Hi! I've been busy! With things! A really good friend I've known since kindergarten is staying with me right now. I haven't seen her in years, 'cause she was in South America teaching and then country-hopping for a while. Seriously, like, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, etc etc. She pretty much speaks fluent Spanish, so that helped, haha. Anyway, like I said, I haven't seen her in years, so she's staying with me for a couple days and then other people who she knows around this area. AND THEN in two weeks she's flying to France where her parents live (I KNOW RIGHT), so we're hanging out with as much people as we can. It's been pretty much awesome. Wednesday night we're even going out for a semi-formal dinner!

What I'm really excited for though, is this coming Sunday evening a bunch of us are mini-roadtripping to St. Augustine and staying overnight in a hotel. AHHH SO EXCITED. I love St. Augustine and, of course, shenanigans will be caught on camera.

Work is work, which means yay it's awesome to be employed and my boss and coworker are awesome, but omg it's work and I dislike sitting down so much and twitter is my LIFESAVER and boredom reducer, 'cause I'm still kinda terrified to log into LJ, JUST IN CASE.

I am extremely unhappy about another hiatus after this week's episode. WAT. Whatever, I guess I'll just have to creepily follow Apolo Ohno's going-ons 'cause omg THAT GUY. He is adorable and makes me internally flail a little. Do not judge me.

UGH SO TIRED BEDTIME.

( Somebody please hold me )

Ughhh, have to be up in six hours to go to work do not waaaant. SO glad it's only half a day, though. Have I annoyed you all enough with my liking of this job? Because I kind of like this job.

So. So! First day of grown-up job. It was good! As good as filing for seven hours can be, haha. Mostly just getting the lay of the land today, I'll be learning more tomorrow, and so on. The communications and data system is sooooo organized and high tech and makes my heart SOAR with nerdy glee 'cause guys, if it's one thing I love, it's organization. I have my own computer, completely new and expensive and Windows 7 and wide-screen monitor, it's OSSUM. There's a little kitchenette with fridge and cabinet stocked full of food/drinks, an Otis Spunkmeyer COOKIE OVEN, and a cappuccino maker (ha!). Both the paralegal and the owner are really nice. The owner even took us out for lunch today because it was the paralegal's birthday yesterday and omg, seriously, omg. I am incredibly thankful for this, I am.

I am also, unfortunately, really really tired; last night was tossing and turning 'cause I was unconsciously terrified of sleeping through my alarm haha. Plus I'm going to have to get used to this "having responsibility" thing again. It was a really really good and lazy two months since I've last worked.

I have also been thinking about this all day:



SERIOUSLY? WHERE IS THIS VIDEO. I MEAN IT. I will keep asking until I GET IT because I NEED IT. UNGHGHAHSLDK.

Right now I am listening to a streaming podcast of Radiohead playing a concert for a Haiti benefit and it is extremely delightful. Seriously Thom Yorke you are ridiculous in ways that I cannot even begin to explain and that is why I love you.

( For those of you gearing up for another blizzard/more snow. Pretty much all 48 states besides Florida and Hawaii, I guess. )

Also, my mom took the day off work today and we went to a local green market and got honey, kettle corn, and two chocolate-dipped macaroons to share. Then we had lunch at a Mexican restaurant and I finally had tamales and mole poblano for the first time. So, pretty good day.

( The gooberfaces we've been babysitting this weekend. )

I know I've already asked this aaaah sorry, but is anyone going to the LA Creation Con? If so, do you know of anyone who's looking for roommates? Just curious.

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my lovely elrina753. You had better come to Wincon this year so I can talk shop with you. And by talk shop, I mean Dark Angel fic and extremely porny het fic. Especially that last one, SINCE NO ONE ELSE WILL. ♥

...Oh yeah, and happy 31st to that Dean Winchester guy. MAY IT BE FILLED WITH STRIPPERS AND HAM SANDWICHES.

Alright, here we go. My last week of complete freedom and sleeping in. Still, now I have the excuse to go out and buy a completely new "career-oriented" wardrobe. I saw this BCBG skirt on sale for $70 that I desperately want, even though $70 for a skirt is $50 too much, haha. THANK GOODNESS I RANDOMLY FOUND A $35 TARGET GIFT CARD WOOOO.

I got the job. :D

February 1st, 9am, HERE I COME.

