This is the last call for anyone wanting in on the gift swap and holiday cards! I'll start assigning partners and such on Monday for the gift swap, and I'm mailing out cards starting Monday so OMFG SIGN UP!!

And if you have a holiday card list that you KNOW I haven't signed up for yet, please leave me a link. I LOVE CARDS. I WANT TONS OF THEM TO PROVE I HAVE FRIENDS.


GIFT SWAP PLZ

OMG HOLIDAY CARDS!

I CAN'T BELIEVE I FUCKING DID IT.

I was RIGHT over the line, but I finished the epilogue four minutes before I had to leave work, and I wasn't going to go back and add right then. I told myself I would finish the damn thing today, and I DID IT.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I WROTE A BOOK.

It's utter and complete crap, but I DID IT.

For anybody who hasn't finished theirs yet, KEEP GOING. If you have, CONGRATS.

This was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I'm self-publishing this shit some day if I have to, but either way, IT IS GETTING OUT THERE. I have to share this madness with the world.

SO FUCKING HAPPY

Before I saw "New Moon"...


Me: OMFG. HE LOOKS LIKE A HOBO AND I LOVE IT. I sort of love that he looks like he hasn't stopped drinking or doing heroin since "Twilight" came out, and he has embraced the horror that is life has become, and you sort of have to love him for that.


After I saw "New Moon"...


Me: ROBERT PATTINSON CAN BURN IN HELL.

There were parts of 'New Moon' that I liked.

BRB GOING TO KILL MYSELF NOW.

More later.

So, I just got finished watching "Twilight" with Mook, and I wish I could have recorded her reactions to it. It's my third time seeing it, and I am loathe to admit this, but because I have toned down my hatred of Faillight CONSIDERABLY, I was able to watch it and not want to stab out my own eyes.

I also blame my growing love for HoboPattz. I will never admit that I typed the previous sentence. YOU CANNOT MAKE ME.

In any case, Mook watched it, and she was prepared to love it because she is a sucker for stupid things. The three of us--me, her, and Elsee--are SO FUCKING SCARED that we will like "New Moon." I can't explain it, but I have a feeling I will like it, and such a thing is BEYOND THE REALM OF COMPREHENSION. If I do like it, it will be because of Pedobait!Jacob. That is the only explanation. We shall see.

The following are my sister's reactions to some of the scenes in "Twilight," followed by her unbiased opinion of the first movie. She has never read the books, and she has no desire to, so she went into this with an open mind, though I tried to sway her by reminding her that IT IS CRAP.


*Edward makes barf faces when Bella comes into class for the first time*
Mook: What the fuck is his problem? But I would do that, too, because Bella is fug.

Edward says the whole 'maybe we shouldn't be friends' bit.
Mook: Then how about you stop following me and asking me inappropriate questions, creeper? Jesus, he is so CRAZY.

Edward transforms into Edward Sparklepants, i.e. 'skin of a killer.'
Mook: Wait a minute, wasn't he Cedric Diggory?
Me: You see that FAIL and you ask if he was Cedric Diggory?
Mook: Well, yeah, I mean, that is the stupidest thing I have ever seen. If he's such a perfect predator, don't you think he'd have better camo?
Me: Don't try to understand the logic.
Mook: But he was Cedric Diggory, right? He still needs to pluck his eyebrows, but it was sad when he got killed.

Edward Sparklepants is in Bella's room all I LIKE TO WATCH YOU SLEEP.
Mook: This movie makes me feel very uncomfortable.
Me: What, like you think he is totally creepy and you're wondering why she likes him?
Mook: No, like I'm embarrassed for him.
Me: How so?
Mook: He's a vampire that sparkles. That alone is cause for concern.

Edward Sparklepants takes Bella running through the trees*
Mook: *facepalm*
Me: I know, right?
Mook: They should have just left the wires on. It would be less lame if we saw the wires instead of what we are seeing. And what the hell kind of date is this?

Edward Sparklepants is all I WILL DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT YOU. YOU ARE MY LIFE NOW.
Mook: Girls actually want boyfriends like this? I'll start telling them that there are plenty to be found. Just go down to Domestic Violence court on Wednesday and take your pick. There are plenty of would-be rapist psychos to choose from.

Jacob comes out of the woods at the prom, and Edward Sparklepants is all OMFG MINE GET AWAY
Me: JACOB IS SO MUCH MORE RIGHT FOR BELLA.
Mook: o.O Are you kidding? He hangs out in the woods watching her. He might even be worse!
Me: At least he doesn't sparkle.
Mook: Hey, wasn't he Sharkboy?

*end credits roll
Mook: ...I do not like this.


VICTORY! She said that it makes her want to have a vampire for a boyfriend, but she does not like the movie itself. Then, this followed.

