Work In Progress

I slept in until noon today COMPLETELY on accident. I guess that my body didn't want me to get up and work on this paper either, eh?

Anyways, I'm going to go cloister myself away in a computer lab or the library until this thing is at least pretty damn close to being done. My room provides far too much distraction and I really need a computer with Word on it. As much as I love Google Docs, it ain't cuttin' it right now.

Now, however, food first.

EDIT
I went downstairs to get a sandwich and there were people with PUPPIES. ARRRG I MISS MY ANIMALS.

I am stating here for the record that if I get my paper done by Sunday, I am allowed to buy myself DOGS vol. 3 as a treat.

The paper itself is due Tuesday along with what feels like everything else in the world. The paper, my reaction paper, my take-home test, the cure for cancer, my plans for world domination (have to submit it to be reviewed by the Guild of Calamitous Intent and the Legion of Doom), the revised edition of Xan's Version of the Necronomicon, a transcription of the entire lost library at Alexandria, detailed episode summaries of every episode of Monster and an in-depth interview with Jimmy Hoffa and Amelia Earhart.

Yes, that's everything I have to finish before Tuesday.

Although really, I'll just be satisfied if I get the damn paper done by Sunday so that I can have Monday to work on everything else. Compared to the paper, the cure for cancer and the library at Alexandria is pumpkin pie.

Holy Jeez guys it's 18 degrees outside. I haven't been in weather this cold since... I don't even know when!!

I don't think it's going to get above 33 degrees today. OH BOY.

I'd better go and dig all the warm layers out of my closet!

I'm not yet so jaded that the sight of snowflakes on my sleeve doesn't excite me.

We got snow down here again today, but it was even better because instead of waking up to snow, I actually got to walk through snow falling. I know that doesn't mean diddly squat to you northern folks, but it's enough of of a novelty down here that I still get a little excited whenever I feel snowflakes on my cheeks. Cold weather feels so nice after the ridiculous hot summer we had and it gives me an excuse to wear all my fun cold-weather gear, like my ridiculous pom-pom hat and my even more ridiculous orange coat. I love it.

Today was a good day, I think. I woke up a bit earlier than anticipated and went to my Diet & Exercise final. I probably didn't do as well as I should, but I'm sure that I did fine. I just honestly could not be bothered to do more than give my notes a cursory glance before I went in there. Ah well!

For one of my addiction classes we are required to go to a recovery meeting, such as AA or Al-Anon at least once over the course of the semester. I'd originally intended to check out an Al-Anon meeting (something I've been meaning to do anyways) but I went to the Center today when it said it was scheduled and there was nobody there, so... I ended up just sitting there a while to see if perhaps I'd looked at the schedule wrong or if the location changed. Apparently not. I have no idea what was up with the meeting, but I ended up hanging out in the Center with a few people from my classes. They are such genuinely cool dudes. Most of them are older and in recovery, but they are super interesting to talk to and just SO nice. So that was a bust, but I went to the Celebration of Recovery later that night, which is a big meeting put on every Thursday at the Center that's for everyone, no matter if you're an addict or not.

The meeting was very interesting. I wore my ridiculous pom-pom hat and got complimented, so that was a yay moment. I was kind of led around by one of the nice older guys from my class who was willing to show me how things went. People got their chips and talked and it was overall a really good experience. I think I'd like to start going regularly. Probably not every week, but it seems like a good thing to do. My older buddy also told me that I'm eligible to be a part of the center, which would be an awesome thing if I'm serious about maybe pursuing this for a living. Also, there's a nice scholarship that you get if you're part of the program, so that's a perk. He gave me a packet with some information and the application, so I'm going to look it over and talk with the 'rents since the application isn't due until March.

Other Adam came over and hung out a bit and watched Family Guy with me, as we are wont to do. It's that time of year and we've both been hella busy, so it was nice to see him even if briefly.

I have an 8-10 page paper, a 2 page reaction and a take-home test all due on Tuesday, so.... I'm probably going to be scarce over the weekend. Wish me luck. I'm gonna need it. Arg.

I'm making this post for no other reason than to say that this icon makes me nearly pass out from laughter EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT.

Normally this would be a good thing except I went to an abs class today and now laughing hurts. But it's the good kind of pain.

*looks at icon again*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OW.

...

Hee.

EDIT
Thanks to rah_bop , I know have an EVEN MORE AMAZING version of this icon.

