you may have won my heart dear, but it was the consolation prize

I think all I have done today, besides going to class, is play Cafe World and upload my fic to Archive Of Our Own. (Note to self: February 1.) I have 37 stories up there right now, which isn't bad. I purposefully didn't port a few over, because I didn't like them or they weren't long enough to suit. Going through all of my fic has not exactly instilled me with the feeling that I'm a great writer, but hell, I haven't actually WRITTEN anything in how long? A disgusting amount of time.

Now before I go to sleep, I promised my little sister I would edit her essay on the Death With Dignity Act in Oregon and how it compares to the Terri Schiavo case. It is taking every ounce of self-control I have to not completely rewrite the damn thing, because even though Rachael believes the DWDA is a good thing, she's arguing against it because that's the position her teacher takes. It's nice to see such blatant political pushing in a high school English class. I told her she should argue what she believes and if the teacher fails her because of her stance, bring it to the principal and get her officially reprimanded, but it's due in the morning so she didn't have time to, you know, be true to her own ideals.

There is so much wrong with the education system in this city. Well, the nation, but this city specifically.

I'm starting to get tension headaches again from clenching my jaw. This is not entirely unrelated to my sister's essay, but it does predate it.

I got an A- on my Personality test. That's 1/3 of my entire grade in the class. I am satisfied with that.

I have another test in Botany in, uh, nine hours. On the practical side of things, not the book-learning test I aced. I'm not as optimistic about identifying foliage.

I have about 150 pages left of Fool's Fate. It's at a really depressing point right now. I had to put the book aside for a while. I'll probably finish it tomorrow.

I promised music, and I found out yesterday that Death Cab For Cutie has a new song out. It's on the New Moon soundtrack, which... ugh, but: it's new DCFC, so I'll take it any way I can get it.

October 7: Death Cab For Cutie - Meet Me On The Equinox

what would Freud say? who cares, he was a cokehead.

I had a dream. It involved my parents taking my sisters and I to an "antique beach", which apparently meant a shitty little one where it was miserable weather, and they didn't give me any notice so I got in the car without a bathing suit or my laptop or anything and we were planning to stay for a week.

BUT THEN. At the hotel we were staying at, the Obamas were there, and I got them both to sign a book they co-authored, and I was joking around with them, and the President was like "You're cool, so, is there anyone you want to give a lie detector test to?" "Seriously?" "Yeah."

So I asked to put the Pope through a polygraph. And then my cat woke me up.

~weirdness!~

I wish I knew someone who was good at giving backrubs. I could use one right now.

wild things

apis_cerana drew me as a monster:



I make a cute monster. :D

drunk on the spirit and high on fumes

ThinkGeek sent out their little update and I was blindsided by two pieces of awesome:

A Super Mario chess set, how cool is this? I know exactly who this would make an ideal birthday present for, and his birthday is later this month, too. Plus I didn't get him anything last year in the midst of moving to Auburn confusion... man, I miss George. But anyway, yeah, this is awesome. Luigi is the queen, and Daisy and Peach are the bishops, which made me snicker.

The DIY D20 handbag, which I would totally use all the time if I actually made it, because that's so delightfully nerdy. xD I do think that for thirty bucks you should be able to buy an already-assembled one, but that's my lazy talking.

The Mountain Goats were on Stephen Colbert last night. I just caught the rerun thanks to my dad. John Darnielle is cheek-pinchable.


Now for the undead icon meme, this time picked out by thirdsouthobbi.

( seven explanations )

And as always, if you want to explain some of your icons, comment and I'll pick a handful for you to talk about.

Now, off to watch Glee!

sharing for the day

October 8: Green River Ordinance - Come On
Come on come on
If you want to make it right we can make it right
I said I won't be here when the morning comes

Even with your eyes closed do you hear my voice
Carrying the weight of all we love and left behind
Love's so unpredictable have we been blind
I'm only human here after all oh aren't we all

I got this song for free from a local radio station's website, and I like it, so now you can all like it too. :P