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My mother's been texting me all evening, telling me that I am genetically part cat, so I called to tell her to stop harassing me and that cats are terrible. Once she picked up, I could hear my step-dad shouting in the background at the tv, something he only does when they're watching basketball, Dancing With The Stars, or the Westminster Dog Show.

"Sorry mother," I say. "Should I call back when Dancing With The Stars is over?"

"We're just watching the news," she says. "But we're about to turn on Glee."

cut for what I'm assuming are spoilers from last night's Glee? )

I don't watch Glee, and mother knows this, but she calls approximately once a week to tell me what's been happening on Glee (except she doesn't know anyone's name or the names of the songs so it's usually a very strange phone call).

Her: You should watch Glee.
Me: Not really interested.
Her: It's just like real high school.
Me: I... doubt that. And besides, I hated high school when I was in it, why would I want to experience something that is 'just like high school'?
Her: You loved high school. High school was just like Glee for you. You can pick, you're the one in the wheelchair or the black lesbian.
Me: Mother, I'm not going to watch Glee.
Her: This is why you're part cat, always hating everything.

Then she put the dog on the phone so I could talk to him, then she hung up.

WHAT EVEN IS MY MOTHER.
unavoidedcrisis: girl lying on the ground with playing cards scattered over her (wtf -> shenanigans)
So apparently some wank is going on on Diana Gabaldon's blog about fanfic.

GRRM posted about it in his own blog. Now, his position is well known re: fic (he doesn't like it). That's cool, he's allowed to not like it. As a general rule. he makes very valid points about his reasons. I get it.

But then this, as he describes the situation.

Which soon, alas, became heated, as hundreds of... what's the correct term here? fanficcers? fan fictioneers? fans of fanfic? defenders of fanfic?

The term you were looking for is 'writers'.

But thanks for being so condescending.

ANYWAYS.

Funeral tonight was ... insane. Like 400+ people there which is intense for a funeral. I only cried when my mama started reading and then I drank some beer. And then some more beer. And then, I had a glass of water. And then another beer.

The whole while, it was pouring rain, right, so I was worried I was going to have to build an ark and then I starting thinking about Eddie Izzard's bit about the ark/speedboat. Two dogs, two sheep, two cats, two ducks...

The ducks say 'we're not coming!'

Noah says 'but there's going to be an enormous fuck-off flood!'

The ducks say 'so?'

Because all the animals that could swim or float got off scot-free. Major loop-hole, right?

It was all I could do to not fall out of my chair. INAPPROPRIATE EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TIME!

aforementioned izzard audio under here )

So now I am writing (FANFICTION. GASP.) and eating leftover celery sticks and thinking about how weird my life can be sometimes. I had something else I want to write about but I don't remember.

EDIT: I remember!

Gabriel.

Yeah. You know how sometimes a name just gets ruined for you forever? Or not ruined, but... changed? Like how many girls would be able to date/marry/fuck a guy with the same name as their father?

I think Supernatural fandom ruined/changed the name Gabriel for me. Inappropriate giggles were had by all.
unavoidedcrisis: girl lying on the ground with playing cards scattered over her (wtf -> lazer kitty)
Katie: its always to much of my moth
Katie: *er
Leen: OH GOD
Leen: Mental image of your mother as a giant moth-person
Leen: Sure, she flys and shoot lasers from her eyes
Leen: But she still loves you, because she's your mom
Leen: I WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN

Seriously, I have not had enough sleep for this.
unavoidedcrisis: girl lying on the ground with playing cards scattered over her (ilu -> rlly like it)
Vehementer vive et fortunam tempta,
aliquando tibi haec arridebit vita.
Verus esto ac probus, flumen est vita,
Rectus sta ac vitam somniumque vive.

Advice!

Nov. 1st, 2009 11:07 am
unavoidedcrisis: girl lying on the ground with playing cards scattered over her (ilu -> rlly like it)
My advice to a person struggling with Nano and wanting to give up already, jotted here for posterity and because I might want to come back and read it in a few days when I'm ready to pitch something through a window (either me or my computer or McLovin')

Don't do it!

