Woke up about an hour ago...stood in line for three hours last night to see the midnight IMAX showing of the new Transformers movie, and all I can say about it is...

IT WAS SO FREAKING AWESOME!!!

*coughs, then yawns*

Yeah, I'll squee about it some more later when I'm more awake.

Here's a meme I stumbled across a while ago. Don't remember where it came from, but it was fun and I know there are plenty of Disney/animated movie fans out there on my F-List, so I thought I'd share it!

Hmm...wonder how many of these I've seen...?


"X" what you've seen, "O" what you haven't finished but saw sizeable portions of, leave blank what you haven't seen at all. Bold what you loved and strike through what you didn't like.

( Animated Movies )

So, I almost had the WORST DAY EVER today.

It all started with work, which normally isn't all that bad. I mean, sure, I was tired (because hey, I went to a gig my Dad had yesterday and he didn't start playing until 9pm), but I've gone on little sleep before. And work didn't exactly start off on the wrong foot; opening went smoothly and my morning mid came in on time and we were getting things done. In the later afternoon we were going to have a Listening Party for the new Regina Spektor cd, so we worked on finishing up the goodies and whatnot and then...one of our registers decided to go batshit. Seriously. I went to ring a customer up and as soon as I swiped her credit card my computer suddenly had a life of its own and wanted to charge the girl some random number of thousands of dollars. Um, wtf Register 02? I ended up spending most of my semi-pathetic 5 hour shift on the phone with our IT department, who in the end, didn't really fix anything. *le sigh*

And then, there were the f***ing balloons.
*dies*
For said Regina Spektor Listening Party, we decided to get balloons to help advertise that crap was going on at our store. I called a local party store to preorder the balloons so I could just run and pick them up, but what did they tell me over the phone? "Um, we don't do phone orders." ... Really? Because that sucks, party store, and for the record, I'm not really liking you much anymore because every time I go in you are slow and kinda rude. So there. *coughs* Anyway, I'm apparently behind the LADY FROM HELL, because she is taking her sweet little time in picking what she wants. "Um...what kind of baseball balloons do you have?" *pause* "Oh, and I want these here..." *pauses as she is given her total* "Oh, and I forgot, I wanted this other kind of balloon too...oh, and do you have pinatas?" *sales girl gets said pinatas" "But the sign said they were this much..." ME=DEAD

Now, the only thing I was looking forward to, was the fact that at Barnes and Noble, author Seth Grahame-Smith was going to be signing copies of his novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Yes, I know, how awesome is that? Granted, and please don't kill me for this, I have not yet read Pride and Prejudice or even his novel, but I have been meaning to and thought that it would be pretty cool to have a signed copy to read. The signing started at 2pm, which, wouldn't you know, was the time I was originally scheduled to get off work. Barnes and Noble said that the event would last at least 2-3 hours, so I knew I would be okay in getting my book...until work decided that I'm the only one able to leave the store and get balloons and therefore had to stay until 3:30. Grr.

And so there I was, at the freaking party store, in the SAME FREAKING SHOPPING CENTER AS THE BARNES AND NOBLE and it was 3pm, and I could do absolutely NOTHING. I was on the clock, so I couldn't just, you know, jump over to the bookstore and get my book. As I waited for my balloons, I called B&N to ask how much longer the event was going to last. "Another 30 minutes or so." *set mode to panic* Seriously, I freaked and thought about racing back to work, which I didn't, and drove safely, but I literally ran in and dumped the balloons and was all like, "Peace out yo!" and left, because it was already 3:30!

( And, what happened? )

And thus I have signed up for Netflix and am awaiting my first movie.  I currently have six in my que, and hope to add many more over time.

NETFLIX QUE:

-The Little Mermaid (1976, Russian w/English subtitles)
-The Miracle Match (2005 starring Gerard Butler)
-Freaks (1932)
-The Good Earth (1937)
-MirrorMask (2005)
-Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale (2001)



So, here's a question to all of you out there:
Any good movies out there I should take a look at?  New, old, any genre...what are you're favorites and why should I check them out?

Sleep is no friend of mine tonight; and while I sit on my bed trying to lull myself to sleep, I can hear the thunder roll...

At first, the sound was small and distant, and I almost thought that what I had heard was a car driving quickly down the street.  There was silence, then, and I continued with my book as if nothing had happened at all, but jumped when I heard the thunder a second time.  This time it was closer, this time the sound was unmistakable.