Me: You would WANT a vampire for a boyfriend?
Mook: Hells yeah.
Me: Um, they are murderers, and did it escape your notice that they are DEAD? That you would be cuddling with a corpse?
Mook: ...do you think Edward's man parts are cold even when they are having sex? Do they sparkle too?


I love my sister.

"New Moon" tomorrow. I am frightened.

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME OF THE GREATNESS OF 'WHITE COLLAR'?

OH SWEET JESUS, NEAL CAFFREY.

I should be making stupid ROLLS for my Thanksgiving thing at work tonight, but I don't know how to make rolls!

SO HUNGRY, ZOMG.

New mood theme, huzzah!

GIFT SWAP WHUT?

DO YOU WANT A FANCY HANDMADE EXTREMELY AWESOME HOLIDAY CARD FROM ME?

FIRST AND FOREMOST...



Click that banner for details and sign up for the GIFT SWAP! YAY!


So, I actually kept up with NaNo today. I actually went a bit over so that I would have some cushion tomorrow, as tomorrow begins OPERATION: SURVIVE NEW MOON. Sheesh. We now have my sister on board to drive me and Elsee to the movie theater from the O'Charley's where we have Wednesday Date Night, so we are going to get TORE UP on margaritas. Otherwise, I'm not sure how I will make it through the movie. I have to foot the bill for the whole thing though because Elsee wouldn't agree to go if she had to pay. I DO NOT BLAME HER.

Today, we went to the Mall in Elizabethtown because yesterday, while I was at work, the inseam of my jeans split. OH, AHAHAH THAT WAS FUN. I tend to wear my clothes until they literally fall apart, which is what happened in this case. I don't like buying clothes. It's an exercise in self-esteem, of which I have none. I especially hate buying jeans because none ever fit right. I managed to find a pair that fit okay today, and I'm going to have get a belt, but that's a small thing. I consider it a success. Mook got a sweater and we got an outfit for the baby, who went with us, and he was OMFG SO CUTE in his UK outfit. I also bought him a new UK hat to match his jersey. HE IS ADORABLE.

I also found something that...it has changed my life. I'm making a video about it, so look for that tomorrow.

I got a coupon in my email from Hot Topic for 50% OFF ANYTHING tomorrow and Wednesday only, so I'm trucking back up there to get AN ERIC NORTHMAN T-SHIRT. I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED. Hot Topic was a mess of Twilight, though. It was almost TOO MUCH.

I'm pretty sure we were retail raped by a guy in FYE. He was...enthusiastic. Allow me to retell a portion of the conversation.

Mook: Ohmigod. Look at this ridiculous candy. *holds up a box of CRACKHEADS*
Me: BWUAHAH, did you see that crap New Moon candy. Nothing is worse than that.
The Retail Rapist: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE NEW MOON CANDY IS DELICIOUS.
Me and Mook: o.O
The Retail Reapist: Well, not the conversation hearts. They're gross. But the chocolate...it's delicious. You could even say...it's like my own personal brand of heroin.
Me and Mook: OMFG WTF.


It was...interesting.

Off to work on Webkinz, since I have neglected it, and then back to Assassin's Creed 2.

It is horrible, but I totally ship Ezio/Leonardo da Vinci.

For the first time since NaNoWriMo started, I AM ABOVE THE WORD COUNT I SHOULD HAVE FOR THE DAY.

*DANCES SPASTICALLY*

EDIT: That word counter hasn't updated yet, but it should be at 37,106, and that is above where I am supposed to be. HOO-FUCKING-RAY. NEVERMIND, THAT ONE IS RIGHT. HEEE! However, it does show how crap I have been up to this point. OH WELL.

I wrote like a maniac today. I mean, I have been FLYING. I knew I had to get it done, and I did. I am FREAKING PLEASED. I'm about to kill one of my MCs though, and I AM SO HAPPY ABOUT THAT AS WELL. I FUCKING HATE THAT BITCH.


Oh, and AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! EAT THAT YOU STUPID PEOPLE WHO WON'T STOP EMAILING ME.

It's a small victory, but every single one counts.

P.S. I'm going to see New Moon on Wednesday. *LOOKS OUT THE WINDOW BECAUSE OMFG PIGS MUST BE FLYING*

P.S.S. LADY GAGA ON THE AMA TONIGHT! SQUEE! Not to mention Daughtry and OMFG A JANET JACKSON PERFORMANCE AND MJ MADNESS. So excited OMFG.

EDIT: I couldn't help it. I am being like everyone else and MAKING XMAS THINGS TOO EARLY. I changed my header banner. ENJOY.

If you are interested in The Plan...yeah, that True Blood minicon/meet up thing...and you're not a member of the lame community, GO AND SEE HOW IT IS COMING ALONG. RIGHT HERE AND STUFF.

