I'm a little behind on the meme, so I'll be playing catch up today!

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day 09 → a photo you took



Kelsey and Suu are the collective Turk to my JD. And this day was the day Suu's mom told us to "tone down the crazy". Epic cookie battles were had between Ninjabread Man and the Sugar Cookie Pirate for the hand of Lady Christmas Tree.

day 10 → a photo of you taken over ten years ago



I'm about 11 or 12 in that picture. It's been a long time since I've had my hair that long.

day 11 → a photo of you taken recently


Yes, I dyed my hair again. It was supposed to be a Turquoise color, but it ended up more green than I expected.

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Happy Holidays everyone~

As for me, I'm sick, so I'm going to go back to resting. Bleeeh.

"I'll...Be back soon." [ Brandon spoke these words as he gave one last look to X early in the morning of christmas, after all he had a mission and dispite all he planned to do it so behold the silent tall man bundled up in a coat and a scarf courtesy of X [He figures it was a christmas gift] of course he worried about the teenager getting himself sick, but Brandon, well he pretty much thinks he's indestructible like the robot. Now that he was awake and he had actually made...Christmas Macaronni. SHUT UP HE CANT COOK XC!

He had set to the streets after weeks of worrying and thinking about it he had come to the 'realization' that Bunji the strange man he had seen on the beach...MUST BE HOMELESS! He planned to set out and find the lost soul and bring him home. Though Brandon Heat could tell by looking at Bunji the one time he could tell the man was older but for some reason the fighter felt the man needed someone to watch over him.

Silently slipping through the cold streets, he was unarmed of course even if he had a gun the one he had killed a man with at Big Daddys party that got transported with him he didn't like them at all, not after all Harry had done with his... No Brandon had no idea what the future had instore for him.]

Happy Holidays, Everyone~

So, so tired. Yesterday was spent with Kelsey and Suu, the collective Turk to my JD. First, we spent time at one of those places where we can rent a room for kareoke and sang for three hours. Some were serious songs, some were not. I think the highlight though was Kelsey singing "Don't Trust Me" by 3OH!3 in an operatic fashion. Epic? Oh yes!

Then we went to Kelsey's house (where a bunch of our other friends live as well) and first watched a few episodes of Bones and ate dinner. I may have to look into Netflixing Bones, I liked what I saw. It's a fun serial. The tone reminds me a lot of Castle.

Then, we started drinking more and playing the game Loaded Questions. At first...we gave serious answers, but as it went on it started to deteriorate to answers like "your mom," and "a ho". I know at one point, we were supposed to describe the person to our right and Suu described Kelsey as "a ho" and I described Suu as "Busty Cop" which is an inside joke based on a softcore porn we watched together a while back and we were so amused by our answers that we ended up laughing so hard that we cried a little.

Eventually, Suu and Kelsey went to sleep and I ended up talking to Loki, Liv, and Tyler until about 7 am. I get really talkative and candid when I'm drunk, I'll admit that. I slept for about three hours, got up for breakfast with Kelsey, Suu, and Mike (Kelsey's boyfriend Mike, not the other Mike) and then Kelsey drove me home. And then I slept off most of my hangover.

Tomorrow, we go to my uncle's house. My family does most of it's celebration stuff on Christmas Eve. Weee~

In other news, I'm pretty sure the power source on my laptop is completely fried. And I know my warranty from HP is up. I bought an extended warranty from Circuit City, but as they only exist as an online store now, I'm not sure if that still works. So I might be shit out of luck for a while unless my grandma helps me to pay to fix it. At least I have my netbook in the meantime though.

ETA:
Called CityAssure, the company I was supposed to call about my extended warranty, and it's still covered. Apparently I just need to take my computer to the local Radio Shack and they'll fix it for me. Win!! I probably won't get it taken in until Saturday, with the holidays and everything, but it should be fine. I'm so relieved.

I hope everyone has good holidays, and I love you all!!!

I'm a little behind on the meme, so I'll be playing catch up today!

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day 08 → a photo that makes you angry/sad


The other person in this photo story is my former best friend Meagan. Keyword there on former. What went down with her is still a sore subject in a lot of ways, and I can't say it didn't vastly change how I view friendships, sadly.

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I'm a little behind on the meme, so I'll be playing catch up today!