But a little thunder didn't scare me.
But a little lightening did.

It was a quick and bright flash, one that I caught out of the corner of my eye coming from under my blinds.  Of course, I thought my mind was playing tricks on me, but when I heard the thunder again...the lightening flashed a second time, brighter, and finally I decided to get out of bed to look out my window.

The final roll of thunder I heard, shook the house and shook me.  It was loud and it was angry and I did not like it in the slightest.  But the light I saw outside my window was fascinating.  The streaks of light that flashed down from the sky, light that seemed to be so close, just beyond a few of the houses in the neighborhood...

And then the rain came.

Okay, so I haven't squee-ed enough about this movie.  And to be honest, I'm not really going to go into full detail about how much I loved this movie right now, lol, but trust me: STAR TREK=TEH AWESOME

And thus, I give you the humor of Star Trek:

 

Last night I went to sleep late. Er, well, rather I went to sleep early this morning. So sue me, I don't work today so I figured I would sleep in! Anyways...

I was finishing up reading Louisa May Alcott's Civil War while listening to my iTunes as I listened tolostmalfoy squee via AIM as she watched Lost In Austen ((which yes, I am guilty of introducing her to despite the fact that I, myself, have not seen it)), when I thought I heard a voice outside my window.  Now, for those of you who do not know, I live in a two-storied triplex, and my room looks out on the little street of my neighborhood.  Generally it's a nice, quiet area where there are hardly any problems, but last night...

I shrugged off the voice as I continued to read the remaining 30 pages of my book and periodically look over as my friend went *gaps* or O.O at her mini series.  The voice seemed on and off anyway, as if it were the one ended side of a phone call.  By 1am I was finished and ready for sleep, so I said goodnight, turned off my computer and got ready for bed.  But the voice was still there.  And it was loud, louder than I thought it was thanks to there being no music for it to hide behind.  Being as sleepy as I was, I did my best to ignore it, thinking I was going to be asleep before long.

But oh, how I was wrong.
Very wrong.

This lady outside my window would not shut up.  Every now and then there was silence as she listened to the other end of her phone call, but all of a sudden she would laugh, this deep, rhaspy, I've-been-smoking-for-the-greater-portion-of-my-life sort of laugh and would prattle on about whatever she chose.  By 1:30am I was catching my second wind, and felt that sleep was nowhere in sight for me, and I'll admit, I was sort of listening to their conversation.  Serious, it was very strange.  I had also, by that time, gotten out of bed to see where this voice was coming from.  She was sitting on the curb directly across the streed from our triplex, and was speaking so loudly that I could hear her as if she were standing right next to me.  Here's a little of what I heard:

"...well, if you already have a restraining order..."

"...I think my daughter was surprised to find that,'OMG! My Mom had a life once!'..."

"...when [insert husband's name here] was in the hospital and I was there with him, bathing him, reading to him, I think that made up for everything I had done while we were married..."

and my personal favorite mini conversation that almost had me sit up in bed:

"...oh, you don't know half of the things I've done...this one time, I was caught in bed with this guy by his girlfriend and then she joined in, and then my fiance at the time found us...I had to be told the next day about what had happened..."

?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

WOW.  All I can say is WOW.  Sleep was all I had wanted, and instead I got an earful from a woman I really didn't want to listen to.  Apparently, Frances ((my landlady/roommate)) says that the woman, who I discovered lives directly across the street, is the mother of Robert's friend ((Robert is Frances' grandson)), and works the nightshift at Disneyland doing who-knows-what.

I think last I saw, the woman was still going strong at at least 2:15am, but I eventually fell asleep, THANK GOD!

So, you guys ever have nights like that?
 

How busy the little bee has been, or, rather the Little Zebra.  I have either been hard at work or out on epic mini adventures, but have been having a good time all the same. 

The end of April took me to the Renaissance Faire, where there was much walking, a good amount of heat, a good deal of wind, good food and fun times...and the day was followed by a trip to a British pub, Ye Olde King's Head for a bite to eat and delicious desserts.

I have recently taken trips to the LA Zoo and Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, both of which had me wanting every animal I saw.  I have a soft spot for marine life, so I especially want a seal, sea otter, and shark, lol.