( First professional post-graduation job interview, tl;dr style )

But HEY, now that that's over, I can stop worrying about it and instead concentrate on the fact that TOMORROW SPN WILL BE BACK AAAHHH. It seriously feels like it's been 209384 years. I remember thinking to myself after 5.10 that by the time the new episodes were back I'd be all moved in at HOME and done with school and omg it's actually here! and that's weird. YAY BOYS OMG YAY.

HAHA omg last night I hung out with BFFs and we basically sat listening to music from the mid/late 90's and the early 2000's. SO GREAT. Holy frik, the second I heard Spice up Your Life and EVERY OTHER SPICE GIRLS SONG I had an intense throwback. 3LW, TLC, Aaliyah, Mya, basically the entire Night at the Roxbury soundtrack HAHA, Enrique Iglesias, even Tupac. Jimmy gave me a blank CD and said, "If you can get the Space Jam soundtrack and burn it for me I will love you forever." SO THAT IS NOW MY MISSION. SPACE JAM. AHAHA OMG YOU GUYS SO GOOD.

ETA:



What would I do without ontd_spnparty in my life idk.

EEEEE AHHHH la_victorienne! I got the books! THANK YOU SO MUCH! She didn't just rec me books, she SENT them to me! The Wives of Henry Oades and All We Ever Wanted Was Everything. ILU TO BITS AND PIECES THANK YOUUU! ♥

SO SO SO the kitty came around this evening to hang out in our garage and I had to take a video.



I KNOW I know my stupid words and noises. Just read the video description okay?

This past Thursday I FINALLY got a call from an actual place where I had submitted my resume. A law office about 7 minutes away from me wanted to schedule an appointment with me this Wednesday! CARTWHEEL! I'm mostly excited because it'll look really good on my resume and if I get it, I'll probably be making a lot more money than I was at Starbucks. I am nervous about the fact that it's a full time job, though. I've never actually held a full time, 40 hour a week every week job, so.

I'm also of course SUPER nervous about the interview so, uh, pointers? Tips? Things I should ask/things I SHOULDN'T ask? This is so silly, but I'm kinda concerned about um... taking time off. I'll (hopefully) be going out of state at the end of March and sometime in May, but... how do I ask about this? SHOULD I even ask about it? Just as like, a passing question, "Oh, I was just wondering about how taking time off works here, I might be going somewhere during these times"? I don't knoooow. Ughhh I hope it goes okay and I like the people and the work doesn't suck, etc etc. I also put an application in at a Starbucks in this cutesy downtown area and I'm going to call the manager there tomorrow, just in case the law office doesn't pan out.

Also, does anyone have Hearing Damage by Thom Yorke? It's on the freaking Twilight soundtrack but... THOM YORKE, OKAY.

Dear Conan, Dean Winchester enthusiastically supports you, and so do I.

Because I can't find any good youtube clips of all of the Walker, Texas Ranger lever, this will do nicely instead.

( Ice ice baby )

Am currently making my Oma's recipe for potato soup (it's only 43 degrees here still guise, I think I've actually gotten acclimated to the cold! HAHA) and the house smells like bacon and sauteed onions. UNGGHHH I LOVE COOKING.

Also I ummmm I've finally got over 1500 words on a SPN/Zombieland crossover fic I'm working on. I hope it doesn't suck, because I'm REALLY enjoying writing it. :>

I woke up this morning and it was 35 degrees and RAINING. SO CLOSE. SO. CLOSE. Since we're 15 minutes away from the beach our weather is usually more temperate, so no snow/sleet here. A little further north and inland though, yes, there were reports of sleet and some light snow flurries. Orlando sent me a final fuck-you by doing so there. :(((( OH WELL. I will get my fill when I am in Salt Lake this time next year, haha. Still, it's only 36 degrees here now and 25 tonight.

As thrilled as I am about all this, it's really really bad for Florida all around. People are dying in mobile homes and whatnot because no one's homes are BUILT for this kind of weather. Crops are dying like crazy and even sea turtles and manatees aren't faring so well. :(

Also, y'all need to tell me the difference between sleet and freezing rain. I thought sleet was rice-like pellets but then there's something about slushie rain, man, I don't know. HELP A SOUTHERN GIRL OUT.

OKAY I will stop obsession about the weather, shh, Sarah.

