this well) and I just have no energy.
I don't know if it's the very humid weather assailing CT, the constant high temp of the shop at work, stress, all of the above? It's really, really taking a toll on me. I keep having increasing difficulty getting up because I keep waking up 3:30-4am all the time and take a long time going back to sleep. It's always hot.

And I like summer. That's the kicker.

I'm thinking maybe I should switch my eating habits around and eat primarily vegetables and see if that helps at all. I'm wonder if that is also contributing to the sluggishness. Lack of veg in my diet.

Speaking of work: I'm supposed to have my secondary interview/meeting with an Account Exec for Rewards Network tomorrow, and I have an interview at Dental Associate Friday morning. I do quite hope I get the Rewards Network position. It's great pay and I would like to start ASAP so I have moeny to pay bills/for Otakon/etc. I'm glad I already paid my share of the van in March. ^^;

::fingers crossed::

Since Family Channel has been reshowing HP 1-4 (currently on GOF), I rented OOTP today to really make it a proper marathon. And upon having seen GoF for the first time since the theatre, I have come to this conclusion - Tenth Doctor needs to steal Barty Crouch, Jr.'s leather coat for he looks quite dapper in it.
And I've missed the past 2-3 Dr. Who and I am not happy! Can anyone fill me in on what I've missed? Last I saw it was the episode with the aliens and Martha came back for like two episodes with her secret army brigade....yep. That's last what I saw so...uh. What have I missed since then for Series 4 thusfar is US. Not UK. NO UK SPOILERS K THNX! ::looks to doctthestampede.

Um. Oh. So according to IMDB Johnny Depp is in fact strongly rumored to be doing a Dark Shadows movie in 2010 directed supposedly by Tim Burton and I'm not sure whether to be overjoyed or very panicked. Barnabas Collins HAS to be portrayed a very certain way as does the story and I worry Burton will make it too campy and Burtony.
And he casts Helena Bonham-Carter as Angelique I will scream. She's better off as Dr. Julia Hoffman.
I mean if he does the nice job he did on Sweeney Todd I will be happy. In that he didn't go TOO Tim Burton and let the original story carry itself nicely without his usual, um, overtly Burton touch. C'mon, you know what I'm trying to articulate here, no?
And somewhere biggie_ is still screaming in outrage that I have never seen in entirety A Nightmare Before Christmas and my indifference to it.
Oh and since I never properly explain for those who don't know what it is, click on Captain LinksaLot here for what Dark Shadows is.

Since I already have acrylics and paintbrushes and bristol and whatnot, I do believe I will be auctioning artwork at Otakon.

Now my only problem is choosing stuff to paint. So I would really like feedback on what people think I should do for the auction.

I definitely want to do something for Howl's Moving Castle and Slayers, but I'm sort of scratching my head at the moment on what to do.

You know, I totally wanna see David Tennant as Hamlet over in London for its end of July run.

If only I had, you know, money and the time off avaiable.

D:

Once again, why couldn't I be a trust fund baby?