Movies Seen:
-17 Again: I had no idea I was going to enjoy this movie as much as I did, lol.  It was cute, funny (omg, FUNNY), and um...I kinda like Zac Efron in this,,,?
-X-Men Origins: Wolverine: holy crap, I had no idea Logan was going to be sans ____ when he jumped out of that tank after getting his new skeleton
-Star Trek: WOW. SERIOUSLY AMAZING, MUST SEE IN IMAX WHEN I GET THE CHANCE
-Angels and Demons: really enjoyed this, I think much more than DaVinci Code.  saw the midnight showing and then later that night...crazy for seeing it twice in one day...?

*hangs head*
I am so very behind on my Legend of the Seeker.
*goes off to find episodes online*


Hm, will be back around to give a proper update when I'm a little less sleepy.
*huggles*

remorsefuitears

No I have not died, and no I am not ignoring you. I've merely been very consumed with work, and outings, and life. It's been a good little break, aside from the work, work, and more work, lol, but I'm not complaining. I'd love to write an actual entry, something of a little substance, but I've got nothing at the moment, seeing as how I spent the day at work where we had a High School Model event and then spent the rest of the night at my sister's. That means, I'm wiped out, lol.

But, so that this entry isn't a complete waste, I leave you with a meme:


1. Pick your birth month.
2. Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you.
3. Bold the five-ten that best apply to you.
4. Copy to your own journal, with all twelve months under a lj-cut.

DECEMBER: Loyal and generous. Sexy. Patriotic. Active in games and interactions. Impatient and hasty. Ambitious. Influential in organizations. Fun to be with. Loves to socialize. Loves praises. Loves attention. Loves to be loved. Honest and trustworthy. Not pretending. Short tempered. Changing personality. Not egotistic. Take high pride in oneself. Hates restrictions. Loves to joke. Good sense of humor. Logical.

( January, February, March... )

This is for all my Sound of Music friends out there, found by my friend lostmalfoy. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!

Borders is evil. Borders is even worse when you're not shopping alone. Borders is TEH ABSOLUTE EVILS when you go shopping with peoples who like to take their sweet time and sit and read manga for long periods of time, lol.

Now, I haven't read or watched any manga or anime in a while. The last anime I watched was Fullmetal Alchemist, which I never really got around to finishing ((yes yes, shame on me)), and the last manga I read was Tsubasa: Resevoir Chronicles, but I fell behind on that as well, seeing as how I'm only at vol. 11 ((yes yes, double shame)). But now...well, I've found something new, lol.

It was just sitting there, on a top shelf there at a Borders, minding its own business. But I had to glance over, I just had to see it. I mean, it would have been an easy given to know that I would pick it up and read the back of it after seeing the picture of the 19th maid on the front cover, the one my friend remorsefuitearspointed out happened to look like me. And of course, after having read not only the back but a few pages, would I end up adding it to my pile of "to buy" books.

But my goodness, it was soo good!!! There ended up being seven volumes, each of which were there at Borders every time I walked in. They were a small, guilty pleasure, something I couldn't help but take home with me. It was like any Victorian movie or novel I had ever read, only in maga form. And it was AMAZING. I never wanted it to end, but when it did, I was content and happy. And then I found out there were going to be three additional continuation mangas. *gasps* And then I discovered it had been turned in an anime. *double gasps*

*takes breath*
Everything is fine, though. I have eight of the ten volumes ((nine and ten haven't been released in the US yet)), and I managed to find both seasons of the anime on YouTube ((yeays to not having to go out and spend $100+ on dvds!!!)). I am set and ready to face this obsession!

*insert cute, bunny with colored eggs picture here*


Hope everyone out there has a Happy Easter today!!!

Despite the fact that I wasn't feeling very well last night ((evil sinuses from HELL were bothering me, even after I took some medicine)) and probably should have gone to bed to help the "feeling better" process, I couldn't sleep. Go figure. I decided to take the opportunity to read, this way I might actually make myself sleepy, or finally finish the last 75 pages of the BOOK THAT WOULD NEVER END. Or both.

In the end, it was both, which made me very happy.

I had been reading The Romanov Bride: A Novel, by Robert Alexander. I had read two of his other books before, The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar and Rasputin's Daughter, both historical fiction stories about the Romanov's, their family and social circles.  I had really enjoyed the first two novels by RA, but for some reason just couldn't get into TRB, which killed me because I had been looking forward to reading it.  I'm not sure if it was because the story had two narrators, or if I didn't know enough of the real story of the Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorova.  Either way, it was a tidious read, and I was very happy when it was over and done with.

