I feel : accomplished

I spent all of my day today working on my Multimedia assignment. For which I was supposed to start on my draft of a website that explains why I want to be a librarian. This was hard for two reasons. I don't really know if I want to be a librarian. Dreamweaver kind of hates me. But, with much muddling through, I was able to finish the project. The most awesome/sad part is that all of the photos on the site were discovered purely from memory. Like I knew off the top of my head what episode they were from without even thinking about it. However, finding the pictures of myself took forever.

Oh, and new Office promo:

I feel : rushed

Weekend is busy.

But this is amazing. Edward Cullen as a doll. I don't want to think about what those are probably going to be used for.

And new gif must be shared because it is new gif:

GIP.


:)



all a-board the cheechoo train, indeed.

Like, for instance, what a Babyfur was.

OH, INTERNET.

Moving on! I was really excited about the fact that it's not even 10 pm and I've had time to catch up on my friends list and the internet without my husband being like, "Why don't you love meeeeee, hang out with me!" But that's because he went to a [nerd alert] LAN party tonight. I was kind of jealous that he got to leave before I put Dexter to bed, but I'm not sure that's the party I was looking to attend.

Now that it's almost 10 pm, though, and I've gone through everything, and I've had a little bit of wine and I can't find anything satisfying to eat around here (the cheese option still needs to be explored), I am feeling tired.

Today was a pretty good day. My mother-in-law and her sister finally came in yesterday evening. They were here today, so I made breakfast for them and then we went out to the mall to get some pictures of Dexter taken! I'm not sure whether to be ecstatic or jealous of how photogenic my son is. Because I am the anti-photo. But my son -- man, he just lit up with smiles when that woman was pointing the camera at him. God bless him for being so cute, but man -- my WALLET.

I ended up getting a package that included two framed photos and 7 sheets of pictures. I changed out my three-picture frame with new pictures taken today and then put some of the other new pictures in small frames I bought separately. I'm going to give some of the smaller (framed - 4X7 & 5X8) pics to my family and send some unframed ones to Wes's family. When I asked Wes about hanging one of the big framed pictures up downstairs, he was like, "Whoa - psycho. I don't want to become one of those people who's got baby pictures everywhere." Haha. That totally sounds offensive, but I love my husband. I don't want to become that person, either! But I can't HELP MYSELF because the pictures are so damn cute. GAH.

The nice thing was that Wes's mom paid for half of the order and she took one of the large framed pictures back with her. I am going to photograph a few. Seriously, I'm not trying to brag about this. I am jealous. Why does he get all the photogenic-ness? :P

Anyway, after all of that business, we met Wes for lunch so he could see his mom before she left town.

Right now I'm not even sure what to do with myself. This may be the first night I've had to myself in a few months, so it's sort of weird.

In all honesty, the only thing I miss about the time when I didn't have kids was the freedom to be by myself. I had a lot of time to myself, and/or the freedom to go off and do something myself whenever I wanted. I don't have that now, and at times, I miss my independence. It's something I've always enjoyed. Nonetheless, when I actually HAVE it, it feels weird. Go figure.

I deeply enjoy how scrolling down my friends page, it is just ONE NUTTYMADAM EMBEDDED VIDEO AFTER ANOTHER.

( friday night polls really enjoy reading the comments on ontd's ratings posts. )

I feel : satisfied

Since I saw the thing had been posted on Perez's site, I was waiting for this. Nutty Madam, complete with the return of the green t-shirt. She watches the Twilight trailer and we are all thankful:



Seriously, my newest greatest wish is to go the UK when Emma goes to the theater and just sit in absolute awe. I almost want to bet that she gets thrown out of the theater before the opening sequence has even finished, but think that maybe she might be able to contain herself out of the need to see the whole thing, or that her brain will just explode and make my point totally moot.

( Friday Night Lights- 3x02 )

I feel : tired

Why did I insist on staying up last night on this amazing website, trying to find a video of Will Forte dancing to go along with it? And why is NBC such a douche about having content up? Like, I understand you taking material down off of Youtube. It doesn't belong to them. But, then you should put that stuff up yourself, either on Hulu or your own site. BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST NEED TO SEE WILL FORTE DANCE!!!

( What I Did at Work Today: The Office Related, Duhs )

( Supernatural 4.04 )




In other news, today the new Twilight trailer made ME flap my hands around like a 12-year-old girl, so. I JUDGE NOT.

