well, tonight i actually feel optimistic, but it's close enough. this is gonna be one of those random emily-blathers-about-lots-of-random-shit posts, just to forewarn y'all.

florida's been wonderful. it rained most of the time, just like it did the last time i was here, but that's okay. dad's new house is pretty amazing-- fireplace, 15 foot ceiling in the living room, big windows, 2 spare bedrooms, and out back is a little brick offshoot patio thing (has a roof but is mostly window-openings, more a porch than anything else) and then a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge screened-in area with another 18 foot pitched-roof ceiling that encloses the pool and patio area. they have so much STUFF-- it's obvious his fiancee is loaded, also has amazing decorating taste-- it's weird. definitely not a place i'd ever call home, but sooo nice to vacation to.

i gotta admit, it is weird seeing him with another woman. not like in a way where i'm jealous for my mom's sake, but it's just odd. little things i recognize as things he used to do to, for and around my mom when i was little and they still liked each other. they're getting married this summer, which i'm looking forward to, but it's just... weird. i mean i'm not in high school anymore, i'm not going to freak out b/c i have a stepmother. but i know it'll take a lot for my mom to ever get romantically involved with anyone again, and seeing that it was fairly easy for my dad to move on isn't something i like thinking about so much.

we went to the zoo today, which was awesome. i've always been a sucker for zoos, i love animals and especially exotic ones i wouldn't have a chance to see just anywhere. they had a really amazing africa exhibit; rhinos and lions and antelope and three elephants, about a jillion snakes, and oh yes, the best part of all--- for anyone who knows who i mean when i talk about graymaulkin, plz to be meeting his granddaddy. *listens to linaeloisetook shudder from here* XD also there were jaguars and huge fucking alligators and a leopard who was clearly not pleased to be fenced in, an atrium full of little birds you could feed (one of which liked me very much and wanted to nest in my hair) and many other animals i won't bore you by naming-- suffice to say the child in me was appeased, and i went home happy.

in other news, 'eragon' was as predictable and yawn-inducing as i expected. the dragon was cool, very well animated, but whenever she talked i saw rachel weisz's face in my head, which kind of took away from the experience. on the one hand i wish we'd seen 'night at the museum' instead; on the other, i'm glad i didn't pay my own money to see 'eragon' like i would've if i'd waited till i got home.

and so, not that i needed a reminder of how much i miss TR, but god, this week i've been around for a lot of fun stuff, and it's just highlighted how much i really do. i suppose i should get around to outing myself as a true dyed-in-the-wool bona fide geek to my girlfriend one of these months. though OTOH the bullshit drama that's going around re: the murder/suicide plot has reminded me why i'm SO glad i'm not as twistily involved with everyone and everything TR related anymore. a year ago i knew almost every mun on the game, and it was still small enough that everyone's business was everyone's business. now i only have one character really affected by this stuff, and even his involvement only requires a minimum of my playing time, so i guess i'm going to just offer up a say-thankya to whoever ordained that little bit of mercy and move on.

i think that may be it. oh yeah, and i've been sick most of this week. that was cute. i've gone through three boxes of tissues; i hope they have lysol to sterilize my room after i leave. >>;;;;;

flying out at 8am; getting up in 6 hours. g'night all.

christmas was lovely. things at linds's parents were a riotous success; i'm pretty much in love with her mother and grandmother, and we had a really wonderful two days' rest. this week has been pretty low-key too; she's not working and i had pretty minimal hours-- i didn't even have to go in at all yesterday, thank god, so i got to leave early to come home for new year's.

so, happy new year. it's a little hard to believe it's 2007. in high school that seemed appallingly far away. hell, junior year of college it seemed appallingly far away. and it's funny how i have two rather monumentous new beginnings to go with the ring-in of the new year. the temp agency got me a temp-to-hire placement doing debt collection for honda (the irony of me, in debt up to my eyeballs, being a debt collector has not escaped me) which i start a week from today, and god willing (cross your fingers) i'll be accepted as a tenant to lindsay's lease, so i'll have a real honest to god place to live. pretty sweet.

anyway, i originally wanted to write just to say i'm going to florida tomorrow and staying till saturday. lindsay has my phone so if you call, make sure you leave a message so i can call you back from my dad's.

happy new year, everyone. much love and luck in your resolutions and pursuits. :)

things i learned this week [or remembered, b/c i'm pretty sure i knew this already] -- it is impossible to walk, smoke, drink coffee and talk on the phone simultaneously. *nod*

asoiaf geekiness, in talking to ceilidh about AFFC which she just finished, re: jaime and his turnaround on cersei --
ceilidh: *KEYSMASH*
ceilidh: i did a little dance of joy
killerbeautiful: ME TOO
ceilidh: i was SO happy to see her get what was coming to her
killerbeautiful: he's just like "oh, you want help? guess you shouldn't have called me a monster when i got my hand cut off then HUH BITCH?? HUH?!"