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day 05 → your favourite quote

Why is it always what will I do? "What will he do", "What will he do," "Oh, my god what will he do", Do, do, do, do, do. Why isn't the issue here who I am?
-Max from Across The Universe

I have a lot of quotes I'm very fond of...but this one fits rather nicely with kind of where I am right now in life.

day 06 → whatever tickles your fancy

So I've been rewatching season one of Skins via Netflix Instant Que (why did it take me so long to sign up for Netflix?!) and I've rediscovered my intense love for Cassie. Seriously, she may be my favorite female character ever. More than Elle, more then Jessica, more than anyone. She's so beautifully flawed and broken and sweet and just a little off. I was captivated by her from the first episode, and it lasted for all of the first two seasons. I know alot of my friends haven't seen Skins because it's a British series, but it's pretty fucking amazing, and I would see it just for her.

This video pretty cements the reasons why I love her (and now I can't hear this song without thinking of her):



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day 07 → a photo that makes you happy



Meeting Amanda Palmer and going to those beach meetings with her has to be the highlight of 2009 for me. Yes, even more than meeting ZQ. Sure, ZQ is hot but AFP inspires me. She's so beautiful and talented, and the fact that she reaches out and connects with her fan base is really just amazing. Plus, look, she's kissing me. She really is one of my idols in life and getting to actually interact with her on such a personal basis only made me love her more.

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I'm watching this documentary on characters actors who's name we usually don't know and the first actor they brought up was Stephen Towbolsky! AKA Bob Bishop!AKA Sandie. AKA The Garf from that show my uncle wrote for. And then they showed Jane Lynch in Party Down. I can tell I'm going to dig this!!!

It was nice, visiting the cemetary today. I don't think we've ever gone around Christmas time before. It was really lovely seeing the different decorations and things people put around their loved ones gravestones. Really touching, you know? We just got a couple of things for my mom and dad's grave (shared spot) and for my grandpa's as well. Plus, I finally brought the stuff to clean the gravestones. There was something oddly cathartic about rubbing them down and getting them clean again, for the first time in years. We really need to get better at not letting them get so dirty.

We also ate at a resturant I hadn't been to since I was like...eight. It's called Frisco's and it has booths that look like cars! And the waitresses are all on rollerskates, like an old car hop. It's a fun place, and it was nice to revisit it.

Then I got home, and started on more of my holiday baking/cooking. Today's agenda? Making caramels. Very tricky, and I was afraid I was going to overcook them, but both batches came out. I need to finish wrapping them though. Maybe I should have cute them into bigger pieces. Bleeeh. It's not hard, it's just time consuming.

Tomorrow is cookies. I'm making chocolate chip cookies and snickerdoodles. Might make pumpkin cookies too, we'll see. I'm short on money like whoa this year, so I'm making people little tins of goodies instead. Which is taking alot more of my time the shopping ever would, but oh well.

AND AND. Suu is coming down from Washington. Antics with her, myself and Kelsey? OH YOU CAN BET THERE WILL BE.

Happy Birthday, Mommy.

Going to the cemetery later with my grandma. Gotta remember to bring something with me to clean the headstones this time. I always forget.

I plan to fill the car ride over there with David Bowie. It's only fitting, after all.



I used to tease my mom a lot for choosing this song as the song she and my dad walked down the aisle to for their wedding. It's a great song, but it's also a pretty sad love song too.

Sometimes it seems weird that Bowie continues to live and perform in a world without my mother there to listen to him.

I finally got to see Precious tonight. It was...jarring, to say the least. Really good, with stellar, chilling performances, but I don't know if I've been that upset watching a movie in a long time. To think that there are parents like that out there (and I know there are) it makes me physically sick to my stomach. Some of it was more...graphic than I was expecting, and I could see where it would be really, really triggering for anyone who's been raped or sexually abused or physically abused for that matter. And man, who knew Mariah Carey could act? She was really good in her small role, which I wasn't expecting after her other movie attempts (ie the horror that is Glitter).

But I mean, it's an amazing movie, and kudos to the filmmakers for not skirting around how gritty those sort of situations are, and how truly horrible some families are but it's not a movie I would recommend for everyone. It really got under my skin, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I think it's easy enough to close our eyes from such situations because they aren't happening to us, but that doesn't mean they aren't happening.

I think if I wasn't trying to be a writer, I might want to become a social worker to help kids in situations like that. At the same time, I'm not sure I could handle such upsetting work either. There's a reason why a lot of social workers burn out, sadly.