I finally saw Sherlock Holmes last night! SO DELIGHTFUL. Holmes and Watson = House and Wilson DUH YES I KNOW but omg the revelation made me squeal into my fists. Pretty much Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law should make movies together forever.

Also, you should know that I was eating toast this morning, like you do, and part of my STUPID wire behind my STUPID bottom front teeth popped out of the cement. I SWALLOWED CEMENT. AND NOW MY WIRE IS OUT OF PLACE. Surprise visit to the orthodontist Monday, I guess, ughhh.

Anyway, the WHOLE POINT of this post is to ask you guys for: book recs! I know I only just asked for book recs a couple months ago but of course I thought I tagged it but cannot find it. I'm really looking for easy-to-read, fun plot kind of books, with maybe some kind of interesting learning involved (Billy Bob and Joanna Sue live on a volcano! Here's everything you've ever wanted to know about volcanoes and more!)? Or just your favorite books of the moment, haha. I need to squeeze Vonnegut in there somewhere because I have actually NEVER READ VONNEGUT, I KNOW, I am disgraced, etc., so tell me which one of his I should read first too.

OH FLIST WE HAVE MUCH TO TALK ABOUT

So, firstly, my gay boy and my non-gay boy and I have been getting together this week and delving into True Blood! Well, gay boy has seen both seasons, but we have not. I just got back from seeing episodes 5, 6, and 7, SO. OMG I WAS ALL DDDDDD: AT A CERTAIN PERSON DYING. RUDE, TRUE BLOOD. And srs lol at reusing the "Nothing says I'm sorry like a tuna casserole" line, Raelle Tucker! I need a badass friend like Tara. Tara's mom is freaking me out. Lafayette is the most amazing person in the history of ever. Sookie is adorable, at times, but the googly eyes that her and Bill make at each other remind me more than I'd like of Kate and Jack from Lost, which, DNW DNW DNW. AND. CAN I SAY. HOW MUCH I AM IN LOVE WITH SAM. LIKE, HEARTS FOR EYES. OH MY GOD. As I said on twitter, he is so totally a werewolf, I AM CALLING IT, butdont'tellmeomg! Eeeee I can't wait for more!

And now, ( future SPN episode spoilers!!! )


Okay bbs, tomorrow it's supposed to rain AND get down to 36 degrees. SNOW? SLEET? FREEZING RAIN?? Omg omg. You guys, this cold spell has been insane. Sunday the high is 39, 39. THE HIGH. IN THE MIDDLE OF FLORIDA. And the low Monday night is 29. They declared a state of emergency for the whole state of Florida because the tomato, orange, and strawberry crops are dying. AND LOL THE TOURISTS. They must be so pissed. AHAHAHAH.

I leave you with this, not only because it's my only LotR gif (seriously, there needs to be more), but because it is amazing.

Hey guys! What's shakin'? Are you all surviving the cold? It's been ridiculously and AWESOMELY cold here in west central Florida, averaging mid 40s during the day and low 30s at night for more than a few days! That is seriously unheard of. Seriously, if it was just a few degrees colder it would be SNOWING. Okay, maybe not, but still! I'm really enjoying it. It's supposed to snow as far south as Atlanta and Birmingham on Thursday and I would kill to have a few more adventurous people with me to drive the eight hours to PLAY IN IT. Someone should like, meet me halfway. EH? :D?

Yesterday I umm... reapplied for a rehire at Starbucks. I couldn't help it, okay! It's been less than a month but I'm already having almost-panic attacks over not having a job yet. And it was my original store, and I looooved working at my original store. AND they provide health care (which I no longer have, thanks to no longer being a student) AND the hours are, as always, pretty flexible. Ugh, working at Starbucks is like having Stockholm Syndrome. Or an abusive boyfriend that you just keep coming back to.

Anyway. The manager said they aren't hiring right now (of course) but there's a district meeting coming up, so she'll spread the word. But I want to work at my hoooome stoooore. Boo. I've also been a resume-sending machine today, places including a full time entry level legal assistant position (ooh!) and a part time admittance "nurse" in a nearby hospital. So. Fingers crossed bigtime. I just feel like I need to get my foot in the door SOMEWHERE to be able to have a good job for the rest of my life. I FINALLY HAVE A DEGREE OKAY, PLEASE SOMEONE HIRE ME.