Just so we're clear: I AM NOT PROUD.

( top five disney channel original movies, with a surprise guest appearance by jason dohring. when you click on this cut, you will understand why part one contains only ONE top five. )

I feel : disappointed

*blinks*

( The Office )</ Gob voice>

DEAR ALCS GAME ONE:

Why couldn't you be a home game? I'll be around tomorrow! I love being near Fenway on ALCS days! BULLSHIT, YO.

DEAR EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER WONDERED HOW CBS GETS SUCH CRAZY GOOD RATINGS:

I found out who watches Two and a Half Men and The Unit and Cold Case and all that other stuff! EVERYONE I WORK WITH.

DEAR PROJECT RUNWAY:

I haven't seen you yet, but really: Fuck you. Stop making my favorites finish fourth. Every fucking year!

TWO THINGS:

1. CRAP IT'S ALREADY THURSDAY AGAIN!!! I've been meaning to say this all week, so before it's too late: Steph's SPN 4x03 Picspam. GO. NOW. It is epic and makes me want to talk about parts of that episode over and over and in excruciating detail until I work it all out in my mind. THAT EPISODE! I'm still not remotely over it, and I STILL have not had the FREAKING TIME to go read everyone's posts about it, and IT'S ALREADY THURSDAY AGAIN. Gah, life and Doing Work At Work, you are killing me and my fandom needs. Didn't Kripke get the memo about episode three of season four and how it's not supposed to be INSANELY BADASS? DIDN'T HE? Save that shit for sweeps, when I'm not out of town, Kripke! Sheesh.

2. This is obviously brilliant all on its own, as usual, but also just made me yell at my screen, "COME BACK TO LIZ LEMON, FLOYD THE FLOWER GUY! COME BAAAAAAAAAACK!" I'm just saying, 30 Rock. BRING BACK SUDEIKIS. SUDEIKIS/FEY FTW.

I've been having a really rough week. It seems like everything has just gone wrong and I cannot seem to remember anything. So usually when I'm having weeks like this, I change my desktop to something to cheer me up.

( so what did I change my desktop to, you ask? )

I feel : bored

I'm in class right now. My parents were still in bed when I got up this morning. I don't want it to be this kind of day. However, new Office, so, many more things are survivable than they would be otherwise.

What is this fuckery about 10 Things I Hate About You becoming a TV show? No, seriously, what is that?

Ok, to make up for that, this blog is collecting questions to ask Jason Katims about Friday Night Lights. I submitted one =)

Otherwise, I require entertainment. This is a call to all of you, haha.

Today in class, I learned that movies are made up of scenes that are made up of individual frames. Then I learned that sentences are made up of words which are made up of letters.

No, I'm not making this up.

I think I was giving my professor this incredulous look because he asked me if I was confused. I replied with a "No, I'm not at all" and I literally just started laughing. I had to cover my mouth and turn away because I actually could not stop for a minute.

Oh, I'm way too tired to deal with this crap.

I feel : thankful

Just when I thought I'd have nothing to post about today:



As Neenan so eloquently stated:
somebody needs to alert nuttymadam immediately

OMFG! I AM WATCHING HIGHLIGHTS ON YOUTUBE
OMFG! EVGENI NABOKOV, PLEASE PLEASE MARRY ME!
I WILL HAVE MORE SEX WITH YOU THAN YOU THOUGHT POSSIBLE!

October 27, 1999: Jerry D reviews the fourth episode of Roswell for crashdown.com:

This episode of Roswell was one of the most moving and touching episodes of a television show that I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. I can’t remember when I was ever so profoundly affected by a television show, and even Dawson’s Creek in its heyday couldn’t come close to imparting the emotion and sentiment that this wonderful episode of Roswell conveyed.

BRB DYING OF LAUGHTER. CRAZY OLD JERRY D, HE'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR A LAUGH.

The I Haven't Talked About Politics In Two Whole Entries, And Not In A Serious Way For Four!Post
Or:
My Thoughts on The Election: Let Me Show You Them

The Debate:

• BARACK. HONEY. DARLING. CURRENTLY-BORING LIGHT OF MY LIFE. ATTACK ON SOCIAL SECURITY. ATTTACCCCCCK. Guys, are you aware that McCain wants to privatize social security, ie: invest it in the stock market? HAH. HAH HAH. FANTASTIC IDEA. In light of recent events this makes him look RETARDED. Casually drop that in conversation, Obama! It's a publicly stated opinion on his website! It's not even like an attack-y attack! And it has the benefit of being TOTALLY TRUE.
  