Now I just need to figure out what to read next.
*le sigh*



Oh, and just in case anyone was curious at all:
Grand Duchess Elisabeth was Tsaritsa Alexandra of Russia's older sister, and she was married to Tsar Nicholas II uncle Grand Duke Sergei.

And yes, it does make my head hurt a little too, lol.

I totally just ate it walking down the stairs to go and get a drink.  Our light in the hall over the stairs can be dimmed, but only from the switch at the bottom, so when I flipped the light at the top I couldn't do anything about the fact that the light wasn't fully bright.  I didn't run down the stairs, but I didn't exactly walk either, so I missed the bottom step as I turned the small corner and fell.

I am made of total win.

I guess this has been going around or something:

Shag, Marry, Push off a Cliff

 

norfolkdumplinggave me
-Laurie ((Little Women))
-Tristan ((Stardust))
-Scripps ((The History Boys))

 

Shag: Scripps
Okay, so I'm going to be honest...I haven't seen this movie in a while, so I almost kinda forgot about who Scripps was.  *hangs head in shame*  I know, I know!!!  And, I'm not entirely sure that I would shag him, but I know I wouldn't marry him or push him off a cliff, so this really was the only answer for him.  Although, if it were Lockwood instead of Scripps, I would definately shag him, because I do like me some Andrew Knott, lol.

Marry: Tristan
Of course I'd marry him.  I'd shag him too, but seeing as how I would marry him I guess it would happen anyway, haha.  Tristan just seems like the kind of person I would love to spend the rest of my life with, going off and having adventures, traveling between worlds, etc.  He would be honest, steady, and fun to be around.

Push off a Cliff: Laruie
This really shouldn't come as too big of a surprise, because I've never been much of a Laurie fan.  I think he's a great friend to the March family, and I'm sure he is a good husband to Amy...but sometimes he's just too whiny for me, and stubborn and immature.  Yes, he does do a lot of growing up, which I'm glad of, but I guess it's just his getting there that annoys me.  *shrugs*



If anyone else would like three names, just drop a comment, and I'll see which ones I pull out of a hat for you.

So, it's taken just about a year, but I finally got around to working a little on my scrapbook.  I started it during my last mini vacation at my Mom's, where the two of us took over her dining room table and went to town.  See, I tend to be a bit of a paper pack-rat, so I had all this craptastic paper-goodness that I had brought with me and told my Mom that I wanted her to help me so something with it.  Now, my Mom is a Stamper, and she's good.  And I mean GOOD.  That being said, her pages were much better than mine, because her artistic talents with paper goods are far greater than mine.  But either way, we had fun, and then sadly, my scrapbook went into a drawer once home and stayed there.

Until today.  I had been meaning to work on it, and for whatever reason felt that today was the day.  I ran to both Target and Michaels to pick up a few things I didn't have and wanted and that were not expensive, and took over the small dining room table downstairs.  I didn't make a mess, and Frances didn't mind, so long as I cleaned up after myself ((which I did, thank you, lol)).  She was confused at first, as to what exactly I was doing, and it was a little hard to explain it to her, but somehow I knew she got it.  My scrapbook amused her, and she shook her head telling me that she didn't have the patience for anything like that.

I only did two pages, but I was pleased with the way they turned out.  They ended up being "Hollywood" pages, because I put in scraps from my most recent trip there, from when I went with my Aunt to go and see Race to Witch Mountain ((which one of these days I will get around to making a post about)).

Now I'm ready to just chill out before bed, and relax.  I think I open tomorrow morning, like I open just about every morning.  That seems to be my lot in life when it comes to work, but hey, that's just fine with me.  At least I'm getting hours and have a job that I like.  I tried calling Montessori to let them know what my schedule was like next week to see if I could pick up a shift, but surprisingly, the line was busy and all I could do was leave a message.  *shurgs* We'll just have to wait and see.

*huggles friends*
Hope you all had a good day and have a great night!

You know, having to get up early every morning for work had me almost forgetting what it's like to sleep in.  Which, yeays, I got to do this morning.  Although, it also kinda sucks.  I mean, today was my only day off this week and I had a list of different things I needed to get done today, all of which would have started after I washed dried and straightened my hair.  I could have gotten started early, or at least at a decent time.  But did I?  No.  I don't think I even got in the shower until almost noon.