The fact that my foot hurts like a bitch for the second day running and is possibly swollen is completely counterbalanced by the fact that I'm dressed like Johnny Quest today.

If only I could grow a porno 'stache like Venture Brothers Johnny has....

November is a funny month. I look forward to it all year and then by mid-October all thoughts of November slip from my mind. And then without fail I am always surprised when the last lingering little bit of October slips seamlessly into November. Then I'm breathless with anticipation until my birthday, which is always nice, but tinged with just a little bit of sadness. And then there is Thanksgiving. I don't know what it is about Thanksgiving that does this to me, but it feels like I can never have a completely happy Thanksgiving. Maybe when I'm older and I can have Thanksgiving on my own terms I'll like it more, but for now? I still like it as a break for school more than an actual holiday. The result of that is that by the end of the month, I am praying for December.

I woke up this December the 1st morning to see snow outside. Snow in Texas happens, but not usually this early in the year.

I'm going to take this as a good sign. ^_^

Now back to my Turkish Spice Mint tea and a bit of reading before class.

Decided to go ahead and do this meme that's been floating around in lieu of an actual post.

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Ack, gotta run or I'll be late!

Well Happy Thanksgiving once again to everyone. I have so much LJ-ing to catch up on. I actually have an entry about my birthday weekend which was, you know, two weeks ago.

Thanksgiving was okay. It's one of my least favorite holidays for a variety of reasons. I always get depressed around Thanksgiving. I always end up spending it around people I don't know well and I feel fucking awkward. Always. And apparently no matter which side of the family I spend it with, that's just the way it's going to be.

I'm depressed and l'm pissed off and I feel like I'm going to cry at the drop of a hat.

I'm going to take myself to see a movie. Fuck Thanksgiving.

Christmas list Meme!

Step One
₰ Make a post to your LJ (of whatever filtering you're comfortable with) with a list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, big or small, expensive or free, fandom-related or not. The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

₰ If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

₰ Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, so that the holiday joy will spread.


Step Two
₰ Surf around your friends list to see who has posted their list.

₰ And now here's the important part:
If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes one person's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use—or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free—do it.

₰ You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf—to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not — it's your call.

₰ There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

I have an entry all about this weekend and how awesome it was half-typed up, but for now this is all I can manage.

I woke up this morning and felt like all the "better" and "not sick" I had accumulated yesterday was completely gone. So yes, once again I feel completely awful.

And as if that's not bad enough, i SOUND awful again. Bah, maybe I can use that to my advantage.

I have an incredible amount of stuff that I need to do today, to the point where I feel like I'd give almost anything to just get back in bed and sleep until I either A) no longer feel sick or B) I no longer have school crap to worry about.

Whichever comes first.

I'm going to try to slug through my classes and get as much work done between them as I can. Thank god for tea.

So... something happened between yesterday and this morning to make me almost completely lose my voice. I can't talk in my normal register almost at all and the only way I really CAN talk is if I pitch my voice way lower and more towards the back of my throat than normal, which gives it just the smallest tinge of a pleasant growly quality.

So if you call me and a chain-smoking retired metal singer answers, do not be alarmed. It's just me.

Whew, I'm home again.  I'm so glad I left today instead of tomorrow - I'm looking forward to having an extra full day to run around Austin and just enjoy the Austin-ness, even if it did mean leaving later than I would have liked and nearly hitting a deer on the way from Lubbock to Austin.  -_-;;  Boy would that have been awesome, except not.

Tomorrow is going to be busy.  Among other things, I'm going to do laundry, wash my filthy car (poor Yuki!!) go visit Boo at work, run by the GameStizzle to visit my peeps and pick up one or two things and get totally metal'd up and go see Dethklok.  As far as I'm concerned, this all falls squarely under the heading of "FUCK YEAH!"

However, sleep is required for all of this to function smoothly.  BEDTIME!! 

I hate registering for classes.  It stresses me out like few other things in this life do.  In twenty-five years when I am forty-eight and I'm having stress nightmares about school, I will not have the typical "Oh Christ I have a final in a course I didn't even know I was signed up for" nightmare or the "I just walked into class naked/in my underwear/wearing a chicken suit" nightmare.  I will have nightmares about sitting in front of a computer screen surrounded by looming stacks of course books and degree plans trying to REGISTER while little dancing, cartoony, anthropomorphic diplomas with graduation caps and pitchforks and frolic merrily out of my reach while telling me to kill my father and marry my mother.  Apparently Freud was right.  Oy vey.