• Here's what I wish that the candidates had done more - that sacrifice question. I thought that was not only a GREAT question, but a really great opportunity. If I was a candidate, I'd answer that I'd ask Americans to sacrifice their pride and instead invest in trust. I'd ask Americans to stop pointing fingers and playing the blame game. I'd ask them for a moment of courage (that I know they are capable of) to extend one hand to their neighbor and another to the government and consider solutions, not rifts, not personal vendettas, not fear, solutions. It will be hard. It will take courage and a willingness to forgive that does not come easily, but we can do it. If 9/11 (and you all know how often I love to namedrop) has taught us anything, it has taught us that America coming together can be done. Let's not make it something that only happens in anger in the face of a tragedy. Let's make it a policy. Let's make it a priority. Let's understand that our government is made up of people - people who are sometimes wrong, or greedy, or just as proud and afraid as you are, people who can and will make mistakes, people who wrestle with the problems you wrestle with every day, and let's learn to forgive so we can come together and truly negotiate the best solution for the economy. Let's come together and hear from both sides of the aisle on their views on each and every issue. And let's extend that view worldwide to our allies who we have increasingly alienated ourselves from. Let's take lessons from the previous successes of governments around the world. Let's examine their systems that are ranked better than ours - their health care, their education, their environmental policies. Because I believe that there are solutions out there and we should, and we must sacrifice our pride long enough to invest in them.
  
• You guys, I don't know what McCain is thinking, but you cannot count Joe Lieberman as reaching across the aisle. NOBODY (Democrats or Republicans) can count Lieberman as reaching across the aisle. Lieberman doesn't even know what side of the aisle he's ON. The only reaching around he does is for his own ass, okay. Just, seriously. The name dropping is not working in your favor, John-Boy.
  
• Here's the thing about nuclear energy that John McCain, in his own words, just doesn't understand. It's true, there is nothing SCIENTIFICALLY wrong with nuclear energy. In theory, it's a great idea. But that is in THEORY. In reality, there are a lot of problems. First of all, there's nuclear waste. My feeling on any energy policy is this - if you don't want the byproducts of it to be dumped in your own yard or even within a hundred-mile radius of you, it's a bad idea. And furthermore, for someone so obsessed with national security, McCain seems to be ignoring the huge risk nuclear anything poses, let alone nuclear energy. Nuclear anything is scary. It is something we should be afraid of. In the wrong hands it is utterly catastrophic. It can be used for scientific good, but with that good comes a very real and very scary possibility for it to be used against us.
  
  On the other hand, it's pretty damn hard to use a solar panel against us, unless you dropped it on someone's head. Wind turbines aren't even a threat to birds, let alone humans. Why would you want to use nuclear energy, which poses such a risk, when you could use risk-free, already existent technology that has zero potential to hurt anybody unless you're really, really morbidly creative?
  
• The number one misconception regarding socialized health care, WHICH I HATE, is this; you do not lose your choices with socialized health care. The government can and is capable of of offering a range and multitude of health care options. You do not lose competition. The government pays for and rewards health care companies to come up with the best plans for them to use. The only thing that changes is where it comes from. All that changes is the government watches over and ensures that everyone automatically gets health care, because people who are for socialized medicine (like me) believe that being taken care of when you're sick or injured is a right, the same way being saved from a fire or a mugging is, the same way free education is, the same way freedom of speech is, and you need a government to make sure no one gets shafted from their rights. THAT IS ALL THAT IS HAPPENING. GET IT RIGHT.
  
• So I know this is crazy, but if I was going to cast my vote for someone, first of all I'd like them to not see letters in people's eyes (because that is probably a form of psychosis), but I'd also like them to be able to count the number of eyes on someone's face versus the number of letters in the acronym "KGB". I'LL GIVE YOU A HINT - THEY'RE NOT THE SAME.
  
• Hey, both candidates - SAY SOMETHING NEW. Shake this up! I have faith you can do it!
  