ummmmm OH RIGHT and peglegmeggs is, as we know, a genius, but this week her levels of hilarity reached new heights. ( on emily, and relationships, meghan-style:Collapse )

mother bought a futon-and-frame today that will be in my room till my one gets fixed. *\o/* yay bed. also, as soon as we'd finished getting it upstairs, i went to the liquor store and got myself a teeny bottle of JD, so now i have jack and coke and i don't have to envy rinlage and douxquemiel theirs anymore. XD

i had other shit to say...... dammit, i hate having a sieve for a brain.

this wasn't it, but i'll say this anyway. am finally having some breathing space where the_blank_slate is concerned... in other words, only attempting 4 threads at a time instead of 9 like that one day where my grey matter was leaking out my ears.... though the first instance of mun-drama [that i was aware of, at least] occurred this week, and while it [thankfully] didn't involve me, it got me pretty pissed... it's part of the reason i love this game so much, that there is virtually no reason for anything ooc to rear its head into the game; all the people i play with are *so* low-key and awesome, i have run into literally no drama or diva complexes with any of them, for which i am eternally grateful. all i can think of is some of the psychos i've played with on past games [*cough* rei, anyone?] and how stressful it was to have to deal with those people in character and out... i am soooo immensely happy with the people i've met on TR, and i couldn't ask for a better game environment. as long as the people with the issues stay the fuck away from me and mine, that is, thankyouverymuch. XD

uhm..... yeah. looks like california trip is gonna be 10 - 15 february, if all goes well. i'll be done with my placement at RISD by then, and hopefully have a large enough wad in the bank that paying for a plane ticket won't hurt me too badly. also, if all goes according to plan i'll be making a whirlwind tour of the country, RI to CA to FL for a week or so, but i still have to get back to dad about that. i really should stop looking at summer clothes, though, right? like, there is no earthly reason for me to be ogling bathing suits in target just b/c dad's new house has a giant inground pool, right? >______> my eyes are so bigger than my bank account.....

anyway.

*sips jack and coke*

tell me what you know.

okay thanks to delicfcd i have the best headline of the week.

python bursts after trying to eat gator.


if only my dad could see this... he wouldn't be joking about the gator problem in florida anymore.

calling all grotonites. actually, strike that, reverse it - all grotonites CALL ME. [this goes for people staying there currently too :glares at halfdreams and usually9_15:] i need to talk about tomorrow! where the $*@#*&$#*&*$@&%*#!$@&*@$&#*!&$@&^!*&$@ are you?!?!?!
                     maybe if i use teh sexeh marisa icon sirius becky will pay attention to me...........


bleh. also, need receptacle with which to send boyscoutb his present. and, it's noon-thirty, and i've been up for almost ten hours. w00t. ;___;

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hokay. so. here is zee florida, where it is 75 and i am in shorts and a tank top. here is zee massachussetts where it is subzero and snowing. conflict : like being in shorts and tank top. however life is not complete without zee usually9_15, zee sekala, zee ardavana, zee cineophilia, zee boyscoutb, zee linaeloisetook, zee halfdreams, et cetera, et cetera. solution : bring friends to florida. or bring florida to friends. hmm.


also : we wants it, precious, yes, we does.

lindsay, i'm working on your palm tree. it's gonna be tough. but here's hoping. lena, finished gates of winter today, and omg teh weepeth... durge.. a little piece of me died. i love him. ;___; brad, keep up with the bundling and i'll keep sending you sunshine. enjoy the snow, bunnies, i love you. and call me and bug me! please! distract me from paradise lost!!

love and miss you all, and only 4 days till reuniting! ^__^;;
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leaving for florida in 4 hours. woot. still have to pack carry-on and print tickets. >.< well i will be online only sparsely these next six days, so if you need me, drop me an email or call the cell if you know it. games; fear not, i shall return. simoney; thank you for tonight, it really gave me a great start to what i hope will be a great week. faceys in groton; miss you. don't have too much fun without me. brad; it was great to see you, stay cool. ;) roommate; milton and kierkegaard baby, you know what i'm talking about. gus/rissa forever. ^______^;;;

goodnight providence.
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teoiwueokjsdf omfg ETA -- ::is asshole::
                   HAPPY BIRTHDAY ardavana!!!1!1!!11!!!1!eleventyone!!!!1!

attn : the_yellow_one

i am jealous of your hidalgo seeing. spoil me when you get back, please, i want to know everything, kthxbai. ^_^;;



attn : linaeloisetook

i'm going home for the weekend. may we talk when i get back on sunday? i love you. still and always. :)



attn: crystalshatter

email me your phone number plz, kthximacallyoulater.



erm. anyone else want a personal announcement? i'm actually going to florida for spring break, it seems. dad booked my flight and everything. this means almost a whole week of very sporadic internet access and all that... but it'll be good to see him. that's it for now... finishing up paper at last minute, as usual. payday's today!! :D
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