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verloren1983) wrote2012-02-24 02:51 pm
verloren1983) wrote2012-02-24 02:51 pm
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I've been around, just... not commenting on much of anything. Haven't really been in the mood or something. Also, I'm working on meme questions- I'm just really bad at this game. XD I'll finish them eventually?
☁ Missed writing anything for the porn battle. Well... okay, that's not quite true. I started something. Buuuuut it requires lengthy setup and I just didn't have time. Whoops. I probably should've done something easier quickly, but meh. I can do those prompts anytime. :D
☁ I still haven't put in those school applications. Or done FAFSA stuff, even though my taxes got done a couple of weeks ago. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME I'M BEING RIDICULOUS.
☁ I'm getting old. I got my hair cut, right? No biggie. So as this was happening, a big clump of hair fell onto my chest and hung out for a while. It didn't bother me until I realized that there were several strands of white in there. *sob* I'M NOT EVEN 30, GOD DAMN IT.
☁ My body seems to be continuing to make adjustments to itself, even though it's been quite some time since I've lost any significant weight. In my case, this means that we're taking away from the lower half and putting it back up on the top half where my body apparently thinks it belongs. On the upside- I finally gave in and purchased new work pants again, because the old ones were ridiculous. Especially the one pair. Seriously, one good sneeze and I would've pantsed myself. Anyway. What I ended up with? Size 12. Woo! I still can't believe it. I can't even TELL you the last time I got my ass COMFORTABLY into a pair of non elastic 12's, though certainly never in my adult life. On the downside- the bras I just bought a couple of months ago already do not fit properly. I have to do quite a bit of creative "rearranging" in order to not be falling out of them. UGH. And I was so enjoying the DDD thing...
On a side note, something interesting that happened today: Kelly got some new pajama pants, right? So she holds up the one pair, which was apparently a 4-6. They looked pretty big for a 4-6 to me. I was like, hell, those look like =I= could get them on. She proceeded to toss them at me and went, try it. I did. AND I GOT THEM ON. Mind, they were pajamas, so stretchy. And like I said, it looked big for the size it was supposed to be. STILL. They were furry, though, and hence really hot. When I mentioned this, she was like, well, take them off then. To which I said, "I'm not going to steal them from you, jeez." And then promptly made a O_o face. Because that's when it struck me that I actually could fit into something that my skinny mini sister owns. WHAT THE HELL. So bizarre. (Meanwhile, I'm still wearing the 18-20 pajama pants I've had since before I lost any weight. Ehehehe. ^_^;;; )
☁ AO3- the wall of Ver-land has FINALLY been dealt with, and totally up to date. I suppose I could go back and change dates of challenge stuff to actual original posting dates FOR the challenge, but I'm not terribly inclined to do all that work. Big surprise, I'm sure. XD
☁ Hal Sparks standup- freaking hilarious.
☁ Jet- I got your Valentine, by the way. The letter was so cute! <3 (And your handwriting is not that bad. Seriously. Yours is very legible. Many people I know IRL have truly terrible handwriting, and I've had to deal with that pretty much my whole life. Yours is downright neat and I have no idea why you think it's not. XD)
☁ I feel like I should talk about the most recent episode of Glee, but I'm not totally sure what to say about it. It was actually a pretty decent episode (SHOCK!). Also very relevant and will hopefully trigger discussion. For those of you not in the know, there is a character who attempts to kill himself in this episode. I won't tell you whether it's a success or not, to avoid potentially spoiling anyone who doesn't want to be. But... it was very well done, and actually to a point disturbingly realistic considering what they were allowed to show. There's a discussion by the Glee club about it afterward, and Will says something to the effect of, "Everyone has something." As in, everyone has that one thing that can break them, which is... absolutely true, I think. I was never TRULY suicidal (meaning, I never would've actually done it), but there was a time in high school when I was in that dark place. It's... it's hell, to be perfectly honest, and it's one of those things that you just can't understand unless you've been through it. I remember standing on a bridge in my hometown- I was 16, I think- trying to figure out whether it was high enough to kill me if I jumped from it. (For the record, in the end I decided that no, it wasn't, I would probably just break something and look like an idiot. XD) The thing is... as much as sometimes I wonder how much the "it gets better" thing actually helps (if someone had told me that at 16, I would've really been tempted to punch them in the face)... kids have to know that it really does. Is my life perfect now? No. But it's also a far cry from back then, which was a truly terrible point in my life when a whole bunch of bad stuff was dumped on me in a very short period of time. I could get into all of that, but I won't right now. My point is... bravo to Glee for doing this difficult topic, and dealing with it well. I have my issues with the show, but if they can get conversations started, and maybe get kids to realize that even though it FEELS like it'll never end, it really does... then it'll definitely be a positive thing.