Then I got home and watched Dollhouse. Pretty epic stuff happened. Adelle continues to be a HBIC. And the promos for the last three episodes! Dr. Saunders returns! We see more of Bennet! God damnit, why am I getting excited for a show that's been canceled. CURSES.

I'm a little behind on the meme, so I'll be playing catch up today!

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day 03 → your favourite television program

Currently on tv? Of all time? Man, there could be so many answers to this question. Seriously. I think I'll have to go with Scrubs. I'm not including new Scrubs 2.0 Med School
as I'm still forming my opinion on that (though I'm liking it more than I expected). But the first eight seasons? I adore them. The show managed to be funny, silly, and heartbreaking all at once. I probably quote this show more than any other. And for a sitcom? Jesus Christ has this show made me cry alot. When I rewatch through my DVDs, I almost always skip the arc where Dr. Cox accidentally kills three patients. It's so heartbreaking. Plus, they had one of the best musical episodes ever. It probably helps that they had actually Broadway writers help them with the music.



I know, you probably expected for me to show Guy Love but man if I don't find a song about Poop hilarious. It's also catchy. It gets stuck in my head all the time.

I know, both my favorite movie and tv show are Zach Braff centric. I can't help it. I love the man. :) He was my first Zach love, sorry ZQ :p

day 04 → your favourite book

Have I mentioned how hard these "favourite" questions are? Seriously D:

But I'm going to go with one of the most read books I own. The binding on my copy is pretty much ready to give:



I adore this book. When I was younger, I was pretty taken with the King Arthur stories, and I read a lot of different variations on them. This remains to be my favorite. I loved that they told it through the female's point of view. Especially Morgana Le Fay's. It's really a rich exploration of her motives and sides of the stories that we haven't seen before. Plus Bradley did great research on the older, pre-Christian religions and what Avalon represented within them. If you have not read this book yet, I highly, highly recomend it. I seriously reread it at least once a year.

But whatever you do, do not hunt down the TNT miniseries they did based on it. It pretty much rapes all that is awesome about the book. I remember when it first premiered. I don't think I've ever cursed out a TV as much as I did watching that show.

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The bread is done. Thank god.

Now I need to do the baking/candy making I'm doing for people's presents. I already finished the chocolate truffles I was making today. I think I'm also going to make caramels and pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting. Maybe some traditional chocolate chip cookies too.

I can't believe Christmas is next week. Where the hell did this year go? I don't even know, but for the most part, I'm glad to see it over with. Here's to hoping 2010 is better.

I'm going to see if my grandma can take me the cemetery on Sunday. We'll see. I feel bad for not going more often, sometimes. But it's not really close to us. And I don't drive. I don't know if I'd really go more if it was closer though, honestly. I'll need to bring stuff with me to clean off the headstones, this time. It was so filthy last time we visited.

I need to start on my heroes_exchange fic and my hope_in_sight fic. Bleeeeh, inspiration.

I think I might have a cold :(

Still haven't found someone to sublease the apartment. Uggggggh.

I decided to show photgraphic evidence of my baking madness. So far we have 94 little loafs and about 30 big loafs. So much pumpkin bread.

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In other news, the cleaning lady broke the statue from my grandparent's 50th anniversary today. As if we needed extra stress in the house right now. My grandma is going to flip.

I'll probably need to do some more baking when I get home but for now I am dressed for the Hannukah dinner and ready to go. Man, showering felt amazing. I have a burn on my hand that looks like where Tyler Dursden did the acid burn. So I've been muttering Fight Club quotes to myself.

Yeah, I'm a dork.

So our oven broke and was burning everything, so my grandma went out and bought another portable roaster oven, and a toaster over to use with roaster oven she already had, and the baking continues today.

My grandma does not fuck around when it comes to her holiday pumpkin bread.

But at least the house smells nice and pumpkiny. She also basically gave me fifteen bucks to shop with her last night. I'm kind of okay with this. I really need all the money I can get right now. Don't judge.

Tonight we're going to go to a Hanukkah dinner with some family friends. I've never really been to one before, and what I know about Hanukkah I basically learned from cartoons like Rugrats and when the Jewish parents spoke to us in school, so it'll be interesting, at the very least. Afterward, my grandma and I are going to try to see Precious. This will be our fourth attempt to see this movie.

Got my grades in. B for Writing for Television and an A in Screenwriting. Considering how...all over the place I was all quarter, I'm pretty proud of myself.