Write something and if you really hate it that much, tell your friends that you came down with terminal leprosy and didn't write anything (even though you secretly did) for fear of arms-falling-off. That way you still wrote something. And maybe you'll find your groove and write something inspired by the heavens and choirs of angels or possibly just one angel but with a really bitchin' bass guitar solo! Never know until you try and all the trite stuff you read off a wall plaque which obviously has a little grain of truth in there or else how did it get on a wall plaque?

I'm tired, but what I'm trying to say is: 'you can do it!'
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Two interesting things, both starring Katie.

Katie: Did I ever tell you I was almost the hula hoop princess of Canada?
Me: ...
Katie: My grandfather bought the patent for the hula hoop. I could have been a multimillionaire heiress.
Me: But then he got drunk and lost the rights in a drunken, midnight, high-stakes poker game with a badger?
Katie: No.
Me: Too late, I have my Nano now.

But a little before that came this:

*doorbell, offstage*
Katie: So not getting that.
Me: Ugh... *answers door*
Insane Neighbour Lady: Um, you need to move your car. Now.
Me: It's not our car.
Insane Neighbour Lady: You. Need to move. Your car. Now.
Me: Yeah, it's not our car.
Insane Neighbour Lady: That black car? That's not your car?!
Me: Nope, not our car.
Insane Neighbour Lady: You need to move your car.
Me: ... It's not ours.
Insane Neighbour Lady: Oh. *walks away*
Katie: Did she actually not even say sorry?
Me: No.
Katie: And she didn't say hello? Is there even a car in our spot?
Me: Nope.
Katie: ... What a bitch!
unavoidedcrisis: girl lying on the ground with playing cards scattered over her (ed scissors dino sculpture)
Yeah... Okay there Satan? Can you do me a favour and remind me to quit drinking before I go to bed?
unavoidedcrisis: girl lying on the ground with playing cards scattered over her (wash my hands of this weirdness)
Just got back from the mall with Trishka (aka: Monsterbait) today. Her and I sat down and waited for her mom trying on clothes in Smartset. She drank three quarters of my tea and narrated what Aimee was doing. "Mom's changing. She's changing her clothes. But she doesn't like them. So she's changing into a frog. And then a police came and killed her so she's a dead frog. Say 'ribbit' mom, say 'ribbit' like a dead frog!"

Yeah, it was a pretty good morning. Now I plan to curl up into my blankets and sleep until work on Monday.
unavoidedcrisis: girl lying on the ground with playing cards scattered over her (mckellan will fuck your shit up)
So I had a garbage day but then I went shopping and got a delicious Tomatacodo bagel from Mal at the Tea Garden, then I came home and found out the Starkid website was up and I could finally snag the soundtrack, and then we had a large scale medical emergency and my day slid right back down past garbage and straight to the bottom of the barrel (not of monkies, but of garbage).

So to distract myself and because I apparently can't sleep, I bring you this!

Bears, Like I Promised )




All in all, I'm going to chalk this one up as a loss.
-Peter Conroy

wise words

Jul. 25th, 2009 01:28 am
unavoidedcrisis: girl lying on the ground with playing cards scattered over her (tutu and fakir hug)
Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.
-Robertson Davies
unavoidedcrisis: girl lying on the ground with playing cards scattered over her (chess people)
Why do we play with fire?
Why do we run our fingers through the flame?
Why do we leave our hand on the stove-
Although we know we're in for some pain?

Oh, why do we refuse to hang a light
When the streets are dangerous?
Why does it take an accident
Before the truth gets through to us?


Quote from Jonathan Larson. The man was obviously familiar with the stupid shit that people do. It seems to me that everyone loves pain.

Let's be honest, we all do ridiculous stuff for reasons we can't explain. There just seems to be a lot of that going on recently in my life. More happening around me and I'm just the unfortunate witness to the wreckage. Eurgh. I worry about my people sometimes.

Best wishes to everyone. Don't let your crazy get too out of hand!

<3
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I look back at where I'm from, look at the woman I've become... And the strangest things seem suddenly routine.