☁ In other news, I found this today- apparently Dan Radcliffe has admitted to being drunk on the HP set. Wow. (On the other hand, I would LOVE to know which scenes he would point out as the ones where he's totally hammered. Just a curiosity thing. XD) I understand that admitting this- making amends- is part of recovery, though, so while I didn't really need to know that... good for him for trying to get his life back on track.
☁ I got an e-mail saying that a tee at Threadless that I'd requested a reprint in had been reprinted.... yeeeeah, proceeded to spend $60. Whoops. ^_^;;; They might be snug, but eh. More motivation or something, right?
☁ For anyone who's interested, Zoya is doing another promo... not as good as the any two free, but hey, not gonna complain about free stuff. :D
☁ Oh! I finally watched another movie for the 1001 movies you must see before you die list! I'm actually halfway through another, but I can't seem to bring myself to continue watching it... <_< Anyway!
Casablanca- I wasn't expecting to like this, actually, but I did. It has its issues- it's certainly not the BEST MOVIE EVER ZOMG, and I'm not really sure why it's a classic, but I liked it well enough. I didn't have to force myself to sit through it like some of the movies on the list. (Rebel Without a Cause, I'm looking at you.)
☁ Missed writing anything for the porn battle. Well... okay, that's not quite true. I started something. Buuuuut it requires lengthy setup and I just didn't have time. Whoops. I probably should've done something easier quickly, but meh. I can do those prompts anytime. :D
☁ I still haven't put in those school applications. Or done FAFSA stuff, even though my taxes got done a couple of weeks ago. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME I'M BEING RIDICULOUS.
☁ I'm getting old. I got my hair cut, right? No biggie. So as this was happening, a big clump of hair fell onto my chest and hung out for a while. It didn't bother me until I realized that there were several strands of white in there. *sob* I'M NOT EVEN 30, GOD DAMN IT.
☁ My body seems to be continuing to make adjustments to itself, even though it's been quite some time since I've lost any significant weight. In my case, this means that we're taking away from the lower half and putting it back up on the top half where my body apparently thinks it belongs. On the upside- I finally gave in and purchased new work pants again, because the old ones were ridiculous. Especially the one pair. Seriously, one good sneeze and I would've pantsed myself. Anyway. What I ended up with? Size 12. Woo! I still can't believe it. I can't even TELL you the last time I got my ass COMFORTABLY into a pair of non elastic 12's, though certainly never in my adult life. On the downside- the bras I just bought a couple of months ago already do not fit properly. I have to do quite a bit of creative "rearranging" in order to not be falling out of them. UGH. And I was so enjoying the DDD thing...