Also, who (if anyone) is going to the LA Con in March? Me and my bb whispered_theme are going and uhh hotel room sharing in this great time of economic crisis sounds like a super duper idea to me. PLUS, I want to see all of your lovely faces coughflusteredspeechcough.

Oh oh and I ordered these boots in black online yesterday! I'M SUPER EXCITED TO FINALLY OWN BOOTS, GUYS.

( My 2009 year in review )

Yesterday my friends and I were going to see Avatar in IMAX and 3D but there was a mixup and the theater was packed at 11am (seriously wtf) and it didn't work out, so it'll have to wait. :( I was really excited. I still need to see The Princess and the Frog and Sherlock Holmes. My friends and I are all voting for early matinees 'cause holy crap, when did movies get so EXPENSIVE.

INSTEAD, my BFFs and I went to a thrift store, out for lunch, and Party City ( and at the latter, this happened. )

All right ladies and gentlemen. That's it for me for 2009. Family and I are headed over to aunt and uncle's place tomorrow morning for festivities. It's been a loooong year, sometimes good, but I'm kind of glad it's over. I can't thank you guys enough for getting me through. ♥ 2010 will be another year of discovery and adventure for me, and I can't wait.

HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR!! and as always,

I woke up this morning with a sore throat and one nostril completely stuffed up, which, haha oh MAN, can I tell you, is my least absolute thing ever. I haaaaate not being able to breathe through my nose, of which I'm having a significant problem with right now. :( Uncool. Seriously uncool.

But Christmas was still completely wonderful. Half as many presents under the tree than usual but that was okay by me, 'cause seriously? I couldn't ask for a better present than moving back home AND getting my degree. SO THERE.

( Weee pics! )

AND THEN, we finally got to see Terminator: Salvation. I liked! And that's saying something, given that I'm non-ironicly terrified of robots. Clowns and robots, you guys. I cannot even. BUT. Marcus! LOVE. Apparently that's the same dude who's in Avatar, yeah? And OOOH, he's gonna be Perseus in Clash of the Titans! MMMM I APPROVE. And then there's Señor Bale who made me lol from "IT'S FUCKING DISTRACTING. OHHH, GOOD!" and, you know, Batman voice.

OH AAAAND! unperfectwolf I got your cookies yesterday AHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH! You are the BESTEST. ♥!!!

Ugh, I have no idea what I'm still doing up. I'm gonna go dope myself up on Dimatapp and try to sleep. I hope you guys had a fabulous Christmas!! <3333

I know, I know. I live in the middle of Florida. This should be old hat by now. But. Man. It's really disappointing. (At least it'll be cold Christmas night? And rainy all day, which will give the illusion of winter? Like, I don't want 230948 inches of snow and it being so cold it freezes your snot, but sweater weather? Maybe? ;_;)

So the people across the street have this TINY little kitty that wanders around our house a lot. Today we got it to come into our back porch and UGHHHH SO CUTE. Tiny little mews and it JUMPED up to our hands to pet iiiit. I feel so bad because it looks pretty skinny and the people across the street don't seem to let it in very much. I want to leave it food but then it'll get attached to us/our house and, you know, that's probably not good, seeing as how other people own it. But bawww I don't know what to doooo. I love kitties.

Alsooo I was thinking today about how many awesome people there are in the SPN fandom (yeah, I know, you kind of have to weed them out, but) that I don't even know, but I am way too much of a weenie to just go around and start friending people. I feel like I'm missing out, or something! HELL-ATUS SPN FRIENDING MEME. Someone more awesome than I should get on that.

And unffffff HELLO, HI.

( Creepiness and Christmas spirit within. )

Christmas cookies (chocolate chip mint and double chocolate crumble) are in the oven! And my stomach! UM NUMMMM.

ALSO ALSO thank you to lostt1 (OMG GORGEOUS), tinted_glass (HEEEE SECRET CASTIEL-DAY! <333), ack_attack, skygazing, unperfectwolf, and quidditchkiss (OMG WINCON I HAD BETTER SEE YOU THERE LADY) for all the cards! ILU. ♥

OH OH and thank you SO SO MUCH to lady_vader67 for the paid time! I love you, darling! <3333

( Crazyface is usually an indication of something exciting. Like graduating from college with a BA in English Literature. )

I cannot thank you guys enough for your comments, love, support, well-wishes, etc. these last couple weeks. But I will anyway. THANK YOU. ♥!!!!!