  Barack, start taking punches. Your opponent sure isn't holding back. Hell, there are punches you can make without even really punching the guy (see: my earlier suggestions of social security). I guess maybe "throw some punches" is the wrong message. I more mean "make him have to explain, the way he is making you explain, his crazy retarded ideas". Put him on the defensive. I know that you've got a very solid lead (for which I am pumped), and that in general you are extremely high-minded and not going for the low blows. That is okay. I am in favor of that. I'm not talking about you unveiling tapes of that one time McCain went into the woman's dressing room by accident or how he totally loves his Depends (everyone knows that's why he was so cranky tonight, because he hadn't had time to get a change - am I right?) whatever, I mean, he's fucking up left and right and since you're not saying something, nobody is saying something. Make him look incompetent. It's really not that hard.
  
  John, I know you're mostly stupid, which is okay, because usually that's something we look for in a president. But right now you're behind. Like, you're really uncomfortably trailing right now. And as we all know, the fundamental definition of idiocy is doing/saying the exact same things and expecting different results. You know what? People do not like or want a grumpy grandpa. They are not liking your temper, your derision, or the fact that you think you and only you know all the answers. America is tired of some old white dude going "No, seriously, trust me, I've got this", especially when you've agreed with that retarded white dude over ninety percent of the time. And the only people listening to your inane smears about some real douchebag who committed crimes while Obama was in elementary school and then served on a committee with him once (OH NO, because you TOTALLY CHOOSE who serves on committees with you, that really besmirches his character) are people who already support you. You do not need to plant a seed of doubt about Obama, because his skin color, unfortunate middle name, and particularly high IQ do that for him already. Those seeds are fine. Move on to a new crop, like, the one I like to call "meaningful solutions". I hear that one's really raking in the cash these days.
  
  So right now on this point I am not forgiving either of you. Your pre-approved rhetoric is currently kind of making me feel like you are the song "Hey Ya!" and it's 2002 all over again. I didn't enjoy that feeling then, and I certainly don't enjoy that feeling now.
  
• At first Tom Brokaw was really winning me over as a moderator. He was totally made of snappy old man win until he started showing blatant favoritism. Tom, Tom, Tom.
  
• In conclusion, CNN always has homoerotic headlines up after debates (today's gem: "McCain, Obama hammer each other")before taking it down for something way more boring ("Debate highlights stark differences"). If I was president, I would make every newspaper in the country have homoerotic or just plain sophomoric headlines all the time. Because it makes the world a better, more entertaining place.

Other Campaign Miscellany:

• I know it's pandering and shamelessness of the worst kind but Yes We Can (Hold Babies) is my new favorite blog. Barack Obama. Babies. Babies and Barack Obama. There is clearly nothing wrong with this whatsoever.
  
• It's been a while since I looked at the electoral map, so I decided to take a gander today. And now I think we need to discuss this.
  
  ( So,while using visual aides, let's discuss. )
  
• As the obligatory Jew around these parts, I feel honor-bound to share this video. Partially out of pride of my hilariously awesome people, and partially because today marks the second time in my entire life (the first being when she started fucking Matt Damon) that I wanted to high-five Sarah Silverman instead of punching her in the face.
  
  And if that wasn't enough Jewish fabulousness for you, here, have a 92-year-old Jewish great-grandmother talk about why she thinks Obama is such a nice boy. No, really, her user name is BubbesForObama. I don't think you understand how much this made my day.

Edit: Dear Mom,
So that bean something-or-other you made last night was really, really, really super delicious, which I thank you for. In fact, it was so super delicious I had about two and a half servings last night and then I had it again for lunch today. That is not the problem. The problem now is that I am having a chronic flatulence issue, only this time I am pretty sure I am farting in technicolor, that's how pugnacious these babies are. Next time, make beans less delicious. I only ask for this because I am concerned with everyone's safety due to the declining air quality in this house.
Love, Me

( fate! you are SO CRUEL. )

EDIT: Apparently polls are a Paid Account feature. HAHAHA I THINK WE ALL KNOW SAVING TWENTY BUCKS IS NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE ME GIVE UP FRIDAY NIGHT POLLS.

To make this suddenly-irrelevant post less irrelevant, I declare BANKRUPTCY:

Top 5 meme!

If you are not familiar with the Top 5 meme, welcome to LiveJournal - this is the part where you request to see my top five anythings - Ryan Atwood snarky moments, sports movies, TV shows, blogs, Barney quotes, whatevereverever you want to see/know.