In other news, still don't have anyone to sublease my place. I'm calling my doctor's office today to see when I can get an appointment.

Christmas is next week. Where did this year even go? I don't know. I'm kind of glad to be almost done with it though. Here's hoping 2010 is a better year.

[ Brandon was glad to be back in his body it was nice to be able to do things on his own again not that being an addorible dragon didn't have perks but still. His mind was on two things alternating. Maria first and foremost. How the blond had loved the snow, the night she had leaned on him and told him to just hold her after she cleaned the blood off his face. Yes he thought then she may have a heart to love him but it was much to late now after all... Jester died for him. Her uncle, her only family. He died to save Brandon, a useless peice of gutter trash, and why? As the man said for Maria.

For if Brandon died Maria's heart would die too... A truth he would come to learn many years later.

The second thought that kept nagging away at him was who was that mysterious man with the sunglasses he seemed like he had the same lonliness to him...something was kindred about him not the same feeling he got from Harry, no this was far from the same...Brandon looked to the sky as the snow feel into his hair watching the sky. How was that man? Why did he seem to know him? And why did it bother him so? Lots of people knew him...he was Harry's friend of course people knew him...

Why did the snow also break his heart longing for someone he knew he shouldn't love but still he did? Sitting there on the roof of X's apartment building like he used to in the slums Brandon was plauged by these thoughts enought o not even care that he had no coat on, Brandon was a man like that he never bothered with a jacket at this age.]

Today is being taken over by baking. My cousin Alexis was supposed to be making pumpkin bread for my grandma (my grandma gives it out every year around christmas time to coworkers and such) but as she isn't here yet, I've taken over. A pain, but I can use the cash. And my grandma is paying me ten dollars an hour, so it's not too bad.

To put this in perspective I'll need 75 small loafs and 50 big loafs. It's alot of baking.

In other news, look at my new icon! Community makes me ridiculously happy. If you haven't watched it yet, right now they have all the episodes that have been shown so far on Hulu, so now is the time to catch up. It's hilarious and fun, and you all wish you had a Christmas Troy :p

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day 02 → your favourite movie

It was hard choosing one movie, I have so many that I love. But ultimately, I settled on Garden State. I've been in love with this movie since it first came out. I don't think I've ever related to a main character the way I relate to Andrew Largeman. This movie is funny, endearing, hopeful and heartbreaking all at once. I almost always cry, no matter how many times I watch it. Plus, it has one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard. And some amazing quotes. In fact, I tweaked one of the quotes from it to use as my senior quote in my high school yearbook:

I know it hurts. That's life. If nothing else, It's life. It’s real, and sometimes it fuckin’ hurts, but it's sort of all we have.

And by tweaked, I mean I took out the curse words.

I could ramble on forever why I love this movie. I could rave about the performances, the tiny little moments in this movie, Zach Braff's eye as a director. But instead, I'll leave you with the trailer. And if you haven't seen this movie, I highly recommend checking it out.



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I decided to do that thirty day interests meme thing. Mostly cause I was bored. And I love sharing things I love.

day 01 → your favorite song

Ugh, this is hard :( But I think I'm going to go with "Have to Drive" by Amanda Palmer. When first listening to this album, this song didn't really stick out to me, but lately, I've been listening to it a lot. It kind of fits where I am right now, emotionally, and the reasoning behind some of my recent decisions.




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In case you weren't aware of my awesomeness, faded_facade made me a sign to proclaim it to people.

In other news, The Princess and the Frog was really enjoyable. I want to see it again. Also, "I've got business partners on the other side" is a more accurate statement for the villain, but not as catchy.

In other, other news, this shirt I ordered came in. It makes me so happy, happier then a shirt should, probably. But it makes me laugh!

Tonight we're going out to a Cuban resturant and then we're seeing Precious. That movie looks amazing, so I'm pretty stoked. The only downside is I'll have to wait to watch Californiacation tomorrow with dragynflies.

Still have no one to take over my lease. But I'm going to make an appointment with the psychiatrist who wrote my disability letter this week, and he already promised my grandma to write me a letter, so here's hoping that goes well.

Rewatching season one of True Blood as my Blu rays came in a while ago.

I won a fanmix and some fan art from the hope_in_sight auctions. And I am mollivanders' fic bitch now!

This entry is random. I regret nothing.