I FINALLY met with my Humanities Dept. advisor this morning and the meeting ended up being extremely helpful.  I now have a pretty good plan of everything I need to do to fulfill the requirements of BOTH my desired majors.  Unfortunately, there's a LOT of stuff to do and not nearly enough overlap for my tastes.  But I got enough figured out to feel confident that I can pull it off with some hard work.  I just need to sit down with my degree plans and kind of get an idea of how the next few years are going to go.  

As for the slightly shorter term, I'm going to be a busy kid next semester.  I'm signed up for:
Creative Writing: fiction (FINALLY)
Abnormal Psychology
Drawing I
Old English: Vikings, Monsters & Miracles (HOLY SHIT)
Personal Financial Planning 

And I need to go and talk to my Latin prof about him possibly penciling me in for his course next semester.  I REALLY like the way he teaches and I'm kind of iffy about the TA who is teaching the other section, since he was going out with one of my roomies last semester.  I'm not comfortable taking a class from someone who has seen me in my jammies.  

Provided I get into Latin, that's a full 18 hours.  Meep.  I hope I can pull it off.  That's a LOT of work.  

Well, as they say.... MORITURI TE SALUTANT! 

Man, 23 already.  WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?

It's been a good day so far, minus the fact that I nearly broke my leg earlier (because I'm awesome)  and because I feel little sick to my stomach (because the dining hall is NOT awesome) but I'm looking forward to going out to dinner tonight and then home this weekend.

YAY BIRTHDAY!

So in theory it's conceivable that the test could have gone worse.  I know that I got ONE question right.  So there's that.  

That said, I got two / two and a half hours of sleep MAX.  And I just tried to spell "max" with a Z.  Awesome.

I'm hungry and going back to bed for 45 minutes until I have to go to Latin.  And get food.

After that, I'm getting into bed and not coming out until it's Wednesday.   

 AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH WHY AM I AWAKE IT'S 5 AM

I HATE LOGIC

I HATE IT SO MUCH.

FUCK THIS  I AM GOING TO BED.  NOBODY CAN SAY THAT I DID NOT TRY.

First of all:  HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY KIDDO!  Oh my god my baby brother is 16 today.  THEY GET SO BIG.

Second of all:  HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! 

Third of all:  BRB OFF TO A PIRATE WEDDING.

Whew. 

So I'm back in Austin!  I"m in for the weekend to see Kiddo on his birthday (even though we're only passing each other like ships in the night) and also to go to a wedding.  A pirate-themed wedding.  It is important to note that I have never met the bride or groom, but I have been invited and I'm going anyways.  It's my ex-roomie Deb's friend Mike's sister who is getting married and apparently they have heard of my exploits and want to meet the man behind the myth, so to speak. 

So, like, no pressure to be entertaining or anything.

The drive to Austin yesterday was okay.  I was really sleepy for the first three hours, then went and got caffeine and was awake for the last three hours, although the caffeine made my stomach unhappy.  I listened to lots of metal, including the Dethalbum II and the Dethalbum back to back.  Inspired by this and also by Ash's frequent essays on the subject, I'm sort of tempted to write one of my own after noticing certain themes in the lyrics of the songs in the two albums and similar themes in the seasons of the show that they correspond with.  I'm not promising anything, but it would be a fun subject to babble on.

Met Mom for dinner at a yummy little pizza place (oh my god the server was SO CUTE.  In a surfer boy kind of way) and then headed home where I bummed around and then eventually crashed. 

Dad and Kris came by to see me and deliver Kiddo's birthday present and then they and Mom took off because he has a rigatta today.  I actually need to go jump in the shower and get ready to meet Deb's friend Cat, who is giving me a ride down to San Antonio for the wedding.  The wedding itself isn't until 4 PM but we're going to get there early and bum around because.... well yeah!  I'm hoping this will be one of the few weddings I enjoy.  I won't know hardly anyone, but c'mon it's frickin' pirates.

As if that weren't enough, there are plans to go bum around San Antonio after the wedding in costume because it's Halloween and all.  We will be a Dethklok group.  I am being Skwisgaar.  This will be entertaining. 

Okay gotta go get ready.  HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

Oh my god, it's Middy come to life!!!

In honor of the impending Halloween...