Remember that holiday swap I mentioned? Yeah, I totally forgot about posting about it, so I'm going to try to do it tomorrow.

I'm going back to trying to catch up with NaNo and being grouchy at my SO. FUCKING UFC. RUINERS OF MY LIFE.

...for telling the one person that I actually can stand to be around that I'm not coming to Xmas with everyone. THANK YOU FOR TELLING HIM SO THAT HE WOULD CALL AND MAKE ME FEEL GUILTY.

FML. FOR REAL.

To make myself feel better after this fucking Freaky Friday, I got three seasons of Supernatural for $15 a piece! WOOOOO!

If you don't have them and are looking to buy, they are on sale for that on Amazon.com until tomorrow, I think? It's season 1-3 only. Season 4 is still list price, so I'll be waiting for that.

THE WINCHESTERS SHALL BE MINE FOREVER NOW! BWUAHAHAH!

I had to post this because I am STILL laughing about it.

Somebody actually emailed me to ask me a question this morning. Name is withheld to protect the stupid. Anyway, here is the question, and following it, my answer. Question has been edited because the spelling was atrocious.


Question: "So, now that New Moon beat Harry Potter for midnight opening, does that prove to you that Twilight is better than HP?"

Answer: No, it proves Twilight has more losers with nothing better to do.


I have NEVER seen a Harry Potter movie at 12:01. NEVER. The only movie I went and saw at 12:01 was "Star Trek: Nemesis." OMFG MY STAR TREK LUV IS SO TRU.

PLEASE GET OUT OF MY INBOX WITH YOUR STUPID QUESTIONS.

And please don't get your panties all bunched up and think I am calling you a loser if you went and saw that mess this morning at 12:01. That's not what I'm saying. I'm making a point. The people on my flist who like Failight are lovely, smart, intelligent people, and I love all of you even though you are fans of that madness. I'm making a point, and that point is GET OUT OF MY INBOX WITH YOUR STUPID QUESTIONS, RANDOM PERSON FROM YOUTUBE.


OY, I needed a laugh today. We had a suicide about an hour ago. He had already shot himself by the time the call was made to us at 911, but I still go EEP because HI, DEAD PERSON. It's very...sobering.

How are all of you?

The Sheldon/Penny fangirls are going INSANE this week. I finally caught this week's Big Bang Theory and AHAHAHA OMFG.

THAT IS ALL. MUST GO BACK TO CRYING AND SHAKING IN A BAD WAY.

Supernatural is really freaking me out, and it's only half over.

I CANNOT DEAL WITH THIS, CAPTAIN.

FUCK YOU, KRIPKE. FOR REALS. FUCK. YOU.

BRB. Ten minutes left, and I AM ALREADY DEAD. A LOT DEAD.

EDIT: There isn't new Supernatural until JANUARY 21ST? WHAT KIND OF HELL IS THIS?

So, I finally saw the newest Star Trek.

( Cut for spoilers and snark, and this thing is LOOOONG. )

So, I am FINALLY getting around to doing this, but it is backdated because I don't want it showing up first before everything else.

WHAT IS THIS, YOU ASK? This is another gift swap, but I think this one is going to be MUCH more fun. And cheaper, which is always good! Here at the details!




THE HOLIDAY '09 'GIVE ME SHIT' GIFT SWAP

1. Sign up. Duh.
2. Be assigned a swap partner.
3. Walk around your house and find a bunch of random crap you don't want anymore/want to get rid of/think would be hilarious to give to someone else.
4. Go to your local post office and get one of the FREE flat rate shipping boxes.
5. Put all of that crap that will fit into that box inside, and go back to the post office.
6. Mail the box to your partner.
7. Wait for your crap to arrive in return!


HOW EASY IS THIS? SO EASY OMFG.

The good thing about this is that the flat rate boxes can hold A LOT of stuff, and the shipping is the same, regardless of weight. I believe the cheapest one is about $4.30 to mail, and the box is small, but not THAT small. It can hold ALL KINDS of good stuff. And everybody has random hilarious crap they want to get rid of. HOW FUN WOULD IT BE TO SEND IT TO SOMEONE ELSE?

TOTALLY FUN.

( WHAT IS RANDOM HILARIOUS CRAP? )

( WHAT IS NOT RANDOM HILARIOUS CRAP? )


DOES THIS SOUND LIKE FUN TO YOU? OF COURSE IT DOES.

If you would like to participate in this swap, leave a comment with your name (or whatever name you want your gift shipped to) and address. If you participated in the Halloween swap, you don't have to leave your address. Just leave a comment that you are interested, and I will go back and find your info.