First Stop of the Day: The Post Office
Okay, so first off, let me admit that when I first moved into my new place, I nearly had a shit-fit that the post office was literally within walking distance from my apartment.  Anyway, I had to mail something off to my Mom, so I wrote her a note, drove over there and after finding an envelope that was bigger than I was planning on using, I sent it off.

Second Stop of the Day: The Brea Mall
Two of the managers at work, Gwen and Val, have worn these shirts that the rest of us have thought were really cute.  We asked where they got them and they said "Mode Plus", which, other than driving to LA, is there in Brea (which, from where I live, is like...20 min away, tops).  I headed over there, found a parking spot my Sears right up front, and after making a pit stop in the Disney Store, headed downstairs to Mode.

First good, that store...wow.  It's not exactly small, but it's crowded.  Size-wise they have 1, 2, and 3X, but really I think they have medium, large and extra large seeing as how I fit the later two sizes.  But, the clothes is cute and inexpensive, so I decided to give it a shot and managed to leave with two shirts and a black shrug, which I rather like.

Stop Three of the Day: My Sister's House
I told Darla about my Mode Plus and had to show her what I bought because I thought she'd like a lot of the things I had seen.  After grabbing some Coldstone for the both of us, I headed over to her house and tried on the two top outfits I had bought and wouldn't you know: she loved them.  Of course once I had changed back  into my own clothes she tried my new things on.  One shirt was too itchy for her and the other she claimed didn't look as good on her as it did on me ((aw)).  Now she's curious, so we're headed back on Monday and I'm sure she'll find something she likes there.

Stop Four of the Day: Dinner with A. DD
Sizzler was packed when we arrived, and I was already a bit full after having just eaten ice cream ((that, and I had had a late lunch)).  I managed to eat most of my dinner, and like after every meal was ready to give up on food for the rest of my life.  Had a nice chat with my Aunt; talked about possibly going up to Hollywood to see Race to Witch Mountain at the El Capitan Theatre ((which has me uber excited, because I want to see that movie like NOW)).  After dinner I had planned on going to the grocery store, but changed my mind and decided to go tomorrow instead.

Stop Five of the Day: Home
Yeah, the day was a long one, and all I wanted at that point was to just sit on my bed and catch up on tv, lj and other things before Star Wars: The Clone Wars came on.  Yes, I'm a Star Wars dork and love that Cartoon Network show.  And no, I don't care who knows it.


And that, was the end of my day.

I'll admit, I have no idea where to begin.  Having gone without a comupter, or the internet, for so long has me almost not knowing what to do with it.  I guess that just means that I've learned to live without it, but I have a feeling that very soon my old friend and I will get back to our old ways.

So yeah, it took me long enough, but I now have the internet.  After playing phone tag, Time Warner agent hopping, trying to figure out what kind of special dsl packages were available, buying a router, fixing the installation problems I was having...everything seems to be working perfectly (aside from one other thing I will be dealing with in the next few days).  At first, I didn't know what to do with myself.  The internet?  What's that?  I'd log in, and aside from talking to friends on AIM, I had no idea what to do first.  Email?  YouTube?  iTunes?  Crap, I forgot how addicting it all was.  And I will admit, I did stay up a little later than usual to get myself a little caught up on things.  But hurrays to finally being back online.

Life for me hasn't really changed too much, though, since I last posted.  Work consumes most of my life, and when I'm not at Torrid I pick up shifts at the Montessori school I subbed at.  As much as I wanted to go back to school this spring, well, it just didn't work out.  I'm planning on saving up and going back in the fall, so keep your fingers crossed for me that it happens!!!

I've had good news: my step-sister's engagement
I've had bad news: the death of a close family friend

I've been seeing movies: Slumdog Millionaire, Watchmen, Coraline, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button...
I've been watching tv: Top Chef: New York, CSI, CSI:NY, Legend of the Seeker
I've been reading books: Louisa May Alcott's Civil War, Wizard's FIrst Rule, The Romanov Prophecy ((and even joined a site about reading, lol, http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1650836-Dana))
I had a great mini vacation: my Mom and Richard came down and had a blast.


I've been...living life and it's been pretty great.