It's a quote from Hedwig and the Angry Inch and it always come back to me in the oddest times, echoing off all that empty space inside my head. Weird. Do you think it means something?

In other news, if I had a mutant X-Men power, I'd be exactly like Mystique. Hands down.
unavoidedcrisis: girl lying on the ground with playing cards scattered over her (magical)
I have often depended on the blindness of strangers.
-Adrienne Gusoff
unavoidedcrisis: girl lying on the ground with playing cards scattered over her (lookit mah hurrrr pipe)
Bizarre error message ahoy!

403 Forbidden: The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.

Well that's just bitchy of you, server.
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Source unknown. Found in the foreword to Amy Tan's Saving Fish From Drowning.

A pious man explained to his followers: "It is evil to take lives, and noble to save them. Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. I drop my net into the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. "Don't be scared," I tell those fishes. "I am saving you from drowning." Soon the fishes grow calm and lie still. Yet, I am sad to say, I am always too late. The fishes expire. And because it is evil to waste anything, I take those dead fishes to the market and I sell them for a good price. With the money I receive, I buy more nets so I can save more fishes.
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1/31
December 1st, 2oo8

First day in corp today and it was awesome. Weird, right? Actually enjoying my job? But the corp people! They know what they want, they know what to do, they know what they're talking about. It's like.. customer heaven.

Work reduced my hours though. From 4o to 35. Ehh. I'll be losing 1o hours a pay, but I'll get home an hour earlier, and it's only for the month of December.

I practically wept when I looked at the clock today and it was quarter to five and I was ALMOST DONE. It was like whoa, I don't still have almost 4 hours to go? Oh frabjious day. Etc.

Also, I feel old. In approximately 17 days, I will feel a lot older. Hopefully I cram the next 31 days all full of greatness to close out the year. I'm sure 31 days 'o' blog is a great start. Pre-New Year's resolution, anyone?


31 Days 'o' Blog Extra Special Super Features

Today! (In History): 1955, Alabama. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus.

Quote of the Day: "Imagination is more important than knowledge." [Albert Einstein]

Bizarre Fact of the Day: Approximately 1o,ooo years ago, there was a creature almost genetically identical to today's ever familiar beaver. The only difference being one interesting little feature. They weighed up to 7oo lbs each. How bizarre!

Pretty Picture of the Day )

The Final Word: 31 days 'o' blog is gonna be killer. Bitchin', even. I'm so glad y'all are along for the ride.
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'Oh I will, I won't, I doubt, I don't,
I'm not surprised but I never feel quite prepared.'
-Another Travelin' Song (Bright Eyes)

I got the single best piece of advice ever last night (technically this morning. Oh god, my sleep schedule hurts). She said 'make good choices'.

Is that not brilliant? If I just make good choices, then I'll never have problems. BWA HA. If only I had have thought of this approach to life SOONER.

(No but srsly)

PSA

Apr. 19th, 2008 11:22 am
unavoidedcrisis: girl lying on the ground with playing cards scattered over her (Default)
FACT:

Bears eat beets.

That is all.
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So yeah, haven't posted since before Easter. (PS, I didn't die!!)

Easter was... well, it was awesome. I was supposed to be in North Bay, all lonely and bored-like, but it seems there's some sort of angel out there somewhere looking out for me.

Craig brought me home in a surprisingly well put-together effort. Kudos and pancakes all around, I say. We even made it in time for Sammy's birthday dinner (that little hamster-head is fifteen now. Wow. They grow like weeds, those kids do.)

Mama was so surprised-- she did the clappy hand thing! I'm so happy everything went as planned. Yay for good weekends.

I made a shiny sun-catching bead mobile to go in THE NEW APARTMENT tonight. We get it on Saturday and Sarah and I are both disgustingly excited. ^.^ So excited, in fact, that that small happy face was warranted.

PS:

You Are a Red Velvet Cake

Rich, decadent, and sensual.
You have a deep appeal that transcends all trends.
You are the definition of passion: intense, adventurous, and seductive.


"Bite off more than you can chew, the chew it." - Ella Williams

This quote is especially apt if you are biting off CAKE.

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