SIGN UP BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2009! I'll give out partners that day because we all know that the mail is notoriously slow during the holidays, so we want these things to get there on time.

HOORAY!

IT CONTINUES.

We are FAB. It's true.

AND IF ANYBODY SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT ME LIKING RPATTZ, YOU SHALL DIE A SLOW HORRIBLE DEATH.


bradeatspeeps: And randomly, I just saw a new trailer for New Moon and AHAHAH IT IS SO HILARIOUSLY CRAP. I cannot wait to see it to go AHAHAH WHAT CRAP
amberinadawn: LOL Both of the kids are going. I refuse!
bradeatspeeps: Leish said if I paid and we got drunk on martinis and walked to theater that she would go. Ash said today IT SORT OF LOOKS GOOD, and I said OMFG WHAT MOVIE ARE TALKING ABOUT. I have to say that Robert Pattinson looks less disgusting in that trailer, but OMFG WHAT CRAP
amberinadawn: LOL I refuse to even believe that! He looks like a BUM.
bradeatspeeps: HE DOES. He is such a HOBO. It looks like he's finally lost his mind from all the attention and that sort of makes me love him.
amberinadawn: HM.....
bradeatspeeps: And then I remember NO, NO, I HATE HIM, so I am torn.
amberinadawn: AHAHAHAHA! You know I will mock you when it becomes true love!
bradeatspeeps: WHATEVER. YOU LIKE VIN DIESEL. YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID.
amberinadawn: VIN DIESEL > ROBERT PATTINSON
bradeatspeeps: LIES. SUCH LIES.
amberinadawn: Vin could EAT Rob for breakfast!
bradeatspeeps: YES, BECAUSE HE IS A TROLL. TROLL LOVER.
amberinadawn: Better a troll than a GLITTER COVERED BUM!
bradeatspeeps: AHAHAH TRUE
amberinadawn: I WIN!

I am NaNoing today like a fool because as of tomorrow, I will be non-existent online for a few days. (Left 4 Dead 2 and Assassin's Creed 2 tomorrow, not to mention Star Trek! I'll finally get to see it!) My SO's State Trooper test is tomorrow, so depending on how that goes, I might be away even longer. POINT IS I have to catch up on NaNoWriMo TODAY, or else I won't be able to make the deadline. I'm so far behind right now, it's insane.

SO OF COURSE, instead of working on it, I'm posting. Whatever. It helps. I thought I'd share my playlist for my book, for posterity's sake at least. Because once this month is over, I am deleting EVERYTHING that even SOUNDS like NaNoWriMo from my hard drive.

This is easily the hardest thing I've ever set myself to do. Fun, maddening, wonderful, but so, so difficult. I hope I make it, and I hope that everybody else working on it makes it, too.

If anybody wants any of these songs, let me know. I can set up a download.


Love & Zombies
A NaNoWriMo Playlist

Side A:
Bad Romance (Angi and Brooke Love Theme)--Lady Gaga
Renegade--Styx
Under Pressure--Queen
RE: Your Brains--Jonathan Coulton
How Far We've Come--Matchbox Twenty
Cold Hard Bitch--Jet
Still Alive--GLaDOS
Disarm--The Smashing Pumpkins
Burn It to the Ground--Nickelback
I Will Not Bow--Breaking Benjamin
Eye of the Tiger--Survivor
Meteor Shower--Owl City
Dead and Gone--T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake

Side B:
Howl--Florence + the Machine
I'd Come For You--Nickelback
You Found Me--The Fray
Fight Song--Marylin Manson
Supermassive Black Hole--Muse
It's Not My Time--3 Doors Down
Eat You Alive--Limp Bizkit
Together--The Kin
Die Another Day--Madonna
Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)--Florence + the Machine
Still Alive (Theme from "Mirror's Edge")--Lisa Miskovsky
Battlefield--Jordin Sparks


Side B is only available as an iTunes file, just so you know, and I have no idea how to even FIND those, so yeah, that would be difficult, but if you want them, I'll get them to you.

BACK TO NANOING

(Don't ask about my icon. Just...don't.)


bradeatspeeps: BTW have you SEEN the new ASkars and Co pics from GQ?
appleredhair: HOLY FUCK YES. AM SO BUYING THAT ISSUE.
bradeatspeeps: ME TOO. WTF. They all look FANTASTIC, but you can tell ASkars is the only one with REAL modeling experience.
appleredhair: Those men are so gorgeous it ought to be illegal.
bradeatspeeps: He managed to look not gay for the first time in the history of print.
appleredhair: ...I just inhaled my whiskey-coke, thank you
bradeatspeeps: AHAHAHA WIN
appleredhair: It would be awesome if he were gay.
bradeatspeeps: But then with Bill all LEERING behind him, perhaps I am mistaken.