On a side note, something interesting that happened today: Kelly got some new pajama pants, right? So she holds up the one pair, which was apparently a 4-6. They looked pretty big for a 4-6 to me. I was like, hell, those look like =I= could get them on. She proceeded to toss them at me and went, try it. I did. AND I GOT THEM ON. Mind, they were pajamas, so stretchy. And like I said, it looked big for the size it was supposed to be. STILL. They were furry, though, and hence really hot. When I mentioned this, she was like, well, take them off then. To which I said, "I'm not going to steal them from you, jeez." And then promptly made a O_o face. Because that's when it struck me that I actually could fit into something that my skinny mini sister owns. WHAT THE HELL. So bizarre. (Meanwhile, I'm still wearing the 18-20 pajama pants I've had since before I lost any weight. Ehehehe. ^_^;;; )
☁ AO3- the wall of Ver-land has FINALLY been dealt with, and totally up to date. I suppose I could go back and change dates of challenge stuff to actual original posting dates FOR the challenge, but I'm not terribly inclined to do all that work. Big surprise, I'm sure. XD
☁ Hal Sparks standup- freaking hilarious.
☁ Jet- I got your Valentine, by the way. The letter was so cute! <3 (And your handwriting is not that bad. Seriously. Yours is very legible. Many people I know IRL have truly terrible handwriting, and I've had to deal with that pretty much my whole life. Yours is downright neat and I have no idea why you think it's not. XD)
☁ I feel like I should talk about the most recent episode of Glee, but I'm not totally sure what to say about it. It was actually a pretty decent episode (SHOCK!). Also very relevant and will hopefully trigger discussion. For those of you not in the know, there is a character who attempts to kill himself in this episode. I won't tell you whether it's a success or not, to avoid potentially spoiling anyone who doesn't want to be. But... it was very well done, and actually to a point disturbingly realistic considering what they were allowed to show. There's a discussion by the Glee club about it afterward, and Will says something to the effect of, "Everyone has something." As in, everyone has that one thing that can break them, which is... absolutely true, I think. I was never TRULY suicidal (meaning, I never would've actually done it), but there was a time in high school when I was in that dark place. It's... it's hell, to be perfectly honest, and it's one of those things that you just can't understand unless you've been through it. I remember standing on a bridge in my hometown- I was 16, I think- trying to figure out whether it was high enough to kill me if I jumped from it. (For the record, in the end I decided that no, it wasn't, I would probably just break something and look like an idiot. XD) The thing is... as much as sometimes I wonder how much the "it gets better" thing actually helps (if someone had told me that at 16, I would've really been tempted to punch them in the face)... kids have to know that it really does. Is my life perfect now? No. But it's also a far cry from back then, which was a truly terrible point in my life when a whole bunch of bad stuff was dumped on me in a very short period of time. I could get into all of that, but I won't right now. My point is... bravo to Glee for doing this difficult topic, and dealing with it well. I have my issues with the show, but if they can get conversations started, and maybe get kids to realize that even though it FEELS like it'll never end, it really does... then it'll definitely be a positive thing.
☁ In other news, I found this today- apparently Dan Radcliffe has admitted to being drunk on the HP set. Wow. (On the other hand, I would LOVE to know which scenes he would point out as the ones where he's totally hammered. Just a curiosity thing. XD) I understand that admitting this- making amends- is part of recovery, though, so while I didn't really need to know that... good for him for trying to get his life back on track.
☁ I got an e-mail saying that a tee at Threadless that I'd requested a reprint in had been reprinted.... yeeeeah, proceeded to spend $60. Whoops. ^_^;;; They might be snug, but eh. More motivation or something, right?
☁ For anyone who's interested, Zoya is doing another promo... not as good as the any two free, but hey, not gonna complain about free stuff. :D
☁ Oh! I finally watched another movie for the 1001 movies you must see before you die list! I'm actually halfway through another, but I can't seem to bring myself to continue watching it... <_< Anyway!
Casablanca- I wasn't expecting to like this, actually, but I did. It has its issues- it's certainly not the BEST MOVIE EVER ZOMG, and I'm not really sure why it's a classic, but I liked it well enough. I didn't have to force myself to sit through it like some of the movies on the list. (Rebel Without a Cause, I